Clermont Ferrand. Di formaggi (prevalentemente italiani) ce ne intendiamo, e ne mangiamo in abbondanza. Ma questo “Saint-Nectaire” davvero ci ha sorpreso; eccezionale. Grazie di cuore Fede!!!
We received many gifts from Christmas. They were mainly adressed to little Lorenzo, but something very interesting was for us too. One of the most appreciated, considering that we love a lot the cheese, was a quarter of “Saint-Nectaire” we received from our friend Federica, who lives now in Clermont Ferrand. It was amazingly good. Thanks a lot Fede!!!!
Tra i tanti omaggi ricevuti in occasione di questo Natale (evidentemente siamo stati bravi…), vorremmo segnalare un formaggio a dir poco strepitoso giunto dalla Francia, grazie alla nostra amica Fede, che vive a You are currently browsing the archives for December, 2012.
W la France
December 31, 2012 // Posted in food | No Comments
Come ogni anno… un giorno prima
December 25, 2012 // Posted in friends | 1 Comment
We don’t remember when this “tradition” started (it was a lot of time ago), but on Christmas Eve, Luca (now with Chiara and Anna) visits both us and Teo’s family. This year the visit happened one day before, but it was, as always, a magic moment, also for the presence of our little Anna and Lorenzo. Thanks, and Merry Christmas!!!
La blanche de Corse
December 25, 2012 // Posted in food, Travels | No Comments
qui), ma il ricordo di quei giorni e’ ancora vivissimo e contiamo di portare presto anche Lorenzo in quella terra cosi’ magica. L’altro giorno, girovagando per la Coop sotto casa, Silvia ha pero’ notato una birra che abbiamo scoperto durante quella vacanza, la Colomba. E non abbiamo resistito alla tentazione. Certo, berla in Corsica, in una piazzetta di Corte, al tramonto, dopo una giornata meravigliosa di mare, e’ tutta un’altra cosa…
We always remember the beautiful vacation we spent around “Corsica” more than 5 years ago (see here) and we’ve already planned to come back with Lorenzo quite soon. But few days ago Silvia found at a nearby local store, a great beer we discovered during that vacation, and we didn’t resist to the temptation….
Sono passati ormai 5 anni dalla nostra ultima vacanze in Corsica (vedi We always remember the beautiful vacation we spent around “Corsica” more than 5 years ago (see here) and we’ve already planned to come back with Lorenzo quite soon. But few days ago Silvia found at a nearby local store, a great beer we discovered during that vacation, and we didn’t resist to the temptation….
Come le Ramblas
December 25, 2012 // Posted in Pavia | No Comments
qui). Progetto un po’ ambizioso che a incompetenti come i sottoscritti pareva follia. E in effetti i risultati non sono proprio entusiasmanti (vedi qui). La cosidetta Rambla di Pavia appariva cosi’ come nella foto l’ultima domenica prima di Natale… Per chi, come noi, e’ stato a Barcellona, il contrasto appare stridente.
E’ da un po’ che non si parla della nostra citta’ in questo blog. Di solito ci si scaglia contro i problemi legati alla mobilita’ sostenibile, cosi’ poco sostenuta da questa e dalle precedenti amministrazioni, ma spesso si parla di Pavia come di una citta’ in lento declino. Forse e’ il fatto di viverci che non ci fa apprezzare del tutto cio’ che di positivo c’e’ (perche’ qualcosa c’e’ ancora), pero’ ci sono tante iniziative che, al di la’ del giudizio politico, lasciano davvero perplessi. Una delle piu’ significative e’ quella relativa alle cosidette Ramblas, ovvero il progetto di trasformare uno dei principali viali della citta’ in qualcosa di simile alle Ramblas di Barcellona (vedi Un nuovo albero di Natale
December 17, 2012 // Posted in celebrations, family, home | 1 Comment
qui) era infatti un po’ troppo vissuto e per festeggiare Lorenzo abbiamo deciso di prenderne uno un po’ piu’ grande. Mancano ancora le lucine, ma Silvia l’ha addobbato proprio bene, con anche i biscotti a forma di omino pan di zenzero. Che dire, speriamo che Gesu’ Bambino ci faccia trovare tanti bei doni la mattina del 25….
Christmas is not so far now, and at our place too some decoration appeared. The major change compared to last year (see here) is our new Christmas tree, bigger than the previous one, to celebrate little Lorenzo. And let’s hope that we will find many gifts under this tree, on December the 25th…
Ormai si avvicina il Natale, e anche a casa sacchibelli qualche addobbo e’ comparso. La novita’ di quest’anno e’ quella del nuovo albero di Natale. Il nostro vecchio e gloriso albero (vedi Christmas is not so far now, and at our place too some decoration appeared. The major change compared to last year (see here) is our new Christmas tree, bigger than the previous one, to celebrate little Lorenzo. And let’s hope that we will find many gifts under this tree, on December the 25th…
Lorenzo e il mare
December 11, 2012 // Posted in Travels | 1 Comment
Finalborgo, uno dei borghi piu’ belli d’Italia, dove gia’ eravamo stati in occasione di una precedente vacanza; e cosi’ ecco un autoscatto che, rispetto a quello precedente, evidenzia l’arrivo del piccolo Lorenzo!!!
