Hello everybody! I'm 19 and I'm from Rome! Sorry for my bad English, I'll learn it slowly! I'm an owner of a Mini One Diesel (2006) and i'm happy to share my passion with you! Byeeeeeee! Lorenzo.

 

Dare il benvenuto al foro!

Your English is far better than my Italian.

Kind regards,

Charlie

 

Grazieeee!! Thank youuu!! The correct italian is "Ti do il benvenuto sul forum"

 

Welcome Lorenzo

 

Thank you for teaching me.

Cheers,

Charlie

 

Welcome Roma! My favorite city, besides San Francisco of course (home town) My Mothers birthplace was Rome and I have relatives there and get to see the beautiful city every few years. I would like to see pictures of your car in some famous spots, Colosseum for example or if you can get it in Piazza Navona. Anyway I'm new here too awaiting my Clubman S to be delivered.
enjoy!

 

Welcome to the forum Lorenzo.

I spend a lot of time at Caesars Palace here in Las Vegas. Unfortunately it's as close to Rome as I'm going to get for awhile.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome ... I try to write with google translate to make you understand better ... I hope it is useful! As for the photos of the Mini, Piazza Navona is unfortunately closed to vehicle traffic ... I can take pictures near the Coliseum or other beautiful places ... you just ask! I love America, especially California! I've never been to America, but I hope to visit soon! I love surfing too, but in Italy there are no good waves! In two years I'll change my One Diesel with a Cooper S convertible (R52) because the new R56 in my opinion are too big and little Mini (even though they are very beautiful!). Greetings to all Americans!

 

I am still in love with Rome. I stayed in Grottaferatta for a time when I was younger, and was introduced to the city by a cousin who was pretty much a native.

The hardest thing was taking a train to Naples at 8 in the morning on the day I had to leave - the same day that my dear host was testing a couple of Ferrari coupes on a rented race track near the city. He took me to the station in a Cinque Cento!

I arrived in Naples only to discover that the ship that I was to meet had been delayed 12 hours, so I could have attended the test session.

In despair, I drank one of the bottles of wine that I had been given as a going away present.

Getting drunk at the Neapolitan docks is foolish, and for a young American to do so is beyond foolish. Fortunately I survived, and my journey continued.

Rome has certainly changed beyond recognition in the years since I was there - one of my impressions was the Fascisti patrolling with black uniforms and automatic weapons, something I had never seen before.

As I grew up in a town in New England where 17th century buildings are common and cherished, I arrived in Rome thinking that I new something of history. When I left I realized that history is measured in millennia, not centuries.

Kind regards,

Charlie

 

Well, if you've seen Fascist Rome, you have also seen the neighborhood fascist EUR all built with marble from Carrara! I lived until four years ago in a place near Grottaferrata ... his name is Marino, famous for wine! Now I live between downtown and the sea, in a neighborhood called Infernetto ...

 

LOVE Italy, beautiful country, as are many other European countries-dying to go back some day. Visited Venice and Lago Maggiore about 6 years ago. And don't worry, your English is dead on, and perfectly understandable. Can't wait for some pictures!

 

Thanks everybody for the welcome!!

 

nice choice bro mini diesel is that 1.6 l

 

Hi Lorenzo! I was just in Italy a month ago and it was such a beautiful place. There were so many Minis around that I couldn't resist taking a picture with every one I saw. Maybe I ran into yours haha!

 

Welcome to the org