dicemas

2011-12-28T05:08:00.000-08:00

Another X'mas has gone...

if I were a garden...but I'm only a balcony.

2011-09-25T09:52:00.000-07:00

Here you are my small balcony. I grow vegetables and aromatic plants beside my cacti and some ornamental.
If only I had more space...

ok, next time it will be a ferrari...

2011-09-21T11:58:00.000-07:00

why shouldn't I live at the sea?

2011-08-28T04:08:00.000-07:00

2011-08-12T08:28:00.000-07:00

I miss Sardegna...and my holiday!

2011-06-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

I guess You'll find more. This can be an "apero" of my town: The New York Times

different point of view

2011-06-11T00:25:00.001-07:00

I was surfing my HD, looking my pictures, when I found this one.
In Assisi...looking for something worth to be pictured.

still here...

2011-05-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

...this Monday I was in Cordoba, even if I celebrated my 40 (!!!) in Siviglia (few days before). That's all.

Istanbul

2010-12-20T11:47:00.000-08:00

A 4-days trip to Istanbul introduced me to this magical City.

a bright sunday

2010-12-04T03:43:00.001-08:00

Last saturday some friends came to Bologna and we spent the all week end together. We spent time downtown, from one bar to another, strolling down the streets ready for Christmas.
Sunday we have a lunch at my place. I cooked all sunday morning and they enjoyed all.
They left in the late afternoon. It was snowing: it was the first time this season.
The atmosphere was so nice that I started with Christmas decorations. A little bit too early, I know, but I felt in that way.
Here some some pictures I took before friends arrived...

cold

2010-10-17T11:17:00.001-07:00

Sunday is going to finish and I'm blue and cold.
Maybe because it has been a too long afternoon alone. Maybe because it's raining since I woke up. Maybe as I'm not having funny evenings recently...
I found some pictures I took at the end of September while I was going to Assisi. It was an happy day (at least at that moment) that finished in a bad way...so I was not sure to publish them. But I guess it could be a kind of cathartic cure for my soul. So I'm sharing them, and I'll try to loose myself driving my first car (actually it was a red FIAT500), walking between the cypress'lines (there's a firm over there) and flying...not only with my head in the clouds.

late

2010-10-03T11:16:00.001-07:00

Too much time passed since I last wrote here.
It was still summer, now it's fall, weather is changing, days are shorter and in the morning I'm cold riding my bike.
I was too busy, I really didn't feel like share my mind...maybe I was simply lazy.
But I still had to post about last day at the sea, on a September warm day.
And after a beautiful day a stunning sunset taken while I was coming back home.

a promenade

2010-09-03T00:12:00.000-07:00

Last days of August Bologna looks empty. People was still on Holyday, Students of the Alma Mater Studiorum are still at theyr own home.
One afternoon out from the office I guessed it was the right time to take care of my beloved town and discover again how many beautyful corners I can share with you.
I'm going to do it more often, hope it won't be boring.
And...wellcome September.

Trentino

2010-08-30T09:07:00.000-07:00

I had a beautyful WE in Trentino (North Itlay). Wonderful places, good food, excellent wines (I bought so mutch bottles: I couldn't resist) nice peoples.
I only could ask for a little more sun on Saturday, but...none is perfect!

already half august?

2010-08-17T08:09:00.001-07:00

Yes...already half August has passed by. I spent the 15th with parents that rented a little home in the country south of Bologna, close to the Appennini mountains.
We had our traditional bq, lots of meat, good wine, and everything that makes me think that NOTHING is better than Mom's kitchen!
Between lunch and dinner I had a promenade (so I tested my new Camera) from the garden untill the small tipical village close to my parent's home.

Ii was a sunny, not too warm, very nice day.

