Pending makers of Picasa able to fix their mess and allow it again to see the slides in the blog, I give you a video of me that I take a bath in Bremen ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Leica Microscope Lens Cleaner
Bremen Bath
Pending makers of Picasa able to fix their mess and allow it again to see the slides in the blog, I give you a video of me that I take a bath in Bremen ...
Pending makers of Picasa able to fix their mess and allow it again to see the slides in the blog, I give you a video of me that I take a bath in Bremen ...
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Receiver Reviews 2008 Very Helpful.
We close the bags, we go to Berlin!!
I'm back!
I know the blog is slow, but I welcome the opportunity to tell the weekend in Berlin!
First we recall the facts, 9 July 2006, Zidane scored a penalty (nonexistent) to which Materazzi replied the head. Wanting to replicate our French defender with the same part of the body struck the sternum of Marco Materazzi making drive away ... Materazzi then said the playmaker and scored his penalty in the final lottery that saw us become World Champion!!
And let anc now, since for almost 3 years we can be proud!
course, my stay in Germany could not leave out one stage in the German capital to take a picture with lots of flag in front Olympic Stadium!
detail is not insignificant, the flag has the same scope in triumph on the evening of July 9th through the streets of downtown, and came with me in Toulouse. On the other hand, on French soil and on German soil, he could certainly miss ...
But other than that, I really want to tell you something just spent the weekend in Berlin, a city truly wonderful and fascinating!
I will not describe everything I saw, it would require way too many pages, but my description above would be extremely simplistic. Rather to tell what most impressed me, but I especially huge advertising a tourist service!
This is the New Europe Tours and is mainly thanks to them that we were able to enjoy a tour of the city incredibly comprehensive, which has made us familiar places and stories that otherwise we could never find in a normal visit, and especially with less than 3 days left!
I recommend it really, if you were to happen in one of Europe's covered, so enjoy!
The site tour is http://www.neweuropetours.eu .
Are you wondering what all this publicity ... I go in order.
Friday: Hostel, Reichstag e. .. Pub Crawling! First
do another little publicity in the hostel where we were, we were in 4 (I, Cosimo, Sandro and Vincent), we were at the Generator Hostel, which also is a chain ... Well, in Berlin, private room for 4 for 17 euro per person with breakfast (buffet), sheets and towels is truly a bargain!
fact is that we find in the hostel of the leaflets of the same agency and we see the various initiatives.
We remain primarily affected by what we could use the next day: A WALKING TOUR OF THE CITY '... FREE!
Sights covered virtually all ...! But I'll describe the best on Saturday because on Friday evening as we find the initiative Pub Crawling!
Having no idea what to do in the evening we decided to exploit it. In the afternoon (we arrived in Berlin around one) take a ride to the Reichstag (the great dome of Foster, I hope the pictures make the idea) and of course the Brandenburg Gate .... yes, that 50 cents of German , 'gnoranti ...
The most striking thing of going around the city is really like you can still breathe the air of the huge events that have characterized. In addition to the destruction of war, even most was a city marked by division into two, by the disturbing presence of the wall that divided for so many years has kept friends and family, who was almost killed with his bare hands, but you still remember. Not only with the pieces that have remained, but also the location of the two walls through the city ... Did you know that it was not just one, right? Actually I do not, I found out there: there was the wall of the east, the west (far less guarded, of course, the East welcomed them with open arms!) And in the midst of the "death zone" , where anyone who had been found would have made a bad end ...
But switching to more cheerful things, the pub crawl! In reality maybe not a big deal from an economic standpoint, but certainly a good way to make a turn in different places of the city with a sea of \u200b\u200bpeople ... yes, because the group that, starting from our hostel was done by a score of people, having joined with other hostels and as the evening progressed it has become a bunch of people ... It cost the beauty of € 12, you had some discount places where we were going (but still had to pay you to drink more than they give you a few more shots), but above all, a huge Russian big man (which of course was called Sasha) turned the whole night with bottles of vodka and orange (I should say vodka and orange) and you follow with your short you had to let you fill plastic walking through a room and the other ...
coolest place of the evening: the Zapata! An old community center now become a standard, set in a ruined building, with a large open area that served as a bar. I could not turn around because they are already just to find the bathroom I did some laps absurd, consider that you could go within two wings of a 5-6 storey high building ... I have been told that is also open 24 hours on 24! In addition to a pub is also a cultural center, Berlin, however, if you happen to let us jump, I really recommend it!
Saturday: Free Tour, Potsdammer Platz and Brewery!
We come to the question that all of you are probably asking ... free tour ... where's the package?? No pack, really, the guides are young and through this association offer a walking tour of about 4 hours. Free, yes, in the end only ask participants to leave a tip.
A method really works and innovative, the tour is open to all budgets, the leadership is committed to give our best, is an informal guide, which is ideal because it makes you see the main attractions of the city (outside course) season with so many details and interesting divertyenti a guide will tell you or you would hardly see. For example, tell some dialog Hildenburg when Hitler took power, you see a building with no meaning, but still marked by the bullets of the war, especially civil wars during the post-war Soviet occupation ... and not least the story of how the wall has fallen for error ... ! Incredible how he managed to mix humor and funny stories with moments of seriousness and concentration, as when talking about concentration camps or when we were in the middle of the monument in memory of the Holocaust.
indiscriviblie In the latter is really the feeling of bewilderment and confusion that can be felt through, good work for me.
Another funny anecdote: the TV tower is called also "The Pope's Revenge", because it was built at the beginning of the Cold War by a guy I can not remember the name, but that would also remove all the crosses from the churches, to highlight their opposition to the power of the Church, what that the people did not like so much ... Ironically, something noticed by his son, given the shape and material, when the sun shines on the ball is in the middle of the tower, you see exactly the shape of a cross! (What skillfully photographed by myself ... Reuters, I'm coming ...).
Without such a guide would also be very difficult to know to be standing exactly where he was once Hitler's bunker, the same where he committed suicide and of which no trace now remains.
Our guide was Australian, in fact even the other guides we saw were of other nationalities, Berlin is truly a multi-ethnic city that attracts young people from all over the world! And anyway, surely it was definitely the best tour I have ever done, in addition to 5 euro better spent for the whole trip! On the site tour is also our photos: look between those of 15 September, try to find me!
