GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.

And the Marathon begins!

We are back to starting blocks, taking deep breaths and looking ahead.

As in every true sporting competition we are ready and looking forward to the effort, for we know that this is going to be a long endurance test. Not just a sprint but a true performance.

For many people these have been days of isolation and discomfort; for us they have been a moment to prepare, to train, to seek for our weak spots and perfect them, to improve and to develop.

The track field is beautiful, running through amazing landscapes and beautiful art cities; the air is crisp-clean and our friends and families are ready to give it all they can to support.

We have positively profited the available time to personally improve their professional knowledge, to enhance their relationship with our suppliers, to give a more personal touch with our partners,  strengthen knots and consolidating some lose ends.

We are today as prepared as we could be and more than enthusiastic to start over again.

Join us, it is going to be a lot of fun!

We are RHI, and we care about your time in our country; let's make it worth and pleasurable. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
We are soon coming to celebrate with you!

Rome celebrates today the 2.773rd birthday since her fundation.

Rome's birthday celebrations for Natale di Roma include usually the historical re-enactments featuring costumed parades and gladiator fights.

This day, known as Natale di Roma, is the annual birthday celebration and it is based on the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus in 753 BC.

Events are usually centred in the Circus Maximus and include gladiator fights, the traditional founding of ancient the Roman towns when a trench or "mundus" was dug and offerings were thrown into it to encourage the gods to watch over its citizens and the final parade, that usually takes place along Via dei Fori Imperiali, with more than 1,500 costumed participants.

This year the celebrations will be online only; who would have ever thougt that such and Old Lady could be so social!

Soon we will be on the streets again; these days of lockdown will remain a distant memory and Rome will again open her motherly arms to welcome and embrace us all again; just like motehrs do to long gone cildren, gently whispering "you are finally back to Italy, I missed you".

See you soon!

We are RHI, and we care about your time in our country; let's make it worth and pleasurable.

1 PLACE YOU MUST VISIT OUTSIDE ROME
There are actualy more...!

We continue with a selection of places that are worth visiting for their culture and history; where family can be entertained, need for knowledge satisfied and, most important, children can get some fresh air and run around.

TIVOLI.
Located east of Rome, at less than 1 hour drive from the city center of Rome, it is a small town on thop of a hill.
The main attractions are (if you do not have the whole day to visit) Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa) and Villa D'Este. There is also Villa Gregoriana, a park developing into a gorge with a beautiful natural waterfall. A really tempting walk, as it is all downhill, but when you are looking back to return, it is a steep way up; you must consider it.
You can find some nice organized tours here, for Tivoli. You can arrange them on your own, or leave it to us. We suggest you have a look, however.

VILLA ADRIANA

The villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor Hadrian during the second and third decades of the 2nd century AD. Hadrian is said to have disliked the palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome, leading to the construction of the retreat. It was traditional that the Roman emperor had constructed a villa as a place to relax from everyday life. Previous emperors and Romans with wealth, such as Trajan, had also constructed villas. Many villas were also self-sustaining with small farms and did not need to import food.

The complex contains over 30 buildings, covering at least a square kilometre (250 acres, an area larger than the city of Pompeii), of which much is still unexcavated.

The complex of the villa contains many structures from different cultures. For example, the villa has a small Nile river running through it that relates back to the Egyptian Nile river. Also, the villa had Poikilos, which are Greek figures that were seen in ancient Greece. Within all the structures in the villa, there is also a grotto called Hades. All these structures relate back to where Emperor Hadrian visited during his reign.

VILLA D'ESTE

The Villa d'Este is a 16th-century villa in Tivoli, near Rome, famous for its terraced hillside Italian Renaissance garden and especially for its profusion of fountains. It is now an Italian state museum, and is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.

The fame and glory of the Villa d'Este was above all established by its extraordinary system of fountains; fifty-one fountains and nymphaeums, 398 spouts, 364 water jets, 64 waterfalls, and 220 basins, fed by 875 meters of canals, channels and cascades, and all working entirely by the force of gravity, without pumps.

The result is one of the finest gardens of the Renaissance, rivaled only by the Villa Lante, the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Villas Aldobrandini and Torlonia in Frascati. The garden and water features were admired and imitated over the centuries in gardens from Portugal to Saint Petersburg.

More to come in our next blog; we like to know you travel prepared and have it planned ahed to maximize your fun, enjoy your holiday, and make all your family happy.

We are RHI, and we care about your time in our country; let's make it worth and pleasurable.

1 OPPORTUNITY LEFT!

Make your speech on nowadays opportunity worth. 

As we hear many people talking about China and the Opportunity the virus represents, trying to be constructive and motivating, we went to document ourselves.

The following article is mostly from Wikipedia.

The term wēijī (in traditional Chinese it's 危機) is frequently invoked in motivational speeches together with the untrue statement that the characters of which it is composed represent both the concept of "crisis" and that of "opportunity".

In reality, the claim is borrowed from the erroneous belief in the United States that the two characters mean one "danger" and the other "opportunity". Many linguists consider this idea a colorful pseudo-etymology, since "jī" alone does not necessarily mean "opportunity".

Victor H. Mair of the University of Pennsylvania called the popular interpretation of weijī in the English-speaking world a "widespread misconception". In fact, wēi (危) roughly means "danger, dangerous; endanger, represent a danger; perilous; precipitous, precarious; tall; fear, fearful" (as in wēixiăn 危险, "dangerous"), but the word polysema jī (机) does not necessarily mean "opportunity".