Ile de beauté

2010-08-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, time is right...more than 3 weeks since I finished my summer vacation. I'm still having a period of strong work (damn! Everybody was out there just waiting for me? None's on Holyday?) but I finally found the time to tell You how good has been my Holyday in Corsica.
I spent in Corsica two weeks, the warmest in Bologna people told me, simply perfect there. I reached the island with the ferry service from Livorno, in Toscana. During the travel I sew dolphins playing in the boat wake: amazing. But...they has not been the only animals I met: this puppy was luckiest than me as I could not find a deck-chair free!
I arrived in Bastia and I drove untill Portovecchio as I already visited Corsica (...16 years ago) and I didn't like that the east coast. I stopped close to Palombaggia beach 3 days. This place is beautifull. I was in the southest beach, as Palombaggia has different beaches, each one maybe more beautiful than the oterhs, but too may people for my taste. So I reached Bonifacio.
The old town...is over the white cliff, in contrast the sea is as blue as you can see here. And right in front You can see Sardegna Island as here they are really close. Bonifacio deserves a visit during the day and during the night too. It's a very old town, and the atmosphere is nice both in the Citadelle and in the old port.
The view from the cliffs is magic:
Around Bonifacio there are some stunning beaches whit white sand and blue water. Like the "Stagnoulo" I'm showing here...with this nice goat I met during my promenade. Actually I love laying on the beach, sun bathing like a Lizard...but I more often walked and took a bath in the cristal water.

From Bonifacio I moved to Sartene, one of the more tipical town in Corsica. Sartene houses are made by granite, so the town is pale grey. I had a good time there, in a bar on the main square, having an apero before (good) dinner. And I even met easy inhabitants!
From the town I captured this sunset, with the sea between the hills.
Close to Sartene is the village of Tizzano, where I spent some days: here part of the beach, in a very calm morning...don't You feel like having a swim? I did it, of course. And i'd like to do it right now!
Near are some beaches, some of them almost deserted, not the one I put here, the "silver" beach, a small corner of paradise...
As I have to see more and more, I left this part of the Island and I reached Piana, on the Route of the Calanches. Here the sunset from the street to the nice Arone beach, with the sun behind Capurossu. So romantic, isn't it?
Even during the day I found that the landscape was beautiful; I can't remember how many times I said: I could stay here days and days...but I had only a short time and so mutch I wanted to see!
Les calanches for instance, one of the stunning place I've seen so far, from the street and from the see too.

And here You are Capurossu sea, where I swam in this blue warm water...
This is Porto, the genovese tower that look after the natural harbour, surrounded by woods that reach the clear water.
...and the beaches near Porto...
Next stop was the Calvi area. I discovered that was too touristic for my taste, but the places are beautiful, mainly the small villages of the Balagne. This is Aregno, and his beach on the background.
This is a small church in Sant'Antonino, another charming village made of this warm stone...
like Pigna...
...where I guess living is sweeter (now...not only 40 years ago) than in my town: here a corner of the village.
I wonder how nice could be having a breakfast on this terrace...or a dinner when the sun in slowly going to sleep.
In Corbara, that is hidden from the sea to avoid Pirates, I spent an evening. Here it is only a few seconds before it was completly dark.
On the coast of Calvi, even if too crowded, there are some beaches that can really leave You breathless, like Bodri one: don't you love the colour of water and the Olive tree in front?
My last days I spent on the northest part of the Island, what they call the finger. A finger between Corsica and Liguria in Italy. The finger is greener than the rest of Corsica, and villages here are often smaller and nicer. This is Nonza famous for the black beach. I didn't stop here...only because I could not find a parking place!!! But it was a pity as the village is so charming and panoramic. Maybe next time I'll be here I'll stay longer in the finger.
But I could stop in Pinu, lovable so small village: only few very old homes and churches. Here You are the Marina, with the tower, the curch, the small cemetary and the microscopic port.
...one other tower...more a villa right now (argh...so gorgeous).
Here you are: me, simply happy and easy in the sunset, after my pastis in Centuri, while looking for a restaurant for the dinner (actually I choosed the right one this time).
...just in face of me the sun behind the houses of the village.
And than I spent all my last day at Barcaggio, one of the most beautiful beach of the finger. I was not alone. Even someone other thought staying here is seewt: here they are coming...
...resting...
...while i was enjoying the water (I missed it!!!!)...
...and, in the after noon, they left the beach for the pastrie.
So It arrived the time to leave Corsica. As You can see I love cats...and here I found so many lovely ones, like this one in a small garden of the Citadelle of Bastia.
In Bastia I began my vacation, here, of course, I finished it.
While waiting for the Ferry I let the sun of Corsica give me some more colour...
...as it was already sunday afternoon and on monday I returned to my Job.

Corsica

2010-07-25T12:15:00.000-07:00

...i'll soon have the time to tell You how beautiful Corsica is.

