I went to Strasbourg a couple of weeks ago for the anti-NATO march and counter-conference and, with Genoa's G8 in mind, I wasn't certainly expecting a peaceful day. But I wasn't expecting to find myself in war zone either.

The march started peacefully and after a couple of hours the first secession...

It's nice to see how the European capital faces a small snowfall: panic. Yesterday I found out that if I want to paralyze London all I need is a couple of snowflakes. No bus service all day, only few and part of tube and train services. All airports closed until late night.

The silver lining was that...

Last Friday I went to a cool party in Central London, just behind Piccadilly Circus, at an exclusive private club with the theme of Casino Royal, champagne, roulette, gambling tables, state-of-the-art architecture and, inescapably, music all night long. Outcome of the evening? I need to move to...