Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Constant virus attacks on the barganews servers



For the last 30 days some kind person has been sending 150 - 250 viruses a day to the barganews offices via email.

Each day the IP address of the person sending out these virus laden mails has been logged and sent to their provider; Tisacali.

Received: from chv (host-84-222-40-212.cust-adsl.tiscali.it [84.222.40.212])
Received: from chv (host-84-222-43-187.cust-adsl.tiscali.it [84.222.43.187])
Received: from chv (host-84-222-42-143.cust-adsl.tiscali.it [84.222.42.143])

Every couple of days Tiscali sends back a mail thanking us for reporting these facts and tells us "we will try our best to find out the responsible of (sic) the abuse.
Thanks for your help. Best Regards"

30 days later the viruses are still coming in thick and fast and nothing is being done.

What a wonderful world we live in. Sometimes it makes you feel like taking things in hand and dealing with them in your own way, does it not ?

Damned cowards !!

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Trees in Barga

An email arrived in the offices of barganews this morning from a certain "Beppe di Frullino" and dated July 2010 ....

Barga, luglio 2010

Era dal 1998 che non tornavo a Barga.
Uscii al casello di Barga Sud della Lucca-Modena ma sul momento non riuscii a capire con precisione dove mi trovassi: c'era un gran traffico, anche pesante, e la strada era larga, diritta e fiancheggiata da grandi capannoni, alcuni dei quali provvisti di ciminiere vomitanti fumi di ogni tipo. Il cartello 'Zona Industriale Frascone' mi permise un primo orientamento: stavo guidando dove, un tempo, si stendeva un grande pascolo fiancheggiante il fiume Serchio, punteggiato qua e là da vigneti, pecore e alcune piccole case di pietra.
Mi incolonnai così assieme a una gran varietà di pullman turistici, stupendomi di come fosse diventata agevole la strada che mi doveva condurre fino al grande cedro del Giardino: appena superati i primi tornanti, il panorama si apriva e l'occhio poteva spaziare fino al Duomo, in quanto i numerosi alberi (platani secolari, ippocastani e quant'altro) che la fiancheggiavano non c'erano più: erano stati sostituiti con degli alberelli stenti, magri e bassi, che sicuramente non potevano nuocere alle grandi sagome multicolori dei bus a due piani. Il sole rammolliva impietosamente l'asfalto come in certi film ambientati nei deserti americani.



Ad un certo punto giunsi ad una rotatoria, al cui centro c'era una graziosa aiuola, e faticai non poco a rendermi conto che si stendeva dove un tempo si ergeva il grande cedro.
Girai verso destra, in direzione del parcheggio che era stato ricavato dal vecchio Parco Bruno Buozzi. Come Dio volle trovai posto, e mi accinsi al compito che mi ero proposto, cioè una visita ai luoghi nei quali avevo passato buona parte della mia esistenza.
Mi incamminai così lungo il viale del parcheggio, dove ormai non c'erano più alberi, ad eccezione di qualche piccolo e triste arbusto con la chioma acconciata a cilindro, o a cono, a seconda dei casi: solo marciapiedi pavimentati di materiale rosaceo, panchine di ferro stile liberty, e turisti di ogni nazionalità.
Arrivato al vecchio ponte di pietra, notai subito il grande cartello con la dicitura 'Barga città più verde d'Italia': era affisso sul muraglione che sosteneva le prime case, costruito per fronteggiare la tendenza a franare del pendio, emersa dopo l'abbattimento totale di tutti gli alberi .