Malta

2010-06-11T06:37:00.000-07:00

The 2nd of June is our National Holiday. So I took the opportunity (as it was Wednesday) for a short vacation in Malta.
I must confess...it wasn't love at first sight between me and this Island. But when it was time to leave I was already missing it.
I stayed in Valletta, the main and old town, in a nice and quiet Hotel. Maybe it would be better staying in a more turistic place, as Sliema or Saint Julian, as in the evening Valletta is almost dead!
I spent my time walking and travelling by bus, just enjoying the blue sky and sea and the good weather.
I share here only few pictures...even if I'm sure they can't give the atmosphere I found there.

a we in Bordeaux

2010-05-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Last w.e. I was in Bordeaux. I went there for some relaxed days just strolling through the town I already visited years ago when I spent some days in the vineyards (mostly vineyards and winery...).
Bordeaux is beautiful, charming and elegant.
I really had a good time there, so I leave here few pictures I took there...but i can't post the feeling, the sun, the beautiful people, the good food and the good wines!

one month ago...

2010-05-17T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was great: at last We had sun and the perfect May weather, here in Bologna.
So, beloved roses, this is your month: bloom and colour the streets.

I took a long walk, from home to the the top of San Luca's hill. There is a long Arcade from the bottom until the top of the hill, thant links the Meloncello Arc to the Basilica.

Lots of people were walking, running, taking pictures, as I did (walking, running, taking pictures). From the pathway you can have a nice view over part of Bologna historical centre and the flat Po valley.
And You can see the Bolognesi Hills at their best.
From the Basilica the landcape was stunning! he highest Appennino Mountains were still white. Lokking at the Po valley You could easy see the Alps Mountains.
It is so strange that just around the corner We have a Heaven like this: only ten minutes from the town...

Hope Everybody could enjoy this environment...even my little nephew that today is One month old! Happy month sweet and lovely Letizia. Your adoring Uncle will bring You here as soon as possible.

Dinner

2010-05-15T06:10:00.000-07:00

I love good food and good wine. I like cooking and I often cook fish - when I find it fresh at the market.
Some days ago I had a not so good time at work (this is one of that time of the year that I think I'd better plough the fields)...so I took some hours of vacation as I need to leave the office.
As I can't just lay down on the sofa - I know I have a strange idea of relax - I went to the market, bought some fish too - I returned home with four heaped shopping bags - and I started cooking, while I was drinking a cold and strong Caipirinha I prepared at first.
The dinner was very good and nothing left over.

Here some pictures I took; hope You can enjoy them.

2010-04-12T09:34:00.000-07:00

Ohi Ohi...Steven from "my life, my thoughts" asked me to tell ten things about myself and than pass it on to deserving bloggers.
.....
1) i am a dreamer. I often "fly" aways even when people talk to me (especially at work). So don't worry if i sometimes look lost;
2) i can't watch television...if someone talk about tv stars i can't argue at all;
3) i love listen to the radio (i have my favourit one...of course) and every kind of music;
4) if i could i'd live outdoor all year round; i love nature, plants, flowers, if I could have a garden it will be a jungle!
5) id'l like to have friends from all over the word...as i guess diversity (cultura, racial, mentality...) is a big richness that we should keep and exchange each other;
6) i can't stand violence, even the verbal one;
7) i am a gourmant: good food, good wine: i guess the way to my heart is close to my stomach! Best way to spend time with friends is around the table;
8) if i could i change home, furniture, decoration...more than I do!
9) i love reading books, many books, and after a shot period i forget almost everything, better, i mix plots, characters...in my mind i write a new one!
10) i love being in love...

Now the rules ask me to pass this on to other bloggers.
May I ask it to the following friends?

Micheal
Will@Bright Bazar
Nadine

Feel free to join it.

I was not here for Easter

2010-04-11T00:55:00.000-07:00

I was travelling in Italy, one of the thing I love the most...

good morning!

2010-03-29T23:18:00.000-07:00

just woken up...still too tired, i need a coffe!

2010-03-26T23:31:00.000-07:00

The antiquities market in S. Stefano square in a sunny sunday.

sunny day

2010-03-14T01:00:00.000-08:00

On wednesday when i open the window this is what i saw:
snow, cold, still full winter! It wasn't easy going out to work, but I had to.

So when I woke up yesterday and I saw it was sunny, a bright winter saturday, i must have a day out! First i strolled through Ravenna for a coffee and to see some shops. There where so many tourists...and lot of people just walking and enjoying the sun. Than i moved to the see, Marina di Ravenna for instance.

