There’s a catch, of course. You have to live in Australia and NZ. And even then you’ve got to get yourself to Sydney for the flight to Rome. But hey, nothing ever comes totally free, does it?
Oh yeah. There’s a few more hurdles to leap before you go packing your best shorts and thongs. (Flip-flops to everyone else) You’ve got to visit this website. Watch a cool little Flash movie. Fill out the online form. And say in 25 words of less why you want to go to the Amalfi Coast. Even then, it’s not in the bag. You’ve got to be the lucky figli di pistola to be pulled out of a barrell full of entries.
Still, the odds are better than Lotto. And it’s a prize actually worth winning.



What a jaunty little tune…
I think it’s off a series of CDs called Beat at Cinecitta, a collection of bizarre music from Italian movies in the 60′s and 70′s. ‘Fruity’ movies, if you get my drift.
It is. I just found it amongst the countless songs I’ve downloaded. (Sadly I have the whole Beat at Cinecitta set – Volumes 1-3.) It’s track five off the first one. Tiffany Sequence M.8 by Riz Ortolani.