The afternoon was spent in the area of \u200b\u200bPotsdammer Platz, really nice! Too bad he only drank in the building because the Renzo Piano from our worst tea that I have ever ... Fascinating also campaninle of the old cathedral, left half-destroyed by bombing, the destruction of sin for a modern church built next to us ...
But let the evening: guided by past experience Sandro, we went in search of a pub where he had been years ago, which served beer from their own dishes.
After some difficulty we found a really good eaten! Accompanied by an excellent beer Weizen. We also took advantage of the "Beer Tasting", four different types of beer to taste: we could not miss!
Unfortunately it was not even miss the test of "Berliner Spezialität ... When the French Protestants were expelled and fled to Berlin, did not like the taste of beer and decided to modify it by adding syrups, creating two versions, one red and one green, and that is the specialty of Berlin ...
Now, to say which of the two was not as bad it's really hard, a sweet and hardly drinkable stuff ... Of course all our insults have gone at Vincent's, had to admit that the crap produced by the ancestors of his fellow countrymen and tried to disclaim any responsibility ...
to wash his mouth, unfortunately we were forced to Berci un'alra weizen ...
Sunday: Sachsausen
guide the day before so we liked to have made us decide to invest € 12 for the next day for a guided visit to Sachshausen, or the first concentration camp, just outside Berlin.
Yes, because obviously the same agency organizes tour fee, visit the camp itself is very interesting presentation, the guide also told us that she was to do it Sunday ...
So without even thinking about it we decided to make the visit: Sunday morning we first made a little around our affairs (including with photos in front of the stage, thanks to Vincent for agreed to take us even though the car was his and the photo of us, extremely sporting gesture because he is French ...) and then we went straight into the car and with the suitcases in Sachshausen meeting right there and the leadership group.
Among all the pictures, you will not find those of a visit to the camp ... I have not only published, in fact I have not even made a ... This is not to neglect the fact is that before a structure so I did not feel his son to photograph those places. Not that I want to criticize those who made them, mind you, but as has already happened to me visiting Mathausen, discomfort and disgust for what humanity has been (and still is) able to do kept me from pulling the car out and bring back the kind of memories. Some things I keep inside me beyond the pictures and I really can assure you that the image of a crematorium is well imprinted in my mind for quite a while '...
Despite these feelings, I highly recommend to those who have the opportunity to visit a concentration camp to exploit it, feelings are indescribable, you have to be there to really understand what might have happened ...
now will not write more on the topic, the purpose of my blog is to tell funny episodes, curious, etc. ... I have absolutely no attempts to impose the ideas of any kind to anyone not want to sadden darkening or telling anyone my ...
I'll be back in Berlin?
The answer is obvious: Absolutely '! Not only because the city I enjoyed very much ... but also because it is a city in constant evolution, changing!
Some examples? Next to the cathedral until the end of the war was the royal palace, then almost destroyed by bombing, the Russians decided to demolish it and build a huge tower block cubic and horrible, all covered with a hideous bronze. Now this same building are the dismantling, piece by piece, what will be built in its place? There are those who would rebuild the old royal palace, who make a simple park ... for sure when (and if) I'll come back that building such a large and imposing in an area so important there will be no more.
It 's amazing to see how many there are areas in the heart of the city yet to be arranged or starting a new building .... The same momunmento in memory of the Holocaust has been opened only in 2005!
So definitely I'll come back, and even more so I really think that I will turn to the same guide service! Also because I'm sure redoing discover many other interesting things about the city, its history and its evolution!
Well, thanks for having read so far, I hope I have communicated a bit 'of my enthusiasm tried on this visit ...
and every now and let me a comment when you read! Do not be shy!
Tschüs!
unfortunately there are problems with the pictures, going to other blogs, as soon as you know something I will try to fix everything. Meanwhile, to see pictures, click here .
I know the blog is slow, but I welcome the opportunity to tell the weekend in Berlin!
First we recall the facts, 9 July 2006, Zidane scored a penalty (nonexistent) to which Materazzi replied the head. Wanting to replicate our French defender with the same part of the body struck the sternum of Marco Materazzi making drive away ... Materazzi then said the playmaker and scored his penalty in the final lottery that saw us become World Champion!!
And let anc now, since for almost 3 years we can be proud!
course, my stay in Germany could not leave out one stage in the German capital to take a picture with lots of flag in front Olympic Stadium!
detail is not insignificant, the flag has the same scope in triumph on the evening of July 9th through the streets of downtown, and came with me in Toulouse. On the other hand, on French soil and on German soil, he could certainly miss ...
But other than that, I really want to tell you something just spent the weekend in Berlin, a city truly wonderful and fascinating!
I will not describe everything I saw, it would require way too many pages, but my description above would be extremely simplistic. Rather to tell what most impressed me, but I especially huge advertising a tourist service!
This is the New Europe Tours and is mainly thanks to them that we were able to enjoy a tour of the city incredibly comprehensive, which has made us familiar places and stories that otherwise we could never find in a normal visit, and especially with less than 3 days left!
I recommend it really, if you were to happen in one of Europe's covered, so enjoy!
The site tour is http://www.neweuropetours.eu .
Are you wondering what all this publicity ... I go in order.
Friday: Hostel, Reichstag e. .. Pub Crawling! First
do another little publicity in the hostel where we were, we were in 4 (I, Cosimo, Sandro and Vincent), we were at the Generator Hostel, which also is a chain ... Well, in Berlin, private room for 4 for 17 euro per person with breakfast (buffet), sheets and towels is truly a bargain!
fact is that we find in the hostel of the leaflets of the same agency and we see the various initiatives.
We remain primarily affected by what we could use the next day: A WALKING TOUR OF THE CITY '... FREE!
Sights covered virtually all ...! But I'll describe the best on Saturday because on Friday evening as we find the initiative Pub Crawling!
Having no idea what to do in the evening we decided to exploit it. In the afternoon (we arrived in Berlin around one) take a ride to the Reichstag (the great dome of Foster, I hope the pictures make the idea) and of course the Brandenburg Gate .... yes, that 50 cents of German , 'gnoranti ...
The most striking thing of going around the city is really like you can still breathe the air of the huge events that have characterized. In addition to the destruction of war, even most was a city marked by division into two, by the disturbing presence of the wall that divided for so many years has kept friends and family, who was almost killed with his bare hands, but you still remember. Not only with the pieces that have remained, but also the location of the two walls through the city ... Did you know that it was not just one, right? Actually I do not, I found out there: there was the wall of the east, the west (far less guarded, of course, the East welcomed them with open arms!) And in the midst of the "death zone" , where anyone who had been found would have made a bad end ...