After lunch (fish...so good) i moved to a small village between Ravenna and Bologna: Bagnacavallo. I stopped for a babà (delicous) and a coffe and I took some pictures of this nice and old place.

And today still a nice day, so i'm doing some homework and than I'll deserve a promenade!

welcome to my place.

2010-03-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, as I felt like spring was coming (...and than it snowed, and is still snowing...) I begun my 2010 spring cure.
First I paintend white my small entryway and here the result:

ok, not so easy to take pictures...hope it gives the idea. The courtain covers a small hiding-place. The entry gives acces to dining room, sitting room, bathroom and bedroom.
What do you think?

2010-03-04T13:17:00.000-08:00

Today I had a gift from a friend. She is a sweet collegue too.
It has been the first macaroon I received!
I'd like to offer it to you.
Have a great friday. I'll try to do my best.

2010-02-28T10:44:00.000-08:00

I had this wardrobe in my room. It's following me from my first home. Every time i've changed home I disassembled it and assembled it again.
The furnitures of my room are so different that sometimes I felt like living in a storeroom. So I decided: I have to tidy it. Right Now!
So I throw away lot of stuff I amassed during the years. And than...I disassembled the wardrobe and I move it to my father basement.
So...I live on the third floor. No elevator. I had to bring one piece at time as they are quite big.
And than I put everything into my small car and reach my parents home (very close to my home). There I help my father...and I came back to clean and move the drawer, the lamps, almost everything in the room.
So now my bedroom is for sure better...i'm finished but i'm happy.
Have a good monday!

2010-02-13T10:16:00.000-08:00

The Talamoni of Palazzo Davia Bargellini, Bologna (XVII)

Sunny day (at last) so I had a walk and a lunch out in a cosy (and cheap) restaurant.
Historic centre was so crowded in the after noon that I must return home...directly into my bed.
I realized, not nowadays actually, that my life start to "decline" enough years ago. So it's time to change. It was already time to change last yera and the year before...but I have no time left.
First I must change my attitude. Stop complaining - at first - and look for goodness everyday.
Second I must find new friends. I broke with lot of people, sometimes it was my fault. Non always.
Third...I want to move to another place, I want to find a place I can call home, not only house.
Will I succed? Let's try.

it was a white day

2010-02-01T13:18:00.001-08:00

Saturday we had our art white night. It was cold, so cold. But there was the moon. On Sunday I woke up and the word was really white, once again.
I had a trip (I had to), I drove through the hills close to Bologna

I found the path in the silent wood, i guessed it was harder.Thank You Saint Luca, You are still taking care of Us from the top of your hill
I dreamt of a warm home, just above the field, at the end of the word.

still winter

2010-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:00

Now that snow is melting, freezing, and melting again, word seems more dirt than I remember.
Fortunately sky is so blue...and this mornig, as I open the window, dawn warmed me up.

2010-01-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, 2010 has began. 13 days aren't enough to judge a year, are they?
I was happy 2009 finished as it was not an easy year. Nothing so bad...but nothing so good as well.
It finished leaving some restlessness in me.
As usual, I have lots of whishes for the new year, so many things that I HAVE to do.
Has still a whish list a sense if I know I won't do almost anything of what I dreamt?
What I know for sure is that 2009 end of the year was colder than last ten years:

2009-12-23T23:49:00.000-08:00

I've just found this article about Bologna.
Nice to read it.
Merry Christmas.
Massi

2009-12-20T00:56:00.000-08:00

Ok, this year sounds to be a white christmas.
Cold, snow, ice...everthing looks right, at least outside my home.
Yesterday I had a walk.
Trees were covered by snow, the hills around white and the air clean.
The old town looks so great.
In front of he basilica of San Petronio there is the Santa Wood: there were the reindeer too, and it was so cold they really didn't look out of place here.
It was nice, children were playing with snow, and almost everybody was happy.
Even the God Nettuno was less serious than usual!
And then, when I was freezed enought, I came back home for lunch...well it was 6pm, but it wasn't already time for dinner.

