http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/ The Free, Brief, Daily email from Italy read by (tens of) thousands worldwide! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/#comment-845 Rosemary Thu, 28 May 2009 15:14:47 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=3626#comment-845 That's hilarious. We were told that Tiramisu had the same effect as well! That’s hilarious. We were told that Tiramisu had the same effect as well!

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/#comment-794 Buzz Floyd Thu, 21 May 2009 19:22:41 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=3626#comment-794 Do you mean that all the spankings I got as a kid for swimming in the sulpher water pond on the strip mine in West Virginia were for nothing, and the water might have been good for me after all? When they said, "You might get polio," were they really afraid I might get something else? Do you mean that all the spankings I got as a kid for swimming in the sulpher water pond on the strip mine in West Virginia were for nothing, and the water might have been good for me after all? When they said, “You might get polio,” were they really afraid I might get something else?

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/#comment-793 jojo Thu, 21 May 2009 14:49:40 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=3626#comment-793 le numerose offerte d'Italia sooth l'anima le numerose offerte d’Italia sooth l’anima

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/#comment-792 Dee Thu, 21 May 2009 14:41:14 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=3626#comment-792 Another reason to love Italy! Not that we need anymore. Another reason to love Italy! Not that we need anymore.

]]> http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/puzza-del-diavolo/#comment-790 Penny Ewles-Bergeron Thu, 21 May 2009 11:17:39 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=3626#comment-790 Wow! It's difficult to imagine the smell of sulphur having any effect other than 'run away!' When we board the train at Bagnoli, one stop along the Metropolitana from Pozzuoli, the carriages are often full of this devilish stink thanks to the Solfatara volcano near the terminus. Puzzuoli might be a better name. Thanks, Evanne for a fascinating note and a new piece of trivia to pass on whenever the whiff of sulphur sweeps across the NATO base near Naples. We'll have to watch out for frisky officers! Wow! It’s difficult to imagine the smell of sulphur having any effect other than ‘run away!’ When we board the train at Bagnoli, one stop along the Metropolitana from Pozzuoli, the carriages are often full of this devilish stink thanks to the Solfatara volcano near the terminus. Puzzuoli might be a better name. Thanks, Evanne for a fascinating note and a new piece of trivia to pass on whenever the whiff of sulphur sweeps across the NATO base near Naples. We’ll have to watch out for frisky officers!

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