But switching to more cheerful things, the pub crawl! In reality maybe not a big deal from an economic standpoint, but certainly a good way to make a turn in different places of the city with a sea of \u200b\u200bpeople ... yes, because the group that, starting from our hostel was done by a score of people, having joined with other hostels and as the evening progressed it has become a bunch of people ... It cost the beauty of € 12, you had some discount places where we were going (but still had to pay you to drink more than they give you a few more shots), but above all, a huge Russian big man (which of course was called Sasha) turned the whole night with bottles of vodka and orange (I should say vodka and orange) and you follow with your short you had to let you fill plastic walking through a room and the other ...
coolest place of the evening: the Zapata! An old community center now become a standard, set in a ruined building, with a large open area that served as a bar. I could not turn around because they are already just to find the bathroom I did some laps absurd, consider that you could go within two wings of a 5-6 storey high building ... I have been told that is also open 24 hours on 24! In addition to a pub is also a cultural center, Berlin, however, if you happen to let us jump, I really recommend it!
Saturday: Free Tour, Potsdammer Platz and Brewery!
We come to the question that all of you are probably asking ... free tour ... where's the package?? No pack, really, the guides are young and through this association offer a walking tour of about 4 hours. Free, yes, in the end only ask participants to leave a tip.
A method really works and innovative, the tour is open to all budgets, the leadership is committed to give our best, is an informal guide, which is ideal because it makes you see the main attractions of the city (outside course) season with so many details and interesting divertyenti a guide will tell you or you would hardly see. For example, tell some dialog Hildenburg when Hitler took power, you see a building with no meaning, but still marked by the bullets of the war, especially civil wars during the post-war Soviet occupation ... and not least the story of how the wall has fallen for error ... ! Incredible how he managed to mix humor and funny stories with moments of seriousness and concentration, as when talking about concentration camps or when we were in the middle of the monument in memory of the Holocaust.
indiscriviblie In the latter is really the feeling of bewilderment and confusion that can be felt through, good work for me.
Another funny anecdote: the TV tower is called also "The Pope's Revenge", because it was built at the beginning of the Cold War by a guy I can not remember the name, but that would also remove all the crosses from the churches, to highlight their opposition to the power of the Church, what that the people did not like so much ... Ironically, something noticed by his son, given the shape and material, when the sun shines on the ball is in the middle of the tower, you see exactly the shape of a cross! (What skillfully photographed by myself ... Reuters, I'm coming ...).
Without such a guide would also be very difficult to know to be standing exactly where he was once Hitler's bunker, the same where he committed suicide and of which no trace now remains.
Our guide was Australian, in fact even the other guides we saw were of other nationalities, Berlin is truly a multi-ethnic city that attracts young people from all over the world! And anyway, surely it was definitely the best tour I have ever done, in addition to 5 euro better spent for the whole trip! On the site tour is also our photos: look between those of 15 September, try to find me!
The afternoon was spent in the area of \u200b\u200bPotsdammer Platz, really nice! Too bad he only drank in the building because the Renzo Piano from our worst tea that I have ever ... Fascinating also campaninle of the old cathedral, left half-destroyed by bombing, the destruction of sin for a modern church built next to us ...
But let the evening: guided by past experience Sandro, we went in search of a pub where he had been years ago, which served beer from their own dishes.
After some difficulty we found a really good eaten! Accompanied by an excellent beer Weizen. We also took advantage of the "Beer Tasting", four different types of beer to taste: we could not miss!
Unfortunately it was not even miss the test of "Berliner Spezialität ... When the French Protestants were expelled and fled to Berlin, did not like the taste of beer and decided to modify it by adding syrups, creating two versions, one red and one green, and that is the specialty of Berlin ...
Now, to say which of the two was not as bad it's really hard, a sweet and hardly drinkable stuff ... Of course all our insults have gone at Vincent's, had to admit that the crap produced by the ancestors of his fellow countrymen and tried to disclaim any responsibility ...
to wash his mouth, unfortunately we were forced to Berci un'alra weizen ...
Sunday: Sachsausen
guide the day before so we liked to have made us decide to invest € 12 for the next day for a guided visit to Sachshausen, or the first concentration camp, just outside Berlin.
Yes, because obviously the same agency organizes tour fee, visit the camp itself is very interesting presentation, the guide also told us that she was to do it Sunday ...
So without even thinking about it we decided to make the visit: Sunday morning we first made a little around our affairs (including with photos in front of the stage, thanks to Vincent for agreed to take us even though the car was his and the photo of us, extremely sporting gesture because he is French ...) and then we went straight into the car and with the suitcases in Sachshausen meeting right there and the leadership group.
Among all the pictures, you will not find those of a visit to the camp ... I have not only published, in fact I have not even made a ... This is not to neglect the fact is that before a structure so I did not feel his son to photograph those places. Not that I want to criticize those who made them, mind you, but as has already happened to me visiting Mathausen, discomfort and disgust for what humanity has been (and still is) able to do kept me from pulling the car out and bring back the kind of memories. Some things I keep inside me beyond the pictures and I really can assure you that the image of a crematorium is well imprinted in my mind for quite a while '...
Despite these feelings, I highly recommend to those who have the opportunity to visit a concentration camp to exploit it, feelings are indescribable, you have to be there to really understand what might have happened ...
now will not write more on the topic, the purpose of my blog is to tell funny episodes, curious, etc. ... I have absolutely no attempts to impose the ideas of any kind to anyone not want to sadden darkening or telling anyone my ...
I'll be back in Berlin?
The answer is obvious: Absolutely '! Not only because the city I enjoyed very much ... but also because it is a city in constant evolution, changing!
Some examples? Next to the cathedral until the end of the war was the royal palace, then almost destroyed by bombing, the Russians decided to demolish it and build a huge tower block cubic and horrible, all covered with a hideous bronze. Now this same building are the dismantling, piece by piece, what will be built in its place? There are those who would rebuild the old royal palace, who make a simple park ... for sure when (and if) I'll come back that building such a large and imposing in an area so important there will be no more.
It 's amazing to see how many there are areas in the heart of the city yet to be arranged or starting a new building .... The same momunmento in memory of the Holocaust has been opened only in 2005!