2009-12-09T11:57:00.000-08:00

I love travel, even when it is just a trip around the corner. This weekend I visited a small area of central Italy I never have seen before. It is a mountain area, between Umbria, Marche and Abruzzo Regions. First I found foggy weather, so It was not so nice drive through this "milky" atmosphere. But, when I approached the mountain pass everything changed. Over there sun was shining and I could see how I was sourrended by the beauty. The valley was filled by fog, the tops of the montains were covered by the snow and the air was so pure that I couldn't stop breathing.
I saw small villages, most oh them with this gorgeous houses made of stones. I could not even imagine how hard could be living there only 40 years ago, and I can imagine how nice could be spend some days in some of those places now! Hope i'll visit again this mountains, maybe this springtime.

2009-12-01T12:18:00.000-08:00

This september I had a trip in Sicilia. I spent most of the time in the Barocco area. Noto, Modica, ragusa and Scicli. Simply marvellous. What I saw sometimes was simply close to perfection.
The colour of the stone, the ability of the architect and the stonemasons, the whole atmosphere of the old towns. Often the palaces where closed and abandoned but still so charming.
In the first picture i was sitting on the staircase in front of the cathedral of Noto (yes that little one is me). The second one is a view of Ragusa Ibla. Unfortunately the weather wasn't what I expected from Sicilia! It was often raining, quite cold (to be summer) and windy. This was a pity as I wanted to have more beach days than the ones I had. Anyway i'm looking forward to see all the island.

OK Vicki, this is for You!

2009-11-17T12:17:00.000-08:00

So long time since I wrote here...
I decided to start from the end: saturday I went to Ferrara.
First I visited ad exhibition about Giovanni Boldini (the exhibition). He was a painter born in Ferrara on 1842 and died in Paris on 1931 (about Boldini).
I really enjoyed both Boldini and the tour of Ferrara: "Ferrara, which grew up around a ford over the River Po, became an intellectual and artistic centre that attracted the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance in the 15th and 16th centuries. Here, Piero della Francesca, Jacopo Bellini and Andrea Mantegna decorated the palaces of the House of Este. The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the neighbourhoods built from 1492 onwards by Biagio Rossetti according to the new principles of perspective. The completion of this project marked the birth of modern town planning and influenced its subsequent development." (from UNESCO)

2009-06-15T12:35:00.000-07:00

Last week we celebrate my brother's birthday. He and his wife came for a dinner. As I know him...better than He think...the menu was with what we call something close to perfection: bistecca alla fiorentina (Florence' style Steak) and oh so good Sagrantino (a delicious red wine from Umbria Region). The steaks as you can see were as they must be: more than 4 cm thick, with T-bone, big enought to say: ok after this I can't afford other meal, thanks! The wine I bought from a producer iI haven't tasted before...it has been a risk, but it was perfect. I only had to open the bottle about 3 hours before as the wine was from 2004.

Changin topic this weekend I visited some friends that have a mobile home in a camping on the mountains near Parma. Nice place, between the whoods, not as hot as here in town where summer has already arrived.
On sunday we move to La Spezia, and from the harbour we took the boat to Portovenere, the southern door to the Cinque Terre. It was sunday and it is summer, so it was a little too crowded for my taste, but It has been a nice trip. We just wlak trought the village, its narrow streets, the church over the sea, and the other one, both beautiful. The castle on the top of the village, the shops, the flavour of basilic and sea...what can I say more: I can only post a picture of the sea You can find here. And, of course, you can see me...but you can't see as sad I was as I didn't take with me my swimsuit!

2009-06-07T14:12:00.000-07:00

It was...well some days after my birthday. So I went to that shop I knew. The girl looked at me, and asked me if she could help me. Yes, darlin', I want that...
I signed a cheque and gave it to her. Actually, it was so easy.
It was not as easy to reach the fourth floor (no elevator in the building) with the main part. But I got it.
And now one of may dream came true: I have an Arco in my home, not only a lamp, a piece of history of Italian Design.

2009-05-09T14:46:00.000-07:00

We had a short vacation in the Montefeltro, that is between Marche and Emilia-Romagna regions. We start from the small village of Verucchio near Rimini. This is a picture from the castle. We only had a short visit...it would have deserved more time, here there is one of the most important museum for Etruschi period in north Italy.

