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Una domenica in campagna
September 26, 2017 // Posted in animals, friends | No Comments
Last Sunday, in the afternoon, we went to Pieve Albignola, to meet Paolo and his family. They live in a lovely place, with a big courtyard, full of interesting animals, starting from the two horses (Jack and Patty Lady) and including also rabbits, chickens and a sweet dog (Viola). Lorenzo and Bea enjoyed a lot the place and the kindness of Isabella, who spent a lot of time playing with them… Chickens probably didn’t like too much the advent of Lorenzo and Bea…
Pranzo speciale
September 25, 2016 // Posted in animals, friends | 1 Comment
Il passaggio dall’Italia della mitica Dany e’ sempre occasione per rivedersi e riabbracciarsi (vedi qui, qui e qui). Quest’anno a Pavia ha fatto proprio toccata e fuga, per cui ci si e’ radunati da Carlo e Sara, per pranzare tutti assieme. Una sorta di rimpatriata tra compagni di liceo/universita’ (c’era anche Antonio) con l’eccezione, tra gli adulti, della componente maschile di casa sacchibelli. L’ospitalita’ di Carlo e Sara e’ stata eccezionale, sia per l’ottimo pranzo che per la disponibilita’ dimostrata. Dany ci e’ parsa in gran forma, e i 4 bimbetti (Anna e Giovanni da un lato, e Silvia e Lorenzo dall’altro) hanno di certo rallegrato ulteriormente la gia’ allegra compagnia. Carlo ci ha poi fatto visitare la sua azienda agricola, con l’impressionante numero di mucche e tutti gli altri animali. Un vero spettacolo per i grandi e per i piccoli. Inutile dire che Lorenzo e Bea sono rimasti letteralmente estasiati. Grazie a tutti per il bellissimo sabato. Sperando di rivederci tutti presto.
Usually our friend Dany, now living in Portland, comes back to Italy during the summer. This year she had only one day available to stop in Pavia, so she proposed to meet each other with all the other friends she usually visit: Carlo and Sara, and Antonio. Carlo and Sara were very kind, and they invited us at their place for a lovely lunch. Dany was feeling very well, and we spent together a great day. The sacchibelli babies played a lot with Anna and Giovanni, and we had a lot of fun visiting all the amazing animals in the Berettas farm. Thanks a lot to everyone for such a lovely experience. And we hope to meet you again soon…
Al polo sud?
December 14, 2015 // Posted in animals, Pavia | No Comments
Today we went at Museo di Storia Naturale, to participate to an event for children. The place is amazing, and although it could potentially be one of the best museum of natural history (but for sad reasons it is not possible to find the right place where to emphasize the beauty of the animals collection) it transmits at least a very impressive atmosphere. Here we found a beautiful giraffe, and the polar bear you can see close to Lorenzo and Anna. And many other interesting animals…. But this is just a little portion of the amazingly huge complete collection.
L’elefante di Napoleone
May 1, 2015 // Posted in animals, Pavia | No Comments
Today, walking through the center of our town, we met a big elephant… Obviously it was not alive, but it was stuffed. It is a gift from Napoleon to the University of Pavia, and after many years, it is now in exposition at the University. Lorenzo was really impressed. And I think that we will come back many times to meet it.
L’oasi di Sant’Alessio
August 31, 2014 // Posted in animals, Pavia | No Comments
Today, together with Luca, Chiara and Anna, we went at “Oasi di Sant’Alessio“, an amazing parc, full of birds, fishes and animals close to Pavia. We knew about it, but for some reason, we never visited it, and today we discovered that we were wrong. The parc is very attractive, and although today we had to spend some energy trying to “control” the exuberant Lorenzo and Anna, missing some detail, we came back home very enthusiastic, with the idea to visit it again soon.
Pappagalli
June 21, 2014 // Posted in animals, Pavia | No Comments
We started this blog, a while ago, posting a picture of a parrot, here in Pavia. It was strange enough, but now there is a big group of parrots living in town. Today we noted one of them with a different colour (usually they are green, but this one was cyan), and we tried to take a photo. The photo quality is bad but, believe us, the parrot was very nice.
Le meraviglie della natura
September 1, 2013 // Posted in animals | No Comments
The dragonfly is one of the most beautiful insects we can see around here, but it is not so easy to capture them in a photo. Few days ago we were lucky enough, and here you can see how beautiful it is.
Pescatori
July 8, 2012 // Posted in animals, Pavia | No Comments
During our morning walks with Lorenzo it often happens to go long the “Naviglio“, a canal that cross the city. It is not that beautiful, but it is nice to see ducks, fishes and sometimes herons almost in the center of the town. So, last Sunday, when we saw many fishermen (there was a competion) we were surprised (it was the hottest day of the summer and they where under the sun since early in the morning) but at the end, although we were struck with their mania, we silently supported for the fishes…
L’unione fa la forza
June 21, 2012 // Posted in animals | 1 Comment
Yesterday morning we noted on our balcony a big number of ants. Better focusing on the subject, we realized that they were having breakfast eating a huge beetle. It was amazing to note how they were working together, being able to move the body of the beetle, although its size was order of magnitude bigger
Scuola di nuoto
June 10, 2012 // Posted in animals | 1 Comment
Although the quality of the picture is not that good, we find really cute the “swimming school” with the duck and its little dunckling. The Naviglio is usually dirty and polluted, but to see this kind of images is really relaxing and give us the sensation that the beauty of the nature will win