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| Bagnoli, 50 degrees |
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| Columbus, 22 degrees |
A new trip begins today; this trip ends when I go back to Italy again. Some time ago I figured out that the only way to stay sane was to imagine that I live in Italy and vacation in America to work....
Friday, January 7, 2011
The feast is over - new trip begins
It's so depressing being back in Columbus with 22 degree F weather and 2 or 3 inches of snow on the ground. Yesterday 50 degrees and sun, today 22 and snow.
A new trip begins today; this trip ends when I go back to Italy again. Some time ago I figured out that the only way to stay sane was to imagine that I live in Italy and vacation in America to work....
A new trip begins today; this trip ends when I go back to Italy again. Some time ago I figured out that the only way to stay sane was to imagine that I live in Italy and vacation in America to work....
Monday, January 3, 2011
Catching up with some things I've seen
I was busy on the weekend, so I'm just catching up on some things I've seen in the last few days.
The city park in the port area of Pozzuoli is a place I remember playing in when I lived in Italy in the late 1960's. In the last few years it was much unchanged, but very rundown. For the last couple years it has been under construction, and it has reopened this year. This is the renewed park:
You may have heard that there is a trash problem in Napoli. The efficiency of the Neapolitan public in making trash is unparalleled in the world, as is the city and regional government's inability to find a place to properly dispose of it. This trash emergency has been going on about 15 years, with various trash burning power plants and landfills opening and closing as nearby residents object to the smells or the environmental problems that result.
Every couple years, as now, the problem comes to a peak and thousands of tons of garbage collect on the streets of Napoli. It's not everywhere, but in those places where trash cans are stored the extra trash can pile up and cause problems. When it's finally time to clean it up because they've found another emergency place to dump it, they often have to resort to heavy machinery to pick up the volumes of trash, as in this picture.
The city park in the port area of Pozzuoli is a place I remember playing in when I lived in Italy in the late 1960's. In the last few years it was much unchanged, but very rundown. For the last couple years it has been under construction, and it has reopened this year. This is the renewed park:
You may have heard that there is a trash problem in Napoli. The efficiency of the Neapolitan public in making trash is unparalleled in the world, as is the city and regional government's inability to find a place to properly dispose of it. This trash emergency has been going on about 15 years, with various trash burning power plants and landfills opening and closing as nearby residents object to the smells or the environmental problems that result.
Every couple years, as now, the problem comes to a peak and thousands of tons of garbage collect on the streets of Napoli. It's not everywhere, but in those places where trash cans are stored the extra trash can pile up and cause problems. When it's finally time to clean it up because they've found another emergency place to dump it, they often have to resort to heavy machinery to pick up the volumes of trash, as in this picture.
Napoli 1 - New Year 0
The napolitan local unofficial militia beat back the new year with the usual uncoordinated fire attack. It was a light year -- only about 160 injured this year.
Here's a sample of what the mayhem was like in a small suburb 10km west of downtown Napoli.
Here's a sample of what the mayhem was like in a small suburb 10km west of downtown Napoli.
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