Più in alto, si ergeva la mole maestosa del ponte più grande, quello di cemento armato: i tre grandi alberi situati tra i due ponti non c'erano più. Ricordai per alcuni minuti le sensazioni piacevoli che si potevano sperimentare al loro cospetto, in ogni stagione; qualcuno, a suo tempo, mi aveva anche narrato che avevano salvato la vita a due persone che, scivolate giù, si erano aggrappate alle loro generose chiome, attutendo in qualche modo la caduta.
Proseguii imboccando il vialetto che conduceva verso l'antico acquedotto, costeggiando il parco giochi con la grande fontana, spesso ghiacciata in inverno. Ebbi modo di ammirare nuovamente la stessa pavimentazione rosacea del parcheggio nel grazioso vialetto che scorreva tra piccole aiuole: se non fossi stato sicuro dei miei ricordi, avrei potuto anche pensare che gli alberi secolari e lo stretto viottolo che ricordavo non fossero mai esistiti se non nella mia fantasia.
Cominciavo a sudare a causa del sole, ed ero tormentato da numerosi insetti. Pregustavo la buona acqua della fontanella, ma dovetti rinunciarvi, dato che il rubinetto era stato tolto, e un cartello recava la dicitura 'acqua non potabile'.
Passato l'acquedotto, superai la salita e girai a destra verso Porta Macchiaia, con l'intenzione di ristorarmi alla vista dei grandi alberi che si stendevano in direzione dell'ex Istituto Alberghiero, dimora di scoiattoli e uccelli di ogni tipo. Trovai un posto libero al muretto, tra le numerose persone che scattavano fotografie, oppure si ristoravano bevendo dalle loro bottigliette di acqua minerale, e alzai gli occhi: gli alberi non c'erano più, al loro posto c'era un altro muraglione, in cima al quale svettava la vecchia scuola ora trasformata in residence. Proprio al centro della parete di calcestuzzo campeggiava un altro grande cartello che diceva 'Barga città più bella tra le piccole città d'Italia'.



Ripresi il mio cammino, con l'intenzione di seguire i numerosi gruppi turistici che affrontavano la ripida salita verso il Duomo, guidati da una babele di spiegazioni in tutte le lingue, ma ebbi la sensazione che, alla mia destra, mancasse qualcosa, così deviai.
Mi diressi verso l'incrocio con Via della Fontana, e scoprii così che l'antico e maestoso cedro non c'era più: ma proprio più, neanche il ceppo. Incredulo, avanzai, e scoprii che non c'era più neanche il noce: al loro posto c'era un ameno giardinetto lastricato, inondato spietatamente dal sole e arredato con pezzetti di tronco svuotati ed usati a mo' di vasi contenenti ogni sorta di fiorellini colorati.
Poiché mi pareva che anche più in su, verso la Piazzetta Verzani, mancasse qualcosa, salii gli ampi e bassi scalini di Via della Misericordia. Quando giunsi nella piazza, constatai che erano sopravvissuti solo alcuni cipressi, presumo perché più 'turistici' delle foreste tipiche della nostra zona. La cosa più incredibile, però, era che non c'erano più i pini! Quei grandi pini centenari e ombrosi erano spariti, e al loro posto c'era una linda piazzetta con l'immancabile pavimentazione rosacea e i vasini di fiori. Due tisici arbusti sorretti da stecchi tentavano di fare ombra come potevano, ma era impresa troppo gravosa per le loro forze.
Nonostante il grande caldo, e gli insetti che mi pungevano, decisi di proseguire verso il Duomo.



Quando arrivai in cima ero senza fiato, ma non per il caldo: il cedro che fiancheggiava il Duomo era sparito anche lui, e al suo posto c'era una struttura di alluminio e vetro; incuriosito, mi avvicinai e tentai di farmi largo tra una gran quantità di orientali in calzoni corti muniti di mostruose macchine fotografiche. Quando giunsi in prossimità delle lastre trasparenti, scoprii che dentro c'era un plastico: rappresentava, con dovizia di particolari, la città di Barga, ma com'era stata fino a pochi anni prima, immersa nel verde e circondata dai suoi bellissimi alberi; addirittura, si vedevano anche i due enormi platani che proteggevano Porta Reale, dei quali non c'era più traccia in quanto erano state rimosse anche le radici e l'intera zona era stata asfaltata, come se gli autori stessi si fossero resi conto dell'enormità del loro gesto e avessero tentato di farne scomparire il ricordo. Davanti alla struttura c'era una graziosa scritta eseguita con i fiorellini, che recitava 'Com'eravamo'.



Solo a questo punto mi accorsi della presenza di un ascensore pubblico, che utilizzai per arrivare al livello di Piazza Angelio. Percorsi la galleria fortemente illuminata che portava nella Piazza, immaginando che almeno lì, nel cuore di Barga Vecchia, fosse rimasto qualcosa di bello.
La prima cosa che mi colpi, oltre alla folla, è che non c'erano più le auto dei residenti. Osservando le targhe alle porte, che indicavano uffici di vario tipo e affittacamere, capii che erano spariti anche i residenti (ad eccezione di quelli di lusso), e Barga si avviava a diventare un museo, come tutte le città che perdono gli abitanti e, con essi, la vita.