So definitely I'll come back, and even more so I really think that I will turn to the same guide service! Also because I'm sure redoing discover many other interesting things about the city, its history and its evolution!
Well, thanks for having read so far, I hope I have communicated a bit 'of my enthusiasm tried on this visit ...
and every now and let me a comment when you read! Do not be shy!
Tschüs!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Home Audio Receivers Nice And Easy
I'm back!
Hello everyone!
So, how are you? I know, I know, it was a life that does not update the blog ... now I will try to aged a bit 'of excuses for my shortcomings, you pretend to believe it ... First
for almost two weeks Barbara has come to Bremen and obviously do not spend your free time to write the blog ... Second home can no longer to have an internet connection, and write it all off-line and then send "deferred" makes me spend some 'stimulus ...
In reality we never had it, but until August 20 to 25 stuck a wireless network without security, which we all happily took advantage ... now the guy that owns or has made smart, or just stopped work ... boh ...
But we come to tell if all stoned as usual you should take a whole afternoon to be in the full, then I will a great synthesis of two trips, telling you something when Barbara was here and we went on a trip to Hamburg and Schwerin (that was his gift for my birthday) and I made the trip with my classmates ... in Bremerhaven And so the thing is already pretty long, so get ready and make yourself comfortable ...
Schwerin and Hamburg
Are you wondering what and where is ... first of Schwerin were definitely wrong pronunciation, should be read with the "sh" as in "ski", w reads like our "v" and the accent is on the last syllable ... "Scverìn", in other words ....
Apart from this digression on the etymology worries, the bulk of the description of this town you have just by looking at the photos. It 's a city east of Hamburg, a feature especially for the huge lake on which it overlooks, called it Schwerinersee ("the sea of \u200b\u200bSchwerin," Okay, this was easy ...).
The city is still very nice, some things have been rebuilt after the bombing, there is a so-called "castle" on a small island on the lake. We visited, fortunately the visit was cheap (if I remember correctly about 2.50 for us poor students ...) because the inside is not that it was so exciting. All covered in wood, but virtually all of the decorations instead of being carved and painted stucco were the colors of the wood ... and the great thing is that you also put to say, almost boasting that they were fillers ....
floors are beautiful, majestic single room, with a lot of marble (Carrara, of course) ... Much more interesting however the gardens around the castle and those on the other side (connected by bridge to the castle), I will not describe them much, because they speak far better photos ...
instead strongly advise against moving to Schwerin on a Friday night, we were desperately looking for a bit 'of life, but there was really nothing for them ... I hope that the Sabbath is different, or that life and from all 'else and we have not gone ... But we have folded up a brewery that made beer (own production) really good, and obviously the pitcher is done to enrich my collection ... :)
not recommend even more to take the cruises on the lake! We did Saturday morning e. .. that sucks! Thank goodness we did the shorter (and cheaper). Loved the trip in nature, for goodness sake ... but an hour and a half of water and green banks ... besides the fact that he also began to do cold, cold of course the Germans faced, smiling in a short sleeved polo ...
We must say that we ate very well, a lot less money than we spent in Italy, also the hotel was fantastic ... even if Barbara would have something to say if I had to go back, not for the hotel in itself, but for those who work there ...
different story, however, Hamburg!
As you arrive by train (Saturday afternoon) along the pedestrian shopping street and we are literally overwhelmed by a wave of people running through the streets of chickens and we feel for not having run away from the first Schwerin (instead of making that trip up ,,,).
We head to the hotel and travel on foot facendocela we realize that our guide on the map of Hamburg has a slightly different scale from that of Schwerin ... Apart from the long walk, we also have the unpleasant surprise of finding ourselves with a double bed instead of a ... As compensation we just get breakfast for the next morning, a few things ...
good thing to have found the shops: I bought the sneakers! To many it will seem insignificant, but those who practice my sport knows how to find a break in Turin and above what they cost here ... I made up some good nike at 50 €! Really cool, it was also the last surviving number ...
Apart from that shopping, I will devote my description to the thing that struck me when visiting Hamburg: The Cathedral of St. Nikolai ... or at least what remains of it. The bell
blackened by fire, in fact, is the only part left standing after the bombings of World War II. E 'was in fact decided not to rebuild the church and leave it in memory of the destruction caused by war and as a monument in honor of peace ... What can I say, being there really is a feeling difficult to describe and I will not even try to do here on a blog ... I'm just finding that there was almost forced to sit for a moment and reflect on what might have been found there in those moments ...
One thing that has miraculously remained intact despite the bombing is the Rathaus (which was then the town hall, this was harder ...), a very imposing building, very nice inside. Should you go to Hamburg, I recommend you to visit Wizard (in Inglese, of course ...), it's worth it!
fun to tell: Saturday we had already noticed the fact preparing to put hurdles in the street and the gazebo in the center was dedicated to cycling, then we realized that there was something like our stratorino, however, made the whole bike, which would not have seen much absurd as there is Are you a cyclist. Sunday the city are blocked with traffic all day and go see different groups of cyclists, apparently divided into the categories, from true amateurs and reaching people who seemed fit enough ... Going forward all day thing and given the discomfort every time he had to cross a street, Barbara and I often we get down to comments like: "But still? But how many they go? "," Stop, but the end 'sti Sunday cyclists? "and the like ... Passing the finish line we also joked: "Should we stop? We look forward to cheer a few sprints to get that 200th Big Belly? ".
Only in the late afternoon, watching a giant screen that projected images of the race, we realized that at that time was the same route path by professionals ... and we have seen more on the projector's arrival, with our Ballan who crossed the finish line, with Bettini finished fourth (I think) ... yes, that same goal in front of which we had passed the first quarter of an hour when there were few people and when we said our beautiful lines above ...
's return to Bremen, I discovered that this victory was of course on the first page of the Gazette on-line ... and what we saw was the preparation for the race (I can not remember the name) but is a classic of cycling, like our Milano-Sanremo, but concentrated on Hamburg ...
I hope that no lover of cycling are reading these lines, otherwise authorizes him to come here and fill the rod ....
Come on, I'll be brief here, I swear, Bremerhaven is a city founded as a port for Bremen in the late nineteenth century. Indeed Bremen had the port on the River, the Weser, but given its progressive silting have had to build one directly on the North Sea, around which is just sort Bremerhaven.
