“Once everyone arrives on Holy Thursday, it’s time for the opening bash. Players and spectators alike gather at the beach for a feast of Lenten staples: pasta, fried fish and red wine. The wine, the area’s very own Sangiovese di Romagna, is served in 2-foot tall barrels each outfitted a skinny plastic tube for properly [...]
Archive for March, 2009
An American perspective on Rimini’s Paganello
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Rimini adheres to earth hour
Saturday, March 28th, 2009The comune of Rimini has added its support to the earth hour initiative, which will take place this evening worldwide (8.30 pm GMT). The initiative calls for public institutions and private citizens to turn off their lights for an hour, to symbolically show concern about global warming, and to support energy-saving initiatives. While inRome the [...]
Steve Jobs to appear at Rimini’s Pio Manzu convention in October?
Friday, March 27th, 2009Italian bloggers dealing with tech news are today speculating that Steve Jobs, the man who founded Apple (and is credited with reviving the company’s ailing fortunes almost single-handedly), will make an appearance in October at the XXV’th edition of the world-renowned Pio Manzu conference. An article appeared in local press in Romagna detailing plans for [...]
Second annual ‘my special car’ show opens in Rimini
Friday, March 27th, 2009Today sees the opening of the second annual ‘My Special Car’ show in Rimini’s international trade fair pavillion. The show is the place to be for car fans who like their motors anything but standard. Dedicated to customised cars of every shape and size. The great customisation party will have car lovers as [...]
Grand Masters set for Rimini this Winter
Friday, March 27th, 2009You’ll be hearing plenty more about an exciting art exhibition scheduled for Rimini’s Castel Sismondo this winter. Linea Ombra, one of the foremost organisers of art exhibitions in Italy, who over ten years have attracted more than 5 million visitors to shows in cities like Brescia, Torino, Treviso, Belluno, Gorizia, Conegliano, have announced details of a [...]
Visit Rimini gets facelift
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Regular visitors to the site will notice that, after a period of inactivity, the site has had a facelift. Along with the new design we’ll be unveiling new features and various different ways to access the information on the site over the coming weeks, as we build up to the start of the summer season. [...]