Un certo trambusto a un lato della piazza attirò la mia curiosità; mi avvicinai, e vidi un individuo male in arnese, con i capelli biondi a spazzola e la pelle chiarissima, visibilmente ubriaco. Stava vomitando improperi in inglese all'indirizzo di un folto gruppo di turisti cinesi; con la mano destra brandiva un boccale di birra scheggiato, che ondeggiava con fare minaccioso. I turisti non parevano per niente impressionati, anzi: ridevano tra loro, scattavano all'uomo una gran quantità di fotografie e lo riprendevano con le loro telecamere portatili. Si girò verso di me, ed ebbi l'impressione di averlo conosciuto, a suo tempo; mi guardò per un attimo sotto le palpebre semichiuse, poi agitò in modo incerto il boccale rotto nella mia direzione. Mi affrettai ad allontanarmi.
Arrivai così alla fine del mio viaggio: tanti anni prima, io avevo abitato lì, e molti ricordi piacevoli mi stavano tornando alla memoria. Ero fiducioso che almeno la mia vecchia casa non avesse subito troppi mutamenti.
Mi affacciai nel vicolo, ma al posto delle vecchie cantine con le porte di castagno c'erano tanti piccoli negozietti: non capivo bene che cosa vendessero, le insegne recavano scritte come 'Casa dell'Arte' 'Il Vecchio Stile' 'L'Antico Pastore', o cose simili.



Alzai gli occhi verso il tetto: era stato completamente rifatto, e i nidi delle rondini non c'erano più. Ricordai con rimpianto le numerose famiglie di rondini che ogni anno tornavano a pochi metri dalle mie finestre: con il tempo, avevano imparato a non temermi, e avevo passato molto del mio tempo libero osservando il loro agitarsi ed ascoltando i loro concerti, tutte in fila sul cordino per stendere i panni.
Solo ora mi accorsi che nel cielo non c'erano le rondini, e neppure nessun altro tipo di uccello.
Neppure uno.

Beppe di Frullino

Saturday, March 26, 2005

Giada Masoni and Rat Band at the Barga Jazz Club



Giada Masoni & Rat Band played some heavy Blues & Funk this evening at the Barga Jazz Club

Giada Masoni – voce
Luca Giovacchini - chitarra
Carlo Parenti – drums
Claudio Polizzi – basso
Alessandro Rizzardi - sax

special guest; Geoff from Jacks Pack

More images and a small MP3 file can be found here

Monday, March 21, 2005

Daily Images for FEBRUARY from O'Connor



Daily Images from the award winning photographer O'Connor here on barganews.com moves into the snowy white month of February. Some great images that will probably not be repeated in Barga for at least another twenty years. Catch them while you can here

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Inauguration of smoking area in local restaurant



The club "Il TOSCANO: Tradizione in Garfanana" and two expert sommeliers from FISAR were called upon by the Hotel and Restaurant Ludovico Ariosto of Castelnuovo Garfanana, Italy to help with the inauguration and testing of their new fully air-conditioned smoking and dining area. As the members lit up the room with a pre dinner delicate and aromatic "Toscanelli" a few devoted passive smokers took deep pilfering breaths in a vain attempt to join us in this cigar relishing moment. The first test was a success, the air conditioning was doing its job wonderfully, not even a whiff managed to escape and hence, if those miserly passives wanted to delight with the rest of us, then they would have to procure and smoke their own cigars for once.

The evening continued at a very civilised and leisurely pace with some deliciously prepared unhurried food and expertly harmonised wine. In-between courses and in anticipation to the really big test event some members teased the aeration system by indulging in the more conventional but less challenging smoking tests.