This port was one of the main places of emigration from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth century, especially to America. We then went to see a museum dedicated to the history of emigration, very interesting!
Every visitor is assigned a character, which are discovered during the visit of life, the reason for the trip, etc ... I was lucky enough to hit one, that Erich Koch-Weser, German politician who had to emigrate with the rise to power of the Nazis and ended up in Brazil where he founded a small German colony, I say lucky because he was rich enough to afford the first class. The visit represented a variety of situations typical of travel by boat from that period ... Eventually you discover something on the descendants of your character and you can also trace the travels of relatives who emigrated to America, not only from Germany! In fact a friend of mine was able to print a copy of your boarding pass of his grandfather left for America from Naples in the first half of the twentieth century!
last part of the visit, a marine zoo ... I am profoundly opposed to the zoo, I'm sorry to see the animals in habitats too small ... In fact I was very torn between my hatred the zoo and my love for animals ... In the end curiosity won him the second part of me, so I had the opportunity to see a polar bear in particular (no, not had puppies, Knut is only in Berlin ...), complete with the seal pup, a family of raccoons (too cool, I want one!) and two cougars, among other things, a baby does not know what animal (maybe a wolf, or perhaps Fox, boh ...) who enjoyed bite your finger through the grille ... Maybe he wanted to eat, but still having small teeth was so cute ...
On a flight to Turin
Well, I think I was too wordy but I hope not too boring ... I am writing these lines on the plane that is taking me to Monaco, where they take another one to come to Turin! Yes, I am a weekend in Turin, but I think a bit 'all those who read it already know and then come back Sunday night in the cold Germany ...
last sentence on the return flight from Torino (Turin-Frankfurt): put it all online Monday morning, these days in Turin I had the whole 'being willing to stay on the internet ...
soon I'll tell you some anecdotes about Bremen, fantastic on my athletic training, our experience of "MosquitoBusters" and other fun stuff ...
Stay Tuned!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Cs 1.6 Komendy Adma Review
In the land of windmills: Groningen!
I'm back, finally I can write 2 lines in the area!
I'm here in Bremen, where I met Barbara on Thursday!
Since several days have passed, and especially since I do not have much time to write, here is a very brief description of Groningen and its surroundings.
Groningen
arrive in Groningen in the late afternoon, travel along the highway because of an accident and weird deviations. Let us now hotels / hostels / B & B that can accommodate, as arranged by good tourists we organized the trip on Saturday morning ... Besides me, there are Stewart, Sandro, C., Daniele and his girlfriend, Irene.
After verifying an address found on the internet (closed) thanks to the tourist spot (which closes after a minute) we find a series of addresses and then we 4 "unaccompanied" we can find a closet for 4 at a reasonable price.
The city is really nice and especially very much alive! So many people around, even in the evening till late! The pattern is always the Dutch, who had been in Amsterdam for the comparison is a must, bridges over the canals that are raised (though not ever see them at work), boat houses (boats that are real homes) and of course the famous coffee shop and also via the red light ...
The last two points above I am a bit 'more disappointing than the capital. I mean, the "goods" is the same, but everything is much less distinctive for those not directly affected ... The red light is off a lane exclusively with the girlie in the window (while you were in Amsterdam in front of the butcher ...) and coffee shops have a lot less atmosphere.
Beyond these points, however I said that I really liked the city. On Saturday night it was great fun, we are constantly moved from one room to another, being not more than 15-30 minutes in each place. This is a lot to see, either because they were all crowded at one point there was no air ... The lying thing was done even the locals, so it was not lack of habit ...
The quiet "after" the storm
After all the vitality of the Saturday afternoon and Saturday morning, the awakening was quite traumatic. All cities on Sundays are quieter, especially on Sunday morning, but the show that we found ourselves in front of Groningen was amazing. Completely closed (except for a couple of bars) and the streets completely empty, and so remained until about 14.00.
Not that at that time and changed something, but we just went away. The purpose of the trip at this point, it has become to see the North Sea!
The Sea North (Delfziji) and then I will be very short Winschoten
about ... a disappointment. Will that
Delfziji is also a major port, but the beach was sad, murky water and the shore was a stretch of algae ... all of us put a little 'sad and then after puccia feet and received the blessing by Daniel (see photo), we made a stop in a town called Winschoten who was on the way back. Here, too, desolation
incredible, no one around, just a couple of places open to eat and drink something. Time, then a lunch in a kind of fast food kebab-based course in which they put us half an hour to take us to eat (the face of the fast) and then off to home, where We waited a strenuante laundry to the laundromat ....
And that's all for now.
Tschus!
I'm here in Bremen, where I met Barbara on Thursday!
Since several days have passed, and especially since I do not have much time to write, here is a very brief description of Groningen and its surroundings.
Groningen
arrive in Groningen in the late afternoon, travel along the highway because of an accident and weird deviations. Let us now hotels / hostels / B & B that can accommodate, as arranged by good tourists we organized the trip on Saturday morning ... Besides me, there are Stewart, Sandro, C., Daniele and his girlfriend, Irene.
After verifying an address found on the internet (closed) thanks to the tourist spot (which closes after a minute) we find a series of addresses and then we 4 "unaccompanied" we can find a closet for 4 at a reasonable price.
The city is really nice and especially very much alive! So many people around, even in the evening till late! The pattern is always the Dutch, who had been in Amsterdam for the comparison is a must, bridges over the canals that are raised (though not ever see them at work), boat houses (boats that are real homes) and of course the famous coffee shop and also via the red light ...
The last two points above I am a bit 'more disappointing than the capital. I mean, the "goods" is the same, but everything is much less distinctive for those not directly affected ... The red light is off a lane exclusively with the girlie in the window (while you were in Amsterdam in front of the butcher ...) and coffee shops have a lot less atmosphere.
Beyond these points, however I said that I really liked the city. On Saturday night it was great fun, we are constantly moved from one room to another, being not more than 15-30 minutes in each place. This is a lot to see, either because they were all crowded at one point there was no air ... The lying thing was done even the locals, so it was not lack of habit ...
The quiet "after" the storm
After all the vitality of the Saturday afternoon and Saturday morning, the awakening was quite traumatic. All cities on Sundays are quieter, especially on Sunday morning, but the show that we found ourselves in front of Groningen was amazing. Completely closed (except for a couple of bars) and the streets completely empty, and so remained until about 14.00.
