Italy up in arms over Michelangelo's David rifle advert (BBC)

[MADem]

73. Agggh--no!

My work took me between Rome and Napoli and points between! The "good food" and "good culture" section of things....the installation in Sicily (Signonella) is mostly Navy, though--the Air Force are concentrated up in Aviano, and of course, there's a collection of all branches at AFSOUTH in Naples. You might remember, in a dreadful interservice eff-up, it was a Marine flying out of Aviano who screwed things up real good a few years back when one of their hot-rodding flyboys was low-leveling in contravention of orders and basic common sense, and sliced through the cable of a cable car, killing 20 people and pissing off the Italians no end--they even wrote that into a Sopranos episode (when Tony and Pauly Walnuts went back to Napoli and were all over my old stomping grounds!). It didn't help that the guilty didn't get appropriate justice--I swear, Amanda Knox is pay-back for that.

I've visited Sicily a number of times--there are things to see and do down that way. Taormina, e.g., Mt. Aetna, Palermo and the swordfish is to die for...! But to me, Sicily is like a different country. Even the language is different. However, a fun "sea voyage" is to take the car ferry (they have rooms with beds if you don't want to stay up all night, and food, etc.) from Naples to Palermo, or the other way round--you meet a lot of interesting people and it's always neat to approach a city from the sea!

Bring a back brace, some Ben-Gay...and take LOTSA pictures....I will read your blog!!!!!!