Finally the big moment had arrived, the president of the club Francesco Bertoncini presented the hotel Ludovico Ariosto a plaque to commemorate this historic occasion and then gave way to the final testing session. Paolo from the Tabaccheria Paolini carefully opened the elegant wooden box containing standard issue fully loaded Toscano cigars and gave one to each of the 50 strong testing squad


Full article and more images here

Saturday, March 19, 2005

St Josephs Day - San Giuseppe - Fathers Day



The 19th of March is fathers day in Italy and the day that frittelle are cooked - a fried pasta mix with rice or vegetables. Paolo Gas and friends honoured the tradition this afternoon. More images here

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Barga in the news in America - article by Dan Montgomery



The author, overcome by vino rosso, Aristo's seductive music and the charms of the local ladies, hits the dance floor.Photo by Emily Montgomery Copyright © 2005, Daily Press

Barga in The News - a long article in the Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
Bel canto di Barga - Make beautiful music together in a medieval Italian town with more than its share of harmony By Dan Montgomery

Barga, Italy -- I've been obsessing over the Tuscan hilltop town of Barga since my family vacationed there last spring. We loved the place for all the reasons you might expect - the beauty, the people, the architecture, the food, the wine, the history - and one I didn't expect: the music.

The rest of this informative and extremely well researched article can be read here

Monday, March 14, 2005

Osteria Angelio closes



One of the cultural centers of Barga Vecchia shut its doors this weekend. The Osteria Angelio in Piazza Angelio is no more. It has ceased to be - its expired and gone to meet its maker. Its a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. Its metabolic processes are now 'istory. Its off the twig. Its kicked the bucket, its shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible!! IT IS AN EX- OSTERIA



John Moscardini and Gianmarco Marseglia started the Osteria when Barga Vecchia was still in its dormant stage. Most of the inhabitants had either left or were sleeping. Some observers gave only 6 months of life to their project but in fact they went on for over 6 years blazing the trail for others to follow.

A bottle of wine from the fine wine collection, nurtured and fussed over by John would be perfect company for the simple but tasty meals that he brought out daily from the kitchens. Add to this the sharp and dry humour of Gianmarco, the Jazz music playing in the background and it all added up to making eating in the Osteria an experience to be remembered.



Many of the best jazz musicians in the area passed through their doors for the Osteria Jazz Evenings plus many, many artists and photographers made full use of the free exhibition space. Have a wander though the Osteria site and see just how many there were

The King is dead - long live the King

Sunday, March 13, 2005

den Trio from Japan play the Teatro dei Differenti



The Teatro dei Differenti was filled this evening with a sound that has never been heard before in this area.. The den Trio from Japan; Eiko Oyake - Violino, Yukio Hayashida - Violoncello, Sachiyo Kosaka - Pianoforte and with the special appearance of Mitsuko Minato playing her note-bending zither, the Koto.

More images and a small MP3 file of tonights performace can be found here

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Clap bus crashes off road at Loppia



Black ice, driver error or technical failure? ..... for the moment the reasons are uncertain as to just what did cause a Clap bus to veer off the road at the hairpin just above Loppia and crash down 20 metres into the undergrowth. Luckily the trees stopped the bus from moving further down the steep bank. More images here

Friday, March 11, 2005

Saxophonia at the Barga Jazz Club



Sax, sax and yet more sax at the Barga Jazz Club last night

Reduce dai successi lucchesi il gruppo capitanato da Giancarlo Rizzardi torna al BargaJazz Club con una gradita novità: una cantante, e con un ospite d'eccezione Pietro Paolo Mannelli ... the Jazz Club More images here

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Finally the thaw arrives in Barga



The freezing cold weather and deep snow has finally started to release its grip on Barga ... the thaw has started and the place has gradually returning to normal but as the snow recedes so some of the damage done by the Arctic conditions becomes evident.

There are now quite a few gutters that will have to have work done on them over the next couple of weeks as the weight of the snow has bent or moved them but the real lasting damage has been to the remaining trees in Barga. Many of the the large pines lost branches or in places were actually brought down by the weight of the snow. Those still standing will all have to checked for further damage and it looks likely that some will even have to be felled as they are too dangerous to remain.

More images and full story here

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Losing the Drug War - a Frank Viviano article



A new exclusive article from the 8 times Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist/ best selling author and barganews staff reporter Frank Viviano on just how he thinks the war on drugs is being won and lost;



Amsterdam - If the reigning symbol of U.S. drug policy in 2005 is a combat plane diving over Latin American cocaine fields, for more than a generation Holland’s has been its smoke-filled coffee shops, bathed in the fumes of government-approved marijuana.
In almost every respect, the approach to drugs – hard and soft – by these two NATO allies represents polar opposites on the scale between de facto total war and de facto legalization. Since 1975, marijuana and other cannabis derivatives have been openly sold and consumed in hundreds of cafes and other outlets licensed by the Dutch authorities.
More recently, cities here have begun providing free doses of heroin to addicts, in a test program watched closely by governments across Europe.