Last Friday weather was very cold in Pavia and we have seen the first snow of the year. Hopefully only few centimeters, but this was enough to motivate us to look for some nice and warmer place where to spend few days. So we decided to drive up to Finale Ligure, where we found wonderful weather. Sun was warm, the sky blue withouth any cloud, and the sea was so beatyful. It was the first time for Lorenzo, and he was very excited. A good reason to come back soon!!! Sunday we went also to Finalborgo, an old village close to Finale, very interesting. We visited it a while ago (see here), and it was nice to take a picture in the same place, but with Lorenzo as additional guest
Venerdi’ scorso a Pavia e’ scesa la prima neve, per fortuna poca. Cosi’ sabato abbiamo deciso di partire alla ricerca del caldo e del sole, decidendo di trascorrere tre giorni al mare in Liguria, a Finale Ligure in particolare. Gia’ saremmo dovuti andarci quest’estate, ma alla fine la vacanza era saltata, cosi’ abbiamo deciso di recuperarla. E il meteo ci e’ stato favorevole. Abbiamo trovato tre giorni di sole, caldo e cielo azzurro. E anche se eravamo a due ore d’auto da Pavia, sembrava di essere in un altro mondo. E Lorenzo, che per la prima volta ha visto il mare, sembrava davvero entusiasta. Un’esperienza da riprovare quanto prima. Domenica pomeriggio siamo anche andati a visitare Last Friday weather was very cold in Pavia and we have seen the first snow of the year. Hopefully only few centimeters, but this was enough to motivate us to look for some nice and warmer place where to spend few days. So we decided to drive up to Finale Ligure, where we found wonderful weather. Sun was warm, the sky blue withouth any cloud, and the sea was so beatyful. It was the first time for Lorenzo, and he was very excited. A good reason to come back soon!!! Sunday we went also to Finalborgo, an old village close to Finale, very interesting. We visited it a while ago (see here), and it was nice to take a picture in the same place, but with Lorenzo as additional guest
Back to japanese
December 7, 2012 // Posted in food | No Comments
Hayashi, dove si mangia piuttosto bene. Cosi’, in compagnia anche dei colleghi Fernando, Enrico e Claudio, eccoci alle prese con chopsticks e sapori dell’estremo Oriente…
Little Lorenzo’s nursery is close to Hayashi Restaurant, a nice japanese restaurant where Silvia is dreaming to go since a while (during pregnancy and nursing sushi based food was forbidden for her). So yesterday, to celebrate the first afternoon Lorenzo spent at the nursery, we decided to go there, together with some friend and colleague. And, as expected, food was very good.
Era da parecchio tempo che Silvia desiderava tornare al ristorante giapponese, ma per vari motivi (prima la gravidanza, poi l’allattamento) il sushi e’ sempre rimasto un miraggio. Ma ieri, per celebrare il primo giorno in cui il piccolo Lorenzo restava al nido anche dopo pranzo, abbiamo approfittato della vicinanza al nido del ristorante Little Lorenzo’s nursery is close to Hayashi Restaurant, a nice japanese restaurant where Silvia is dreaming to go since a while (during pregnancy and nursing sushi based food was forbidden for her). So yesterday, to celebrate the first afternoon Lorenzo spent at the nursery, we decided to go there, together with some friend and colleague. And, as expected, food was very good.
Mint (Hot) Chocolate
December 7, 2012 // Posted in computer, friends | No Comments
Linux Mint sul proprio portatile. Antonio non e’ nuovo a queste cose (vedi qui), e qui), ma noi siamo molto felici quando possiamo aiutare a far aumentare la diffusione di Linux. E poi una serata in compagnia di Antonio e’ sempre davvero molto piacevole.
We are not talking about a special flavour of hot-chocolate, do not equivocate. The reason of this post is to celebrate the installation of Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) on Antonio’s laptop (the same laptop where we installed Ubuntu 10.10 a while ago (see here), and a previous release of Linux Mint last year (see here). We ate also a good pizza, but the hot-chocolate prepared by Silvia was great. And here you can see all of us very happy because an updated Linux is now up and running.
Non stiamo parlando di uno speciale cioccolato alla menta, bensi’ vogliamo ricordare, con questo post, l’ottima cioccolata preparata da Silvia quando il nostro amico Antonio e’ passato da noi per installare la piu’ recente versione di We are not talking about a special flavour of hot-chocolate, do not equivocate. The reason of this post is to celebrate the installation of Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) on Antonio’s laptop (the same laptop where we installed Ubuntu 10.10 a while ago (see here), and a previous release of Linux Mint last year (see here). We ate also a good pizza, but the hot-chocolate prepared by Silvia was great. And here you can see all of us very happy because an updated Linux is now up and running.
Passa il tempo ma..
December 2, 2012 // Posted in friends | No Comments
We met together more then 20 years ago, at University. We shared together 5 exciting years and our friendship grew up a lot. Now it is quite hard to meet again; someone is living far away, some other travels a lot, but when it happens, it is always a great day. So thanks to Marco, Zap, Antonio Enea, Luca, to their wifes and to all the children for the great lunch we had today. And let’s send a warm greeting to all the “affamati” that were not able to join us.
Pane con birra e speck
December 2, 2012 // Posted in food | No Comments
- 280 ml di birra
- 500g di farina 00
- 2 cucchiai d’olio d’oliva
- 1 cucchiaio di zucchero
- 2 cucchiaini di sale fino
- mezza dose di lievito di birra
- 100 g di speck a cubetti
Il tutto poi viene dato in pasto alla gloriosa macchina del pane Princess. Che dire, il risultato, riprodotto nella foto, e’ decisamente interessante.
We didn’t try any new kind of home made bread since many months. So this morning we decided to create a beer and speck special bread, and we were quite excited by the results. The recipe we followed was the following
- beer: 280 ml
- white flour: 500g
- Olive oil: 2 spoons
- Sugar: 1 spoon
- salt: 2 teaspoon
- Brewer’s yeast
- SPeck: 100g