News:
For our Italian exchange student from Florence, those who have traveled to Italy and anyone who has ever wandered along a street with an ice cream.
Everyone check it out:
Italy's
Florence bans eating in the street
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN • Updated 6th September 2018
(CNN) — Italy might be the home of al fresco dining, but
in the tourist mecca of Florence street-snacking has become such a problem that
local authorities have introduced fines of up to €500 ($581) to combat it.
The city ordinance, which came
into effect on September 4, bans people from pausing in the historic center to
eat food on sidewalks, roadways and on the doorsteps of shops and houses.
Around 10.2
million tourists visit Florence each year, to see such
world-famous attractions as Michelangelo's "David" and the medieval
Ponte Vecchio -- and that number has risen by 2.4 million in just five years.
The four streets affected by
the ban -- Via de' Neri, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Piazza del Grano and Via della
Ninna -- are among the busiest in the city and the restrictions are in place
during peak eating times: noon to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Congestion and litter
Via de' Neri is filled with
food shops, including three branches of the wildly popular sandwich joint All'antico Vinaio and
the much-loved ice cream store Gelateria dei Neri.
Hungry sightseers often loiter
here to feast upon some of Italy's finest carbs and dairy. This, supporters of
the measure say, exacerbates congestion in an already crowded city and also
adds to a litter problem.
Dario Nardella, the Mayor of
Florence, says in a Facebook
post announcing the move: "Sometimes we are faced with
tourists who lack education towards our city [...]. And that's not good at
all."
He adds, "Tourists, if they
behave like they do at home, are and will always be our welcome guests,
especially if they want to enjoy our gastronomic specialties [...]. Only those
who love Florence deserve Florence."
It's not the first time
Nardella has taken a hard line against street-guzzling. Last summer he ordered
that the steps of the city's churches be hosed
down to deter tourists from picnicking upon them.
Coming up: signed criteria sheets due next Wednesday, September 12
In class: Proust Questionnaire.
The following is due by the end of class on Monday, September 10. That gives you two class days to write thorough, thoughtful responses.
Copy and past the questions on a word document; then respond.
I would like to try something a bit more creative in the getting-to-know-you category. Below you will see The Proust Questionnaire. Open up a word document and respond to the questions. When you have completed the task, send them along in an e-mail or google docs. If you are using google docs, please make sure I have access. My address for docs is under 2006630@rcsd121.org
Take your time. Your responses should be fluid, pithy, and grammatically correct. However, they may be witty and imaginative. Tasty bits might be shared on the blog. (no names shall be used.) As noted above, these are due by the end of class on Monday. You may, of course, send them along ahead. This counts in the class participation area of 40%. Late work is worth 50 points. (share 2006630@rcsd121.org)
The Proust Questionnaire
Marcel Proust 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French noelist, critic and essayist best known for his monumental À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time- earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. In the back pages of Vanity Fair magazine each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. As a way of getting to know you, and by extension each other, please read and respond to the following questions. They are from a party game the young Proust played at the age of 13. As with this writer, the questions give insight into character and life beliefs. Take your time and reflect. These should not be extended responses, but make them full sentences. Humor and wit are welcomed.
Marcel Proust 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French noelist, critic and essayist best known for his monumental À la Recherche du Temps Perdu (In Search of Lost Time- earlier translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It was published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. In the back pages of Vanity Fair magazine each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. As a way of getting to know you, and by extension each other, please read and respond to the following questions. They are from a party game the young Proust played at the age of 13. As with this writer, the questions give insight into character and life beliefs. Take your time and reflect. These should not be extended responses, but make them full sentences. Humor and wit are welcomed.
1. What is your idea of perfect happiness?
2. What is your greatest fear?
3. What is your greatest extravagance?
4. What is your current state of mind?
5. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
6. On what occasion do you lie?
7. What do you dislike most about your appearance?
8. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Man?
9. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
10. When and where were you happiest?
11. Which talent would you most like to have?
12. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
13. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
14. What is your most treasured possession?
15. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
16. What do you most value in your friends?
17. What historical figure do you most identify with?
18. What is your favorite hero of fiction?
19. What is it that you most dislike?
20. How would you like to die?
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