Fango

I know, what I think is not so objective cause I really like the him and also I worked with him for some time but I believe that the new Jovanotti’s single, Fango, is a great song with fantastic lyrics.

You can listen it for free here
http://www.myspace.com/jovamusic

or download it from the iTunes Store

Fifty percent

August 29th, 2004 me, Daniele and Ivan came for the first time in Helsinki, Finland. Before definitely move  here I just came again couple of times just to check how cold was the winter. Anyway from the summer 2004 I have started counting the days spent in Finland and Abroad (Estonia, United States, Sweden, America, Vatican City). Today, December 6th 2007, my parents wedding anniversary and Finland 90th independence day, the days spent in Finland equal the days spent in Italy. So from now on I will be one of these people that talks about a kind of Italy that doesn’t exist anymore, except in my mind. I couldn’t say anymore that in Rome there is always traffic, no parking places, at the post office you have to queue and cars are parked in the middle of the street. This was the Rome that I knew. Something should have been changed, right?

Talking seriously: this 50% is a bit scary but it’s also a great satisfaction: I am still here.

Happy Anniversary

Finnish wedding

We were in Oulu, north Finland, for the wedding and I promised to tell you something more about the way weddings are done in Finland.

Well, it’s easy: nothing happens.

First, in Finland they dont’ kiss. The groom says yes, the bride says yes and nobody is kissing. And even more incredible (from the italian point of view) there’s no one screaming KISS, KISS, KISS. Cause it’s not just the groom kissing the bride, in Italy it’s everybody kissing the bride. You even kiss a bride that you randomly meet on the street, it’s for bringing them good luck (even if the groom sometimes might be not so happy about it).

But let’s understand the kissing thing: finnish are private person and they never kiss in public.
Do you want to know something about the food?
Here a typical finnish menu compared with an italian one.

The red crossed words are Ruoka and Kahvi: they mean Food and Coffee. In italy we have this long list about everything you are going to eat and here in Finland they just tell you that at some point there will be food and later coffee.
And soon you discover that everything, and not just the list, will be practical and concise. So you won’t get the standard amount of food of an italian wedding (a never ending amount of food) but a practical and concise version: a dish with something on it. So be prepared cause at the end of the party you need to go home and cook