The composition jīhuì (机会) means "opportunity", but jī is only a part of it; jī has many meanings, including "machine, mechanic; airplane; suitable occasion; crucial point; pivot; incipient moment; opportune, opportunity; occasion; key connection; secret; deception". Mair suggests that jī in wēijī is closer to "crucial point" than to "opportunity".

Benjamin Zimmer retraced the history of weiji in English back to an anonymous editorial in a missionary newspaper in China. 

The use of the term probably gained its importance when John F. Kennedy gave a speech in Indianapolis on April 12, 1959: "Written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."

Kennedy used this trope regularly in his speeches and later Richard M. Nixon and others made it their own. The use has been adopted by financial advisors and motivational speakers and has gained great popularity in universities and the popular press. For example, in 2007, Condoleezza Rice repeated the misunderstanding during the peace negotiations for the Middle East, and Al Gore did so in his testimony before the Energy and Commerce Commission of the United States House of Representatives, and in his thank you speech for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Some linguists have attributed the success of this bad interpretation to having it at hand as a rhetorical tool and as an "optimistic call to arms".

We are RHI, and we care about your time in our country; let's make it worth and pleasurable.

GET BETTER SOON!
We'll see you soon around, or a Wishing Well postcard from Italy.

As we wait for the results for the race to the cure of this contemporary virus and as we rediscover the beauty of spending more time at home while silencing the monitors with all their bad news, we think of you.
We think of all your dreams undone because of a cancelled trip, of your expecations for visiting the many treasures of our country, of your desire to make an even better trip as soon as you can.

So here, in RHI, we are preparing more and better, to be ready when you will be.
We are selecting our guides, our suppliers, our hotels and are really looking forwad to proving that we have not been sitting idle all this time.

Gest well soon, to all our friends around the world; see you soon!

Oh, the picture is not still from a movie. It's a statue carved in 1621 by a 23 years old guy, by the name of Bernini. One of the many, yes 😊

We are RHI, and we care about your time in our country; let's make it worth and pleasurable.

NOW YOU KNOW: COFFEE IS THE  THING!

When visiting Italy, it may happen that you are meeting nice people or even someone you are doing business with. You will shake hands as it is customary, but we really suggest YOU do the first move towards friendship and a less formal moment: suggest having a coffee.

In the blog of theculturetrip.com you can read amazing stories about origins and traditions, together with the many types of coffe that you can ask during one of your stops in any Italian bar.

In the Youtube video from ChefSteps you are shown how to make a great coffe with a Moka pot, at home and in no time. It's simple and not at all expensive.




So NOW YOU KNOW:

1 - Coffee is always the right suggestion.
Any time, but not any amount: it's strong!

2 - Espresso is part of a culture.
It is a pause to energise or a moment you share with someone.

3 - It is not difficult to make at home.
And it can amaze your friends when you prepare it!

We are RHI and we care about your time in our country: let's make it worth and pleasurable!

INDIANS AND ITALIANS DO LOOK ALIKE!

Gruppo Zenit - text: Brothers!

As you can see in the blog of Gruppo Zenit, we do share dark hair, olive skin (And we do everything to resemble each other more: Italians spend hours in the sun or make lamps to tan, and Indians use every type of cosmetic cream to whiten, even the most hidden corners of the body); we like to talk, not necessarily just with the people we know; we like to discuss politics, sports (soccer or cricket) and scandals that never fail; we speak with the mouth as much as with the body (Italians use their shoulders as much, Indians use their heads); in Italy we have an elaborate system of gestures, in India of mudras; Mum is always mum, and don't touch the family!

In this video from comedian Russel Peters you can also see some funny points that makes us look alike.

Considering this and you personal experience you could as well think about travel to Italy for your next holiday; so come see you "cousins" and discover our hospitality and traditions!

We are R.H.I. ad organize family and groups travels to Italy.

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Mail: sales@rhigroup.it

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3 TIPS TO OBTAIN VISA SMOOTHLY

So, you have decided to come to Italy and are wondering if you need a Visa.

If you are not holding a European Community Passport (for instance U.K.) you will find these infos useful.

Have a look at this link to see the laws and requirements in detail: it’s from the Schengen Visa Info official website. As they suggest you could also log in to the VFS Global Website and select the VFS office closest to you. They are in three metro cities- Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata so select the one with the closest jurisdiction. For instance if you are from Shimla, your nearest centre will be to apply for a Visa from Delhi. If you are from Hyderabad, your centre will be Mumbai. Similarly for Eastern India and Nepal, your centre will be Kolkata. That is to say that Consulate General of Italy in Mumbai will accept applications from residents of the States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu; the Union Territories of Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep and Pondicherry.

Which documents are required when applying for a Italy Schengen Visa? As Ishita proposes in her blog you will nedd to have in your hands:

Application form signed by the person traveling (which is you!)

Confirmed ticket or reservation of return.

Income proof that shows that you have the means to travel to a foreign country. A No Objection letter from your place of work works well.

Six-months stamped Statement of Accounts from your bank (Have enough balance to show that you can sustain yourself during your travel.)

Form 16 from the past 3 years.

Overseas Medical Insurance covering up to EUR 30,000. Extra copies of Passport.

Proof of stay in Italy.

If your stay is sponsored, a Letter of Invitation from your Sponsor in Italy.

A Schengen approved passport sized photograph. For more details refer to this link.

1 – Remember to apply for Visa in the Consulate of the Country you will first land.

Only one application wil do.

2 – visit the VFS Global Website.

3 – Have ALL your documents ready before even making an enquiry.

…and we shall see you soon in Italy!