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Summer holidays 2009

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Yet another summer holiday is over and has left behind the usual trail of photos. This year’s highlights have been a tour of Tuscany with finnish guests Anu and Petri, U2′s gig in Milan and a trip to the Isle of Elba for my good friend Valeria’s wedding. Enjoy! And if you are friend or family, don’t forget to login to Flickr.

Italy: make history, have a pizza named after you

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

After Garibaldi, Michelangelo and Al Capone, it was only a matter of time before Berlusconi got his own name attached to a pizza. The prime minister of Italy can thank the finnish “Koti Pizza” (“home pizza”) chain for the honor, and let’s hope this will help heal the finnish-italian gastro-diplomatic relationships that went sour a few years ago over some statements from the very same head of state. The ad says – I think -  “elected best pizza in the world” (although it could also say “mundane parhaaksi elect pizza” according to this automatic translator). I have no idea what the ingredients are, but knowing the finnish sense of humour I would bet there is parma ham.