Then we moved to Marche, first to Pietrarubbia, no more than some old houses and the remains of a castle on the top of a hill. From here we arrived at Sassocorvaro where I found a B&B on internet. The first impression wasn't good...a little too messy for my taste. The rooms were on the first floor of a very old rural home. Rooms were nice and clean, and the owner (from Switzerland!) kind. The most beauiful thing was the landscape from the windows. One of the thingh I find more Impressive of Montefeltro is the landscape. If You remember the paintings of Italian Masters of Rinascimento, the sweet endless series of green hills, the slow rivers running trought the valleys, the clean air...The village, nothing special, with its ancient Rocca, lies on a hill, over a lake where we find a funny restaurant with a great pizza and ery kind waiters and waitress. The second day we had a trip to Urbania. When You arrive there you think that life in Rinascimento could be really nice...if you where the Conte! It is a nice and little village, made with red bricks. This time is not on the top of a hill, but on a little rock surrounded by the river. I felt the relax of living here. People were sitting in the bars, chatting throught the streets, everybody kind and smiling...so different from the cities. The town has a nice Palazzo Ducale with a perfect courty yard and a castle facade over the river. The picture I post is the "back" of the village, from the minor bridge. Near this town there is the former hunting villa of the Duca, what we call a Casino, here the Baglio Ducale. They are still restoring, as during the centuries it became first a coventry, then a millitar "hangar" and then it was left with no cure at all since some years ago when, after a quite big earthquake, they start restoring. We finish the day visiting Urbino (llllove) where we thought to visit the exibition conceirning Raffaello. We had to give it up: too crowded! We just walk in this little beautiful town (I post a picture of the gorgeous Palazzo Ducale I took some years ago this time it was impossible even to think to visit it), had a refresh stop in a Bar, and then return to the B&B. The last day when I open the window I saw 3 rainbows in the valley, so the morning started in the right way. We left quite early and drove to the last stop of our trip: San Leo. The village and the castle, and 2 wonderful churches: the Duomo rise directly from the stone...something amazing. The last picture I post here I took from the path to the castle. The castle does desserve a visit only for the landscape you can admire from the terraces, inside is almost empty. Here died Cagliostro in the 18th century, people still bring flowers in his prison.

2009-04-19T07:01:00.000-07:00

I spent Easter in Umbria. I had some short trips and I took some pictures...of course. On monday some wine producers were open so I took the chance to visit two of them. One is one of the biggest in the area (Montefalco, you can see one of the midle-aged door in the picture) and famous in Italy. It was a nice visit, I could talk a lot with people there, even with the owner (but I thought it was the wine expert). And I had a surprise when the very competent girl at the reception told: "Well...I know You...". After some time, and some glasses of wonderful wine She reminded: "You are friend of..." and then I remembered her. It was funny, We started talking about other friends We had and when we met...and other people there stared us...
In the afternoon after a usual BIG lunch we pay a visit to a little farm closer to home. Also their wine was good and we bought some bottles for my cellar.

2009-03-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

I love plants. Almost all. From weeds to orchids, from oaks to poplars. And if I had to tell what I love more...well probably I love succulent the most.
Their shapes, colors, even their thorns.
The flowers of cactus are often more then "only" flowers, they are more like a metaphor.
I can even read a kind of ransom in their blooming, year after year. I can imagine the flower as a shout in the desert. If you keep yor ear close to it you can, sometimes, feel the whisper.

2009-03-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

I read t his post on French Essence.
I'd like to show where olive trees I wrote about grow.
Here You are the small village where the family of my friend live. As You can see is a kind of Castle (a Rocca) just up to a hill surrounded by olive trees, wood and fields.
It is located in Umbria at the heart of Italy.
The climate is right for olive trees, not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer (sometimes in August it was so cold we had to light up the fireplace) and for humans too! I must confess I'd like to live there...maybe one day.
So far I only act as a tourist and as a farm worker too!

2009-03-22T09:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the first day of springtime...but it was quite cold. I had a walk downtown...only few hours before coming back home, turning on the radiators e finish my book (after eating too mutch of my chocolate cake).
Bologna is an old town, it was already village in the VIIIth century BC, here was born the first European University, in the middle age it was one of he most important, and biggest, town in Europe.
Yesterday in a courtyard of an old palace I saw some remains of one of the first wall made by christal chalk (as you can see in the picture). It was build just out of one of the romain street that surrounded the village.

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Well...spring is coming...but today doesn't really looks like!
Daffodils are flowering right now, I took this picture two years ago...

2009-03-13T01:48:00.000-07:00

My very small kitchen, full of southern light, with double row of cabinet (cieling 3 meters high).

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Dining room, yesterday, waiting for parents...