Aggies Roll Past All-Star Italy, 93-46 in Florence, Italy. Texas A&M will travel to Venice tomorrow and will play the third of a four-game tour on Thursday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. In the Florence’s game Senior Kristi Bellock scored 26 points to lead the Texas A&M women’s basketball team to a 93-46 rout of All-Star Italy on Tuesday evening inside the Palazzetto dello Sport in San Marcellino.
Author: Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini
Found the English tourist: she was in a bar
Diane Howell, the 48 year old British tourist missing Aug. 17 while she was in Santa Croce with a group of 35 tourists was found in a bar in via Nazionale. About the reasons for his removal, the tourist, who would also have psychiatric problems, was unclear.
Hills of Florence on fire, 3 choppers in action
A fire developed in a village called Lastra, in the area of Careggi in Florence, hitting wild olive trees very receptive due to high temperature and drought. The proximity of many homes suggested the Fire Department of Florence to apply immediately to the Operations Centre of Civil Protection: an helicopter is working from 2,30 pm. In the afternoon another fire was also developed in Bagno a Ripoli, south of Florence: ten hectares of forest were burnt. In the night the two firestorms was under control.
Florence Bookstore and Gifts opens the UK shop
Books, DVD, gifts and much more now even in the UK market. The “Florence Bookstore and Gifts” is now open not only in US but even in UK. So, you can choose the best items from Florence, Italy, the city has enchanted millions of people from all over the world.
Lunch on the beach on Tuscan seaside
It’s time to cook, in Tuscan seaside: on Thursday, August 23th, there will be the 20th edition of the cooking-show “A tavola sulla spiaggia” (“Lunch on the beach”) in Forte dei Marmi. Promoted by Gianni Mercatali, the event will feature twelve contestants whose dishes will create the menu of summer 2012.
Florence Biennale from November 30, 2013
The IX Florence Biennale 2013 will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from November 30 to December 8, 2013, in Florence, Italy. Each edition of the Florence Biennale, founded in 1997, is one of the largest events representing artists from around the world, with participants from 80 countries and more than 2500 works displayed.
Police to find an English tourist missing in Florence
Research is under way in Florence to find a British tourist suddenly disappeared from on August 17. The woman, Diane Howell, 48, was seen for the last time in Piazza Santa Croce. She was with a group, then she turned away from it and no one has seen her more.
Hottest summer ever in Florence: marked 40°C
The latest, dubbed Caligula, led the ministry of health to issue a red alert early this week for several Italian cities, including Florence, where temperatures were expected to hit more than 40 degrees Celsius. Still, record-keepers say this year’s heat has not beaten the 2003 mark for heat.
Women-basket, Texas A&M vs All Star Italy
The Texas A&M women’s basketball team began action on its summer tour of Italy with a hard-fought, 61-57 loss to All-Star Italy on Sunday evening. Texas A&M is scheduled to play All-Star Italy again on Tuesday, Aug. 21, in Florence. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. Florence time.
KME, president Salvatore Orlando died at 55
A heart attack cause dead, at his home in Florence, of Salvatore Orlando, 55, president of metallurgical group KME, a pan-European industrial group with a leading position in the global market for copper and copper alloy products. ounded in 1886 as “SMI Società Metallurgica Italiana”, KME is today an industrial group with head offices in Florence and Europe-wide operations, with a leading position in the world copper processing industry.