Giorgio Cini

The 54-meter “Giorgio Cini” was built for the Cini Foundation in 1970 and it was donated to the Guardia di Finanza in 1984, to be used as a training ship. With a crew of 30 she can take on board up to 60 “Finanzieri di mare” (Marine Customs officers) for a training cruise.

External links: Cini Foundation - Guardia di Finanza (Wikipedia)
See also: V 609 Falco - Summer Hawk - V 2043 - Hawk at Sea

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A Longer Elba Pier

The 85-meter Elba pier is getting longer. Works in progress will add, in stages, 150 meters to the existing structure: in the end it will be even longer than the nearby 168-meter Capitaneria pier.

VDP & LDP in Florence #2

Second Florentine meeting between Versailles Daily Photo and Livorno Daily Photo...

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Duckspeak

“There is a word in Newspeak,” said Syme, “I don't know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.”

(George Orwell, 1984)

Our cheap Livornese version of the Orwellian Ministry of Truth has devised that there wasn't any project of a bridge where now lies the Isthmus of Crocetta.

Two nice parapets are now in place where the temporary Jersey barriers once stood and some docile locals or the unaware tourist may even think that this is how the passage across the unnecessary canal was meant to be. We are all still waiting for some gauche Newspeak explanation of why this is better for us.

See also: A New Canal - The Non-Bridge of Crocetta - The Isthmus of Crocetta
External links: Ministry of Truth - Newspeak (Wikipedia)
Search labels: new canal

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Lampo Goes to Gliwice

Lampo, the traveling dog has made another trip, this time up to Gliwice, in Poland. Our friend Beata, who introduced us to his story, wasn't able to find a copy of the original book during her stay in Florence. We were more lucky a few days later, and we sent her the book in the mail. (Photos by Beata)

We are not sure how Lampo arrived in Poland, but we all hope that it was on a train!

See also: Lampo, the traveling dog

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Without Trofeo D'Alesio

The “Trofeo D'Alesio”, the opening race of the Livornese rowing season, did not take place yesterday. It was announced some time ago that the D'Alesio family had withdrawn its support to the competition for undisclosed reasons.
By the way, we will be in Florence for a few days.

See also: Trofeo D'Alesio - Trofeo D'Alesio 2011 - Trofeo D'Alesio 2012 - Trofeo D'Alesio 2013
Search labels: rowing

VDP & LDP in Florence

First Florentine meeting between Versailles Daily Photo and Livorno Daily Photo...

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31st Naval Academy Trophy

Everything is ready for the 31st edition of the “Trofeo Accademia Navale” (Naval Academy Trophy), which begins today. The tents of the “Tuttovela” (All about sailing) village are in place and “Nave Italia” is already here. (Photo taken on April 23)

Search labels: TAN - Tuttovela
External links: 31st TAN (Official site, in Italian)

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The Big Anchovy

A few days ago a “grande acciuga” (big anchovy) has been painted on the roof of the decrepit Fish Market building. It is a work of Libera Capezzone and the words below say: “Lische squame coda amore. Libertà” (Fishbones scales tail love. Freedom).

The project was sponsored by a brand of paint, so it would have been nice to paint also the rest of the roof, which badly need it. This would have been also a better background for the big fish.

See also: Mercato del Pesce

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