Not that at that time and changed something, but we just went away. The purpose of the trip at this point, it has become to see the North Sea!
The Sea North (Delfziji) and then I will be very short Winschoten
about ... a disappointment. Will that
Delfziji is also a major port, but the beach was sad, murky water and the shore was a stretch of algae ... all of us put a little 'sad and then after puccia feet and received the blessing by Daniel (see photo), we made a stop in a town called Winschoten who was on the way back. Here, too, desolation
incredible, no one around, just a couple of places open to eat and drink something. Time, then a lunch in a kind of fast food kebab-based course in which they put us half an hour to take us to eat (the face of the fast) and then off to home, where We waited a strenuante laundry to the laundromat ....
And that's all for now.
Tschus!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Weight-gain-in-pregnancy-graph
Bremen: it starts!
Guten Tag!
So, how are you?? You missed me, right? Here I am in Bremen! How come I only write now? I will explain in "The House", below ...
So where to start ... Let's go in chronological order ...
The trip
Alarm Saturday morning, at 5.00 (you read right), train at 6.15 from Porta Susa and finish at 9.45 in Verona in the company of Alex F. From the train shuttle that takes us and long wait at the airport for the Ryanair flight that would take us to Bremen. These two weeks of "vacation" I'm really blown away ...
There, as expected, even goats and Stewart first surprise came at check-in, where I discover that the balance of my house has cheated and is 2 kg over the limit ... I mean, not me, my suitcase ... Obviously I'm very strict on the thing and then I have to pay 16 euro extra return ... I'll be able to arrange better!
However, with the plane that leaves half an hour late, we arrive in Bremen. We head straight to the tourist office to understand something about public transport already there and there comes the first blow, the single ticket costs € 2.10! And so we continue up to today, where we'll have a monthly subscription, which luckily it only cost 30 ... However, after half an hour we arrived at our house, which is located in the district Gröpelingen, moderate peripheral ... We'll find out later that the same neighborhood is called by locals "Turkey 2," but we say that the thing we know it just got off the tram, because the German people from the lines there is not even the shadow ...
The House That
in these terms The area might seem unsavory ... not really is absolutely the case, here the integration really works. Although we are in an area where immigration is dominant (we also have a house behind the mosque), the area is very quiet, there are many beautiful houses, people have faces lying and I must say that so far we are pretty good here. In most stores the Turks here are famous for fruits and vegetables of excellent quality at low prices.
We have 3 apartments in the house, one on each floor, the apartments are for 3 people and I am with Cosimo and Sandro. The surprise, at the entrance, it was discovered that the three rooms are doubles, however, and all equipped with two beds and large enough. So the ability to host there, and if someone wants to visit me, do you hear! The house is right in each case for 3, the kitchen is small, the bathroom and only one (divided in 2, toilet and shower in one room in the other). The biggest mess (besides the lack of washing machine) is the lack of an internet connection, so the only chance I have to connect and university days, or go to an internet cafe ... here today only because I can update your blog. In addition, it has inevitable repercussions on the costs of telephone calls to Italy ....
The city: first impressions
premise of not having yet been able to shoot well, just arrived I found some resemblance to Amsterdam, the houses, the lanes for trams at grade, a lot of people that could very well invested in bike lanes if you walk towards them ... But then gradually the differences catches your eye. Let's say that we are in a typical northern European cities, through efficient and accurate (there are also several night buses that go on all night), all is well cared for gardens, parks, flower beds, etc ... But let
life night ... here are surely many more "dark" and / or "punk" than here, but all people quiet, sure we would do all another effect. We went dancing twice, and so far no kind of selection at the entrance, strange stories of lists or pain in the ass what happens to us because you show no girls in the room ... because we all as kids we would have many problems ... Definitely Mine is a partial view, having seen only three seats, but I liked going out, I had the impression that more people go to these places to really dance, and not from us that you go just to cool the and show that you know the pr and then you can enter without a tail ... Here you can see places where people who want to enter into no problems, pays the who has to pay and simply puts on dancing. I hope not to be immediately denied in the future releases ... Prices? Difficult to compare with ours, surely the beer is much cheaper (1 euro in the bars off, up to 2 spaces), the super spirits cost about half as much to us, but the quantities are much smaller and with lots of ice, and then virtually have no effect.
do not know if it is better or worse, but I have seen people drunk very little, and so far even though Stewart was drunk, I would say that it seems to work! For example, I've got a whiskey-coke which cost me only 2.50, but I did no effect. Maybe you could try to do here too, I do not know results were ...
Werder Bremen
I close this first installment of Bremen, Bremen talking of course! More than anything, as evidenced by a couple of pictures, I'll tell you that on Sunday, C. and her roommate went to the day of Werder.
What is? In practice, it is a day that is held each year in which there is a workout in the morning and then opened to the public throughout the day players are available for photos / autographs, etc ... Everything is organized around the stadium, with a lot of stand giving food, gifts and gadgets sell merchandising material.
We obviously we missed training because was 9.30 in the morning and it was unthinkable, we also dropped autographs and photos with players not only because they do not deem of vital importance, but because you had to queue mileage ... (tidy, unbelievable for us Italians !!!). But we have turned to the stands, catching a few gadgets here and there.
I must say that it's really a beautiful thing! But when you wake the hell our society doing something similar? There was a lot of people, all of the team with material of all kinds, not just the traditional hats and scarves, but also bags of different models, walking shoes, shirts ... And then all calm and serene, intent to pass a pleasant day and that's it, a lot of children, families ... A different world, really, It's time we wake up also in our country ...
Well, with these reflections, in which there would be a good hated "meditate, people, meditate ... "I'm terrible, I can even say goodbye. I send you greetings from Germany this cold, while you bastard / and enjoy the sun and the heat of the beautiful country ... (the cheese, of course).
A hug!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Large Blister On Butt
see the light!
I'm back online!
Yes, I'm still alive, even if someone has reported missing ...
The fact is that these last 2 weeks have been really devastating! And devastating intend to stay less than 4-5 hours a night, all for the presentation that we did this morning.
It 'been a grind, but at least it was worth it, it went really well, happy stakeholders, we happy to have made a good impression but especially happy for ourselves ...
And tomorrow you will go home! Then restart at a time in Bremen on 28 ...
