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Al museo della tecnica elettrica
October 3, 2016 // Posted in friends, Pavia | No Comments
We already visited, many years ago (see here), the “Museo della tecnica elettrica“, but on Saturday we came back together with Lorenzo and Bea because of the interesting guided tour, mainly for children, thanks to the presence of actors playing the role of the historic kings of the electricity (Edison, Tesla, Meucci and so on). It was a funny experience, mainly because over ther ewe met Giuseppe and Carmen with their Lorenzo and Giulia. And the four children, together, are always a bit explosive.
Pesto di pistacchi
October 2, 2016 // Posted in food | No Comments
- 1 cipolla
- 100 g di pesto di pistacchi (di Bronte)
- Olio d’oliva
- 1 confezione di panna da cucina (200g)
- 150 g di prosciutto cotto a dadini
Sara’ stato merito del pesto di pistacchi (di Bronte), ma il risultato e’ stato davvero entusiasmante. Ed e’ piaciuto anche a Lorenzo e a Beatrice. Grazie Domenico!!!
We really like pistachio, and the most famous one is the one coming from Bronte, in Sicily. We are lucky enough to have a good friend, Domenico, coming from a place close to Bronte, and he brought us a delicious “pesto di pistachio”, to be used to prepare a great pasta sauce. We followed the suggested recipes, and the result was amazing. Thanks a lot Domenico…
Contabilizzazione del calore
October 1, 2016 // Posted in environment | No Comments
Che qui a casa sacchibelli si sia attenti al risparmio energetico e’ cosa nota. Uno dei temi su cui siamo stati piu’ attenti e’ stato quello relativo al risparmio per il riscaldamento dell’abitazione. Partiamo da una situazione piuttosto infelice (piccolo condominio con riscaldamento centralizzato), ma gia’ sette anni fa (vedi qui), traendo ispirazione da cio’ che accadeva in Europa, proponemmo di introdurre le valvole termostatiche e i sistemi di contabilizzazione del calore, per implementare un concetto che ci pare logico: ovverosia si paga per il “calore” che si usa e non in base ai millesimi condominiali. Il vantaggio di questo approccio e’ che tende a ridurre gli sprechi, spingendo le famiglie a migliorare gli isolamenti, dal momento che si avrebbero diretti risparmi. Lentamente la legislazione in Italia ha comunque fatto progressi e gia’ da qualche anno questo sistema e’ stato reso obbligatorio, quantomeno in Lombardia. Il nostro condominio e’ forse uno degli ultimi che non si e’ adeguato, a causa di “divergenze” di opinioni tra condomini. Sembra che finalmente ci sia tutti convinti del fatto che rispettare una legge e’ un buona idea, specie se, come in questo caso, la legge risulta ispirata da un principio di “giustizia”. E’ chiaro che noi siamo avvantaggiati rispetto ad altri condomini (non siamo mai in casa dalle 8 alle 18, per cui ci converra’ non riscaldare in quella fascia oraria), ma i vantaggi a livello di condominio sono evidenti, e si possono anche quantificare prendendo ispirazione dai dati sui consumi di gas di condomini che hanno gia’ adottato questo sistema. Il grafico qui sotto e’ autoesplicativo (e si riferisce ai consumi reali di due condomini che distano pochi metri l’uno dall’altro).

La curva rossa si riferisce a un condominio che nel 2012 ha adottato valvole termostatiche e contabilizzazione del calore, mentre la curva blu si riferisce al nostro condominio, che, senza contabilizzazione del calore, presenta consumi stabili
Here at sacchibelli’s we are very focused on energy saving. We prefer to ride our bicycles instead of driving our car, we moved to led light almost everywhere in our apartment, we try to save water and so on. One topic very important about this is the heating system in our little condo. Since many years we are trying to convince our neighbors that, still maintaining the centralized heating system, we could save a lot of gas (and money) using some system to control and measure the heat we use, thus paying according to it, and not according to the size of the apartment. We started seven years ago (see here), and eventually, with a two years delay because of some protest of some neighboor, we are ready to start. Its amazing that only the introduction of “economical” penalties has convinced the riots, while it is evident (looking at the condos here around where the heating measurement system has already been introduced) the saving (in term of gas, money and pollution) is close to 30%.
Mercatino
September 26, 2016 // Posted in Pavia | No Comments
Yesterday Silvia and Luisa spent their Sunday trying to sell some old stuffs at a yard sale organized by the “Comune di Pavia”. It was a fun experience and at the end they were able to sell more things than expected. Is this an experiment that will be repeated in the future?
La locomotiva
September 26, 2016 // Posted in Travels | No Comments
Today a special train trip from Milano to Mortara has been organized. And such a train trip has to pass through Pavia. So, after uncle Marco told us about this, we went to the station to assist to this beautifull performance. Bea was very surprised, while Lorenzo and Michele really enjoyed it.
Giocando a nascondino
September 25, 2016 // Posted in Beatrice, friends, Lorenzo | No Comments
Last Saturday we met our friend and colleague Alessandro (aka “Il Pesu”) together with his lovely family and we had an aperitif together. Than, the four babies happily played together running in the main square of the city (Piazza della Vittoria). It is a pedestrian square and luckily it was really “car free” (while sometimes cars are present), and it was very nice and funny to play together with Lorenzo, Bea, Alice and Viola, feeling safe in that square. It is really hard to understand why someone still would prefer to be allowed to go by car in the center of our town…
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…
Con teo e zube
September 17, 2016 // Posted in friends | No Comments
Last Thursday I went out for a pizza with Roberto and Teo. I know Roberto since 30 years, and Teo since when I was a baby, but it is always nice to meet together and to update each other about what’s happening. Thanks, dear friends, see you soon.
Piscina
September 11, 2016 // Posted in free time | No Comments
This year weather was not so terrible, but september is still showing some high temperature and sunny days. So, at the end, we decide to spend a weekend, both on Saturday and on Sunday at “Campus Aquae” swimming pool. Lorenzo and Bea were very excited, and also Silvia and Enrico enjoyed a lot the place and relaxed a bit. To be repeated more often…
Palloncini
September 10, 2016 // Posted in Beatrice, Lorenzo, Uncategorized | No Comments
As usual, this year at the beginning of september, the European Market Food stopped in Pavia. We enjoyed some good food, but it was a bit expensive. However Lorenzo and Beatrice were very happy when we bought them two balloons. And we still live with those ballons around our apartment, although they are not flying anymore due to helium loose…













