Delicious Italy

You Tube eyes Rimini

In the very near future it is going to be possible to broadcast live from mobile telephones straight onto You Tube and similar video delivering platforms.

Privacy legislation is already struggling to keep up and this next technological opportunity seems an incredible challenge.

Especially for beach dancers in Rimini.

The reason we mention this is that our 30 second clip of bronzed pensioners enjoying themselves last July at the famed Adriatic coast resort was removed for a while by You Tube recently. 

We checked the rules, and as the clip was ours, the reason could only be that it was not suitable for general public viewing or one of the participants had enforced the privacy ruling.

The former is a possibility of course, but the latter seems more likely.

Or, just a thought, perhaps the local tourism authorities no longer feel this image of Rimini fits with the future of the town as a congress, golfing, mid to up market all year round destination.

But that's not the Rimini we saw and wanted to share with the world.     

Who married Alitalia?

It seems the drawn out walz to find a new partner for Alitalia is coming to an end. 

At the end of the day, the old lady couldn't face getting hitched to a sober foreigner, Air France, and has got into bed with Air One, an ambitious youngster from Abruzzo.

The previous Italian Government did all they could to marry her off to her French cousin, but the wicked Uncle Unions wouldn't allow it to happen, especially when they greedily eyed the backing of the new suitor's main sponsor, the incoming Italian Government.

A dowry of 300 million euros was duly paid to rich benefactor Banca Intesa San Paolo and the coupling goes ahead.

Both bride and groom seem happy enough and hopefully the Italian tax payer who was funding the ailing bride to the tune of 2.3 million euros a day to keep her on her feet.

The losers are certainly the five to eight thousand employees of Ms. Alitalia who are no longer needed at court, and perhaps also the wicked Uncle Unions who played the wrong card, drowning their sorrows at the reception.

What a ride!