2017年5月23日火曜日

Fellini of Rome

I have not matured enough to discuss Fellini or Rome, but I visited Margutta street where Fellini I lived with Giulietta Masina, so I decided to jot some things down. Fellini left his home Rimini, which he depicted in Amarcord, and came to Rome when he was 17 under the Mussolini government. It was inevitable to enter the movie industry from the scenarios of Rossellini’s “Roma città apert. The atmosphere here is well depicted in the...

2017年5月16日火曜日

Udon in Italy

I keep traveling. Normally, the Siena plaza is big and calm, but during Palio di Siena, a horse race that takes place twice a year, things get ugly. It is too narrow for 10 horses to race and many riders fall off and horses fall. What do the locals eat while they get heated up with the thrilling race? They eat “Udon”. Thick hard noodles made with wheat and water. Italian Udon, made in Toscana. It is quite different from spaghetti. It is...