The reasoning behind these measures could hardly be more distant from the “zero-tolerance” logic that prevails in the United States.

The full article is here

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Festa delle Donne without Mimosa ?


image from Feste delle Donne 2004

The worst weather in 20 years (or the best depending on if you are a small child with a love of sledging)has meant that the flowers which are normally in bloom this time of year are nowhere to be seen.



The Feste delle Donne is generally celebrated with the giving of Mimosa flowers to all the women.

There are no Mimosa in flower this year in Barga so the festa has had one vital part missing ...... that is until somebody took the matter into their own hands and replanted a small Mimosa bush down at Barga Giardino with a large sign saying that it was a gift for all of the women of Barga.

Now the question the whole of Barga is asking is of course, just who are the mysterious benefactors A and M ? Fingers were pointed in the direction of Palazzo Pancrazi and the AM - Amministrazione Municipale where as others were indicating a place much nearer to hand. Who knows? What ever, it was a nice gesture.

Monday, March 07, 2005

Nicola Calipari - un Italiano da ricordare



Italian agents likely withheld information from U.S. counterparts about a cash-for-freedom deal with gunmen holding an Italian hostage for fear that Americans might block the trade, Italian news reports said yesterday.
The decision by operatives of Italy's SISMI military intelligence service to keep the CIA in the dark about the deal for the release of reporter Giuliana Sgrena, might have "short-circuited" communications with U.S. forces controlling the road from Baghdad to the city's airport, the newspaper La Stampa said.

That would help explain why American troops opened fire on a car whisking the released hostage to a waiting airplane, wounding Miss Sgrena and killing the Italian intelligence operative who had just negotiated her release.
Thousands of Italians yesterday congregated on the Altar to the Fatherland in Rome's vast Piazza Venezia to view the coffin of Nicola Calipari, the 52-year-old head of SISMI's international operations department.

Miss Sgrena, a reporter for the Communist daily Il Manifesto, charged yesterday that U.S. forces might have deliberately targeted her because Washington opposes Italy's policy of dealing with kidnappers.
"The United States doesn't approve of this [ransom] policy and so they try to stop it in any way possible," the veteran war reporter, 57, told Sky Italia TV.
Miss Sgrena, whose newspaper ardently opposes Italy's deployment of 3,000 troops in Iraq as part of the U.S.-led coalition, offered no direct evidence to support the charge and toned down the suggestion in a later interview with Reuters.
"If this happened because of a lack of information or deliberately, I don't know, but even if it was due to a lack of information, it is unacceptable," she said from her hospital room.
There were conflicting reports on the extent to which Italian authorities had informed their American counterparts about the operation, in which a reported $6 million was paid for the journalist's release.
Mr. Calipari and another senior SISMI operative concluded the deal for her release on Friday in Abu Dhabi and then flew to Baghdad aboard a secret service Falcon executive jet to collect her, La Stampa said.
At the airport, they met an Italian military liaison officer and U.S. military authorities issued them passes allowing them to travel around Baghdad carrying weapons, the newspaper said citing SISMI sources.
The sources said the Italians explained "the terms of the mission" and "the exact nature of the operation" to U.S. officials at the airport. Sources also said an American officer was instructed to wait at the airport for Mr. Calipari and the freed hostage.

But La Stampa also quoted diplomatic sources saying vital information was withheld from the Americans. "Italian intelligence decided to free Sgrena paying a sum to the kidnappers without informing American colleagues in Iraq who, if they had known about this, would have had to oppose it, to have impeded the operation," sources said.
"If this was the case, it could explain why American intelligence had not informed the American military commands about the operation and thus the patrol did not expect the car with the Italians."

Whatever the truth, the affair aroused public opinion and put pressure on Prime Minister Silvio Berluskoni to take a tough line with President Bush.
Mr. Berluskoni won plaudits last year when Mr. Calipari obtained the release of two young volunteers kidnapped in Iraq known as the two Simonas, also through payment of a multimillion dollar ransom.
That money reputedly came not from the state, but from the personal fortune of Mr. Berluskoni, a media magnate who is Italy's richest man.
But the death of Mr. Calipari, while using his body to shield Miss Sgrena from U.S. fire, has sparked deep anger and could cost the prime minister in regional elections at the end of this month.

