And it is time for – Calendario 2014!
In this period of the year, the pre-festive Christmas season, in Italy there are always whispers of arrival of the calendars for the year to come. And of course the competiotion who will make the best one!
One of the most famouse, and favourite between male sex, thanks to gorgeous ladies, is definitelly The Pirelli’s Calendar.
But there is also another famous Italian brand that already 15 years is making awesome calendars, last year with Penelope Cruz… and this year Il Grouppo Campari prepared for us something different, but still red, as the colour of their famous aperitivo.
The 2014 Calendar named ‘a window of the world’ presents Uma Thurman, the Pulp Fiction star.
The idea of the photographer, Koto Bolofo is that with the glass of Campari Uma, dress in Versace and Stella McCartney’s pieces, takes us for a virtual tour all arround the globe, showing us the most famous world festivals, from Spring Festival in Beijing, the biggest celebration in China, to Hanami in Japan where people enjoy the cherry blossoms of Spring. The calendar also heads to Midsummer’s Eve in England, where revellers celebrate the Summer Solstice at the historic Stonehenge, ant then to Tanzania, Usa, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Australia to finish with month of December in Brazil.
Take a tour
Puccini’s Tosca in Rialto!
A bit more of Italian culture- this weekend in Limassol – Tosca, Puccini’s opera.
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou‘s 1887 French-language dramatic play, La Tosca, is a melodramatic piece set in Rome in June 1800, with the Kingdom of Naples‘s control of Rome threatened by Napoleon‘s invasion of Italy. It contains depictions of torture, murder and suicide, yet also includes some of Puccini’s best-known lyrical arias, and has inspired memorable performances from many of opera’s leading singers…..
For more info and booking the ticket visit Rialto site.
Roberto Mr. Pasta- real Italian pizza in Limassol!
Very hot in our town and delicious too – pizza done by an Italian pizzaiolo Roberto. We did try and we like it !
Check his facebook page and chose your favorite pizza or pasta – Roberto Mr. Pasta
International Short Film Festival!
For all lovers of short film from 12.10.13 until 18.10.13 will be hold International Short film Festival, organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus and the RIALTO Theatre. ISFFC aims to promote the art of cinema, presenting a variety of short films coming from Cyprus and around the world. An International Jury awards the best films, on a national and international level.
There are also some Italian directors, so you can practise all knowledge we gained on our Italian lessons.
For more info and screening time visit site of International short film Festival
Como – la citta’ della seta! Como – the town of silk!
Did you know that there is a town in Italy where silk is more then just a material ? Como, in Lombardia, near Milan, is definitely a town to visit, and specially it’s Museum of silk
Month of The Italian Cinema in Cyprus !
More Italy related happenings in Cyprus! We love it!
This time in Larnaca, Italian film festival from 11.09.13. until 30.10.13
You will have chance to see free screening of some of the latest Italian movies, with English subtitles.
For time table, please check site of Italian Embassy in Nicosia.
The new school year has started and so did we!
Private and group Italian language lessons for any level in Limassol!
Whether your child needs help with homework, you are moving to Italy and need help to pass exam for Permesso di Soggiorno, going to study in Italy or just want to learn Italian language and more about this beautiful country, you are in the right place!
All lessons are organized to meet your needs, so for more info, fell free to contact!
Back to school and back to theatre !
This September we have many Italian happenings all over our island.
For ballet lovers Within the framework of KYPRIA International Festival 2013, Cyprus will welcome Spellbound Contemporary Ballet from Italy, with Carmina Burana, with two performances, in Nicosia and in Limassol.
For tickets and more info check Cyprus Events!
And of course we will be there !
A new turistic attraction ?
Do you know how to make home made limoncello ?
There are many stories and legends about origin of limoncello, and there are three towns who are fighting to prove it’s origine : Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri.
However the first to register name Limoncello was Massimo Canale in 1988, in Capri.
One of the story of the origin of limoncello belongs actually to his family.
In the beginning of 1900, madam Maria Antonia Ferace was cultivating garden full of lemons and oranges. The grandson, after war, opened, in the area close by, small bar where he served lemon liquor made by the recipe of his grandmother and in 1988 son Massimo Canale registered the name of this liquor.
But also there are stories from other town.For example, on the cost, in Sorrento,it is said that important families from Sorento were always offering to their guests to taste limoncello, made by ancient recipe. In Amalfi they are claiming that it’s origin goes to ancient times, someone is saying that fishermen and paesants were drinking it during the cold mornings to help them warm up. Others are saying that it comes from monastery where it used to be very popular refreshments of the priests between prayers.
The truth we might never find out. More important is that we can buy a bottle of limoncello almost in all big shops all around the world.
But also make our own:)
To prepare this refreshing and delicious liquor you will need as the main ingredient obviously lemon, which as Italian would say should be from Sorrento, meaning having an elliptic shape, medium size, having skin full of essential oil, wrinkled and yellow-citrine colour. If you can not get it imported from Sorrento, I suggest to choose good quality ones.
And here is the recipe :
Ingredients:
– 10 medium sized ,
– 1 l of good quality alcool 90°
– 800 gr of sugar
– 1300 ml of water
So, we first carefully peel lemons, avoiding all white parts. In glass jar we place all skin and 1 l of alcool. We close and leave for 15 days to rest. On the 16th day we boil water with sugar for couple of minutes, so that all sugar is melted and leave to coll down for the whole day.
This syrup mix well together with alcool. Take another bowl and poor whole liquor through gauze or filtered paper, squeezing well lemon skin.
Poor into the bottles, close well and leave it for some time in dry dark place.
As you see, it is very easy to make home made limoncello.
Once done it should be stored for some time, but after some short time you can enjoy aroma of this yellow liquor, mainly as an aperitivo or digestive but also in many sweets or fruit salad. There is also a variation of it, named Limoncello alla crema, where we add fresh cream and milk.