Now I understand well that the idea of \u200b\u200bbeing in front of the computer writing makes me a little 'sick because I risked running out ... So I
merely add a bit 'of photos in the slideshow on the right and in this post I show you a bit' of photos of previous issues. Below I put even a few lines to briefly describe places:
Cité de l'Espace
We went there last Sunday, late morning and early afternoon. It 'was the only time that we allowed ourselves to relax ...
It is a sort of open area (like our experiment) dedicated to space, from launch vehicles, satellites, humans in space, etc ... What can I say, thankfully it was free (if not wrong to celebrate 10 years of opening), and entering now as interest in the sphere of space, certainly of the interesting things there. To make it very interactive, however, becomes a sort of playground, so I had to pay the entrance (do not know if it is 15 or 19 €)
I would be a little 'turn ...
However the fact is that we had and above all, we took a half day of relaxation ... and although she was full of children, and then relax so to speak ....
Albi to Albi we went past the third weekend here in Toulouse, namely Saturday, June 10, in addition to me were Amir, Sandro, Salvo and Stewart.
Albi, a city which were derived from the Albigenses, Cathars that success (see post on Cathars ) is very pretty, with features pink houses (such as Toulouse and Montauban), built at the turn of the river Tarn.
fact, there are several bridges that connect one of them really impressive. There is also a very beautiful Gothic cathedral (do not remember how to call it). But above all there's a hidden fountain that we had to cross. There is also a video (I wonder if I'll show you) that while Amir took over we decided to go through all 4 same time, starting from the 4 corners .... Obviously we have come out wet, but more than anything else you know that if you walk through the diagonal of a square, they will inevitably meet in the middle .... here is more than meet, in that case have "collided", I miraculously have passed unscathed, but the other 3 have made a big bang, that even you "feel" in the video, although it is done by a dozen meters away ...
Andorra Andorra spend even less on words, we went there and I Sandro C. here the first Saturday in Toulouse, which is May 26.
I said that I will spend a few words, because on the way you can admire beautiful landscapes, as it is in the heart of the Pyrenees.
The city, however, is just an incredible cluster of houses in the valley and the only attraction of the place are the shopping malls.
Yes, because Andorra is a free port, and this means no taxes .
It 'worth it to shop? for me, definitely yes, I bought the camera at 60-70 euro cheaper than anywhere else I would have paid ... but there is already saying that I needed.
is worth going there on purpose? this is already a more difficult question, one that costs very little there are cigarettes, alcohol and CDs. Basta. The rest will cost a bit 'less, because we do not pay the VAT, but is a place where life is very expensive.
say that on average, not talking about alcohol, tobacco and CDs, you'll save 10-15%, not more ... On things above, however, it really saves a lot, I bought two towers, 100 and 100 cd verbatim dvd verbatim, total € 47 ...
I'm back online!
Yes, I'm still alive, even if someone has reported missing ...
The fact is that these last 2 weeks have been really devastating! And devastating intend to stay less than 4-5 hours a night, all for the presentation that we did this morning.
It 'been a grind, but at least it was worth it, it went really well, happy stakeholders, we happy to have made a good impression but especially happy for ourselves ...
And tomorrow you will go home! Then restart at a time in Bremen on 28 ...
Now I understand well that the idea of \u200b\u200bbeing in front of the computer writing makes me a little 'sick because I risked running out ... So I
merely add a bit 'of photos in the slideshow on the right and in this post I show you a bit' of photos of previous issues. Below I put even a few lines to briefly describe places:
Cité de l'Espace
We went there last Sunday, late morning and early afternoon. It 'was the only time that we allowed ourselves to relax ...
It is a sort of open area (like our experiment) dedicated to space, from launch vehicles, satellites, humans in space, etc ... What can I say, thankfully it was free (if not wrong to celebrate 10 years of opening), and entering now as interest in the sphere of space, certainly of the interesting things there. To make it very interactive, however, becomes a sort of playground, so I had to pay the entrance (do not know if it is 15 or 19 €)
I would be a little 'turn ...
However the fact is that we had and above all, we took a half day of relaxation ... and although she was full of children, and then relax so to speak ....
Albi to Albi we went past the third weekend here in Toulouse, namely Saturday, June 10, in addition to me were Amir, Sandro, Salvo and Stewart.
Albi, a city which were derived from the Albigenses, Cathars that success (see post on Cathars ) is very pretty, with features pink houses (such as Toulouse and Montauban), built at the turn of the river Tarn.
fact, there are several bridges that connect one of them really impressive. There is also a very beautiful Gothic cathedral (do not remember how to call it). But above all there's a hidden fountain that we had to cross. There is also a video (I wonder if I'll show you) that while Amir took over we decided to go through all 4 same time, starting from the 4 corners .... Obviously we have come out wet, but more than anything else you know that if you walk through the diagonal of a square, they will inevitably meet in the middle .... here is more than meet, in that case have "collided", I miraculously have passed unscathed, but the other 3 have made a big bang, that even you "feel" in the video, although it is done by a dozen meters away ...
Andorra Andorra spend even less on words, we went there and I Sandro C. here the first Saturday in Toulouse, which is May 26.
I said that I will spend a few words, because on the way you can admire beautiful landscapes, as it is in the heart of the Pyrenees.
The city, however, is just an incredible cluster of houses in the valley and the only attraction of the place are the shopping malls.
Yes, because Andorra is a free port, and this means no taxes .
It 'worth it to shop? for me, definitely yes, I bought the camera at 60-70 euro cheaper than anywhere else I would have paid ... but there is already saying that I needed.
is worth going there on purpose? this is already a more difficult question, one that costs very little there are cigarettes, alcohol and CDs. Basta. The rest will cost a bit 'less, because we do not pay the VAT, but is a place where life is very expensive.
say that on average, not talking about alcohol, tobacco and CDs, you'll save 10-15%, not more ... On things above, however, it really saves a lot, I bought two towers, 100 and 100 cd verbatim dvd verbatim, total € 47 ...
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Bogen Tripod Leg The Practical Review
Weekend in Lyon!
Bon jour tout le monde!
Tonight I am writing to tell you how things went this weekend, when I went to Barbara Lyons. Prepare yourself and make yourself comfortable, or maybe read a little 'time because the reading will be long ...
First I will tell you that I am writing these opening lines of going on the train, TGV direct Toulouse and Lyon. Why is my laptop behind? No, I did not become suddenly a nerd, which is unfortunately on the outward journey and I have to return to work, because we have a delivery on Monday ... But I'll take a few moments of pause to describe almost in real time what happens to me.
