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Errore di “stumpa”
May 22, 2011 // Posted in bike, Pavia | No Comments
L’altro giorno, presso la Posta Centrale, l’attenzione e’ stata catturata da un bel modello di bici “elettrica” che era li’ esposta. Non ci e’ tanto chiaro come mai le Poste Italiane vendano bici elettriche, ma il messaggio sarebbe positivo se non fosse che, sperabilmente per la fretta, il cartello e’ stato stampato con un macroscopico errore di battitura…. Prima o poi se ne accorgeranno?
Few days ago we noted at the main Postal Office of Pavia a nice “electrical bike”. It is not clear to us what an electrical bike has to do with “Poste Italiane”, but that’s does not matter. Unfortunately the sign close to the bike has been written with a huge mistake. Hopefully it will soon be corrected …
Un weekend floreale
May 16, 2011 // Posted in flowers | No Comments
Nel frattempo la mitica orchidea (vedi qui e qui) ha raggiunto i 7 mesi di persistenza dei fiori. Visto che a qualcuno dei nostri lettori potrebbe sorgere qualche dubbio, pubblichiamo la foto con, sullo sfondo, la prima pagina del Corriere della Sera di ieri (domenica 15 Maggio). Per completare il trionfo floreale del weekend appena trascorso, abbiamo visitato l’Orto Botanico di Pavia, in gran spolvero ed eccezionalmente aperto per la mostra delle rose. La visita e’ stata decisamente interessante, anche se certo sarebbe bello se l’Orto Botanico fosse piu’ valorizzato. Ma, al solito, temiamo che siano sopratutto problemi economici a limitarne le possibilita’.
Spring time is always our favorite season, and this year we are having great flowers on our balconies. The newest ones are nasturzi, very nice flowers whose seeds (received as a gift from our friend Federica) were planted last February. Another very interesting flower we are enjoying with is the famous (se here and here) persistent orchid that is now seven months old…. To complete our floral weekend, we then visited the local botanic garden, that was exceptionally open.
Da Trento a Brescia
May 9, 2011 // Posted in bike | No Comments
We have already mentioned Pedale-Maiale and some of the famous rides Enrico organized with some friends (here and here). So let’s update you with some new picture of his last ride, through the mountains and the lakes of “Trentino”, with Paolo and Pier. A more detailed reportage will be soon available at Pedale-Maiale website, but let us share some of the best photos from this travel.
Primo post da quarantenne
May 4, 2011 // Posted in celebrations, friends | 2 Comments
Yesterday we went at new Matteo’s place. He moved in his new house few weeks ago and he invited us, together with Luca and Chiara, to see it. The new house is really cool, and we liked it a lot. Moreover Matteo was very kind with us, and in particular with me. In fact he prepared a cake to celebrate my 40th birthday. Thanks a lot dear friend. And thanks to everyone for the lovely evening.
L’ultimo post da 39enne
May 1, 2011 // Posted in celebrations, food | No Comments
Ebbene si, domani succede che l’elemento maschile di casa Sacchibelli compie 40 anni. Non so bene se ci sia da festeggiare o meno, e’ chiaramente solo una data simbolica, ma di sicuro non me li sento tutti questi anni… E tra le cose positive del compleanno c’e’ che Silvia ha preparato (con anche il mio aiuto) una straordinaria crostata con ganache di cioccolato fondente. Che dire, da vedere sembra stupenda. E fortunati i miei colleghi che domani potranno gustarsela (e sfortunata Silvia che invece l’ha preparata senza neanche assaggiarla…). Pero’ un po’ di ganache di cioccolato era in eccesso e quindi…
The picture you see on the top is the last one of the male component of Sacchibelli while he still is 39 years old. Tomorrow he will turn 40 and although this number is quite symbolic if associated to an age, he feels younger inside himself. To celebrate him, Silvia (with some help from my side too) prepared a lovely “crostata” with chocolate cream. Tomorrow Enrico’s colleagues will be very lucky because they will try it…
Home made cassata
April 24, 2011 // Posted in food | 2 Comments
Here at Sacchibelli’s we often talked about the “cassata” the lovely cake from Sicily that we like a lot. The one prepared by “signora Beatrice” is a must, and last Summer she was so kind that she explained her secrets to us. After many months we tried her recipe and although we were missing some ingredients (where to find “angelica” here in Pavia?) we are quite proud of our results.
Buona Pasqua
April 24, 2011 // Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
I conigli pasquali sono forse un po’ commerciali, ma sono decisamente simpatici. E hanno le ore contate….
Also our blog wishes Happy Easter to everyone (our reader or not). We like to post the chocolate rabbits we received as a gift. Yes, we know, we are doing some advertising, but they are very funny. And in few hours they will disappear….
La giraffa nubiana
April 17, 2011 // Posted in celebrations, Pavia | No Comments
Nell’ambito delle celebrazioni per i 650 anni dell’Universita’ di Pavia, sono stati organizzati parecchi eventi e oggi ne abbiamo approfittato per visitare la mostra “Pavia e le svolte della scienza”, presso l’Aula Disegno, nel corpo centrale dell’Universita’. La mostra e’ molto interessante e ricca di spunti sui tanti personaggi che hanno reso l’Universita’ di Pavia celebre in tutto il mondo: da Cardano a Volta, da Golgi a Spallanzani e tanti altri ancora. Ma la star indscussa della mostra e’ la bellissima giraffa nubiana appartenente al Museo di Storia Naturale, visibile ora dopo 50 anni di parcheggio nelle soffitte del Castello Visconteo.
University of Pavia is 650 years old, and this year a lot of celebrations have been organized. Among these, there is the exhibition “Pavia e le svolte della scienza”, and today we visited it. The exhibition is quite interesting, with many highlights on the famous professors that made great our University: Volta, Cardano, Spallanzani, Golgi and many others. However, the star is the lovely giraffe of the “Museo di Storia Naturale”.
In collina dalla Nico
April 17, 2011 // Posted in celebrations, friends | No Comments
Quest’anno, lo si sara’ ormai capito, si festeggeranno i 40 anni della componente maschile dei Sacchibelli. Ma se per ora Enrico non ha ancora ceduto, dopo Matteo (vedi qui), e’ stato ora il turno della Nico, altra cara compagna dei tempi del liceo. Cosi’ ieri ci siamo trovati in molti nella sua bellissima casa a Mornico Losana e abbiamo trascorso un pomeriggio di allegria e festa. E qui l’immancabile foto di gruppo…
This year the sacchibelli’s male component will turn 40, but while he is still resisting, some of his friends already gave their way. The first one was Matteo (see here) and few days ago Nico too turned 40. And yesterday we joined her, with a lot of friends, for a nice party at her house at Mornico Losana, on the lovely hills of the Oltrepo Pavese. It was a really nice day, and here you can see the big group that was close to Nico in such an important day.
One month ago, in this post we talked about the orchid that, after five months, was still full of flowers. It was surprising, but after another months, two flowers still survived. Amazing….


















