WTI Magazine #78    2016 April 15
Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:

Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 78th issue of our online magazine. Spring has boomed in Italy: we have a warm, sunny weather and the many beautiful places of our marvelous country are full of tourists. A recent survey tells us that in the Tripadvisor reviews, American tourists to our country assign a grade point average of 4.69 on a 0 to 5 scale, and are the second largest ethnic group among those who appreciate us more, exceeded only by the Russians. Lazio, the region where Rome is, stands as the Italian region that collects the most numerous positive comments and judgments. Keep coming, you are welcome here!

About travelling to Italy, please take a look at this new, wonderful video promoting our country: I'm sure you'll like it!

I am programming a new trip to the US to promote my book "We the Italians. Two flags, One heart. One hundred interviews" (available here http://goo.gl/f2wBha). After attending the NIAF Spring Gala in New York (check out the details further ahead in the magazine!), I'll be presenting the book in Manhattan, NY on May 3 at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute; at the Connecticut Italian American bar Association Festa della Primavera in New Haven, CT on May 4; at Studio Legale Internazionale Agnoloni-Raiti in Greenwich CT on May 5; and at I AM Books in the Boston North End, MA on May 6.

You'll receive more details about the presentations, but please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected] for any further information. I'll be waiting for you! More presentations will be organized in October, so stay tuned and buy the book!

We have a brand new Linkedin group! We encourage all of you who have a profile on this social network to join our group, here https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8483117. Wed also have a brand new twitter account! Please follow us, so we can stay in touch, here https://twitter.com/wetheitalians And please use our hashtag #wetheitalians

As already told, we opened our own store, with gadgets, branded We the Italians! We're having a big success! We're so glad that so many of our friends already decided to buy one or more of our gadgets. You can do it, too! Don't lose this occasion, show your gadget with two flags and one heart to your fellow Italians, they'll want to know how to buy such a cool thing! Here's the link: http://wetheitalians.spreadshirt.com/

We're working on other exciting news: you just have to stay connected and soon some other changes will come straight to you. Please: take a look at which areas you subscribed too. We are changing our newsletter and soon we will restart sending one different for each area: those of you who subscribed for each area will receive 9 newsletters. If you don't want that, please take a look at your subscription, or email us and tell us which area(s) you prefer.

That's all for now. So stay tuned, fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride. The future's so bright, we gotta wear shades!