In the past, the Italian left detested the security services, notorious for skulduggery and links to the neo-fascist right, but since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the left has idolized men like Mr. Calipari, who spent most of his career as a police officer in his native Calabria fighting organized crime.

He transferred to the military intelligence service just two years ago.
Several government ministers joined the driver of the car yesterday in rejecting the U.S. explanation that the Americans opened fire only after the driver ignored signals to slow down as he approached a checkpoint.
Mr. Bush has promised a full probe into why troops shot at the Italian car nearing Baghdad airport Friday evening. John Phillips - THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sunday, March 06, 2005

Ico Gattai performance piece at Barga Jazz Club



Every now and again something just out of the ordinary pops up out of the blue and makes itself known. Last night was one of those occasions. It should have been just an easy trip up to the Barga Jazz Club with the photographer for a couple of images to add to an article today .... instead I walked slap bang into a full blown art performance by Ico Gattai which rocked me on my heels.

Just him, his guitar and voice and a backing dj occasionally modulating that voice through the PA system.

The man is spell binding. A one man show taking us on a loose Dadaist ramble through his brain patterns with sparks of insight mingled with just dumb asides that had the audience howling with joined up laughter. Get to see this man if you can.

His name once again is Ico Gattai. More images here

Saturday, March 05, 2005

necci -the food of the poor/the food of gods



NECCI; the simplest of ingredients .... sweet chestnut flour, water and salt mixed into a thick paste and cooked between two hot plates over a flame.

Two metal plates, the testi or cotte, are oiled and heated and the chestnut paste is poured onto one of the plates, the other is placed over the top so that the necci can be cooked from both sides. A stick to press down on the top plate and in seconds you have one of the tastiest foods in this area

Add some ricotta and you have quite simply the food of Gods.

That is if you are not over a certain age and remember that chestnuts were the staple diet of the poor in this area without which they would have perished in the times of famine. More images here

Friday, March 04, 2005

Snow, snow and yet more snow



Barga woke up this morning to a view that has not been seen for 20 years. The bright sun shine lit up a view of Barga covered in snow with the mountains around the city crystal clear, every tree visible and sharply defined. Not since the winter of 1985 has the snow been so deep and lasted so long.

These images were taken from the terrace of Palazzo Pancrazi looking out over the roofs of Barga Vecchia towards Barga Giardino.

More images here

Thursday, March 03, 2005

Schools shut - heavy snow fall once again in Barga



Once again heavy snow fall on Barga through out the day has left the transport system in difficulty and as a consequence, the schools are once again shut for the next two days.

The award winning barganews photographer O'Connor took his trusty Sony DSC-F717 and went out into the snow to see what some of the schoolkids thought to the terrible news of having to stay at home until the end of the week.

His images are here

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

The barga bloggers getting up steam

The blogging revolution gathers pace. It has been a long time coming but finally it is here and starting to really get up some steam. Way back in May 2001 the first blog appeared on barganews written by Jack Nannini then reporting on the Barga Sports World ..... nearly 4 years later he is still blogging away, this time on a more personal level but this time the world knows what he is doing, blogging has come of age !



We now have 10 bloggers posting up their stories and images for the readers of barganews. Some are writing here in Barga Vecchio, such as Don Natale up at the Duomo and Barga Jazz from somewhere in the piazza. Rhazckal could be lurking at Pian Grande, Mirko Strabacco is further down the valley and Deety is hidden somewhere, we know not where but others are a good deal further afield ... GMENXS is out towards Firenze, TAR is in London and Filo and Kate were, at their last blog somewhere in the desert in Rajistan, India.



The latest blogger articles can be seen on the front page or by checking down the full list here.

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Celebrations for inaugural flight Glasgow - Pisa



Festa in Barga this afternoon to celebrate the inaugural flight of the new Ryanair Glasgow - Pisa service which now links Scotland and Tuscany.

The ex mayor of Glasgow Alex Mosson, a regular visitor to Barga, was joined by John Bellany and representatives of the Pisa and Prestwick airports in todays festivities.

The Tuscan political world was represented by the mayors of Castelnuovo, Pisa and the President of the Province Andrea Tagliasacchi. More images here

 

 

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