'd start with the mess made to get tickets, as well as the difficulty to find them because almost exhausted (yes, here we must necessarily book on virtually all trains, no hope trips up ...), the mess has obviously been with the credit card ... not mindful enough of the adventures with the gas station (for those who do not remember, click here), I buy tickets on the Internet, where obviously do not accept my e-pay. I do pay then the paper by Amir, who has also bravely offered to accompany me to the station this morning, thanks again !!!!!
all right until this morning, pick up the tickets provided: the self-service machines so cool, touch-screen, etc.., Please enter the reservation code and in a moment, the tail will print the ticket. Ticket pick happened: after the queue at the ticket, as the self-service obviously did not read the paper by Amir! Withdrawal occurred at 7:43, depart 7:50 hours by train. ...
Travel to: TGV
addition to the 15-minute delay in departure (ah ... ah ... this high speed.) in all cars entering quietly, just in my rather long tail and slow ... I try to understand why, but I realize my only entry into the train, and that group of a dozen girls and a couple of kids, I think it is something colony type / travel oratorio or similar ... Clogging due to mothers and fathers clearly cumbersome and oppressive, Neapolitan-style, the beautiful scene where I sit in my place, quard out my window and I get a shot because there are all these parents crowded and stuck to the windows to look inside and greet the girls ... The girls are strangely Very quiet, there is a long silence, it will be thanks to air conditioning here is that there is a ball and hibernate all ... I was even forced to put a shirt that does not match with the shirt that I have here! However, this TGV Tarella lot! ("Tarella": v. intr. Reg., Is called Tarella the act of moving at very high speeds than you are used).
update near the end of the trip: the girls were not so quiet, had their wake ... luckily I have the headphones ... Even though a couple of kicks and slaps I received the same ... Another thing, someone who found himself standing there, I do not understand why, you may not have made the ticket el'han done on board, boh ... Finally, the beautiful high speed with all the (usual) view that we rush past, but there is the problem when you enter and exit the tunnel, the pressure difference is created: the ears are filled up and make a bad dog! And not only me, judging from the faces of other passengers ... ORAI of arrival: 11:49, we'll see if he has recovered or not, I do not know the schedule of milestones, now that I think I do not know what is the first stop of my cabbage as they are organized! So in addition to see if it will arrive on time, there will also be seen whether it will come down to the station right ...
Lyon, Saturday
Again when I write these lines on the train, this time to return, I have just split from Lyon, will change in Montpellier (where the train will no longer TGV) and I should be in Toulouse for about 19 ... but the conditional is a must, I saw no less than 10 minutes to change ... of going
The train has finally made a few minutes late, I got to the station and right, which gives more satisfaction, I managed to find the train platform to find and Barbara Once off the train! And without the help of mobile phones!
But how were these two days, in fact, these 26 hours in Lyon? Start of course from the station, really messy, you need to pass the first 5 minutes of complete bewilderment, then you can understand quite well how things work ... found Barbara, we went to our hotel, a 3 star found on the Internet at half price, and the hotel was really great, and also near the center and an underground station, a pity that the area was not so great ... that is, taking the example of Turin, Porta Palazzo, S. Salvario also are close to the center and very connected ... Going to the hotel, in fact we just stumbled in the middle of a thing that seemed both the Balon. Do not want to sound paranoid, but going from there some fear due to my nice laptop bag and unambiguous I had shoulder m'è come ...
First visit, the Cité Internationale, Lyon, an area of \u200b\u200bfully designed by our architect Renzo Piano. A really fantastic place, with several conference centers and hotels (also of course a Hilton) but also the palaces and offices of both houses, all very beautiful! It must not have anything bad to live there!
Lyon has a strange place, is at the confluence of two rivers (the Saone and the Rhone), and has a part to the west and east of the two rivers, in the middle there is a peninsula, but is this island which ends where the two rivers meet. After the area of \u200b\u200bRenzo (now is my friend), we did around a central island and in the historic part of town, which is west of the island, across the Saone, and is connected by several bridges, one pedestrian (la Passerelle du Palais de Justice) ... here, this bridge can give people a little bit of trouble 'sensitive, because really fluctuates a lot, especially in the center, because Barbara was not at all peaceful, mindful of famous bridge in London by Foster ...
The center of Lyon is a lot live! Above all, the historic area, one across the river, there are lots of very nice restaurants with attractive exteriors and in alleyways, in smaller pubs, etc.. all with a lot of people around. Walk for those ways is very nice, I recommend it! As now I'm seeing all over the south of France, and as Amir also taught me to be typical of Islamic countries, businesses here are often grouped together in the streets or in neighborhoods. Especially places where you eat or where there are fun, are streets full of restaurants exclusively, then a street with many clubs side by side streets full of other "kebabbari" ... The choice of the restaurant was very difficult, because there were several very curious and we would have liked, we then opted for a "restaurant agriculture," or something like that, anyway, we ate very well.
Prices in the region? Difficult to stay under 20 euro for a decent dinner, you're going out quietly under 30 with a full belly and standing on flat average price. I think I can say it is a good value for money!
The end of the evening was spent in a pub run by a Texan and I discussed (in a cheerful and nice, not bad) because according to him, "lager" means nothing and that's just us Italians to ask for beer lager, no one else ... So I then set a "Chimay, Belgian beer, which sold in the bottle, saying," That's a double malt "and doing a pretty face slapping, convinced of my statement, but we have actually read the label together and did not say anything like that ... I mean, check this theory, documenting and will let you know if I discovered something that surprised me a lot! In particular I will ask our fellow German Enlightenment ...
Lyon, Sunday
This morning after a breakfast buffet, we headed again toward the west, this time to take the cable car that took us to the top of the hill, dominated by the Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourviere. Really beautiful and impressive, despite having little more than one hundred years. The view from the rooftop terrace was really nice because you see the whole city there, but all things considered, then there is plenty to see in addition to many houses (you know that Lyon is the second largest city in France as a dimension?). After visiting the cathedral (with a few minutes of formal French included), we have also seen a Roman theater, which should be out by Italy's largest left. For us spoiled Italian (speaking of the Roman ruins), nothing particularly shocking ...
After descending the hill, a simple lunch at a boulangerie in the same area on Saturday night, then step back to the hotel in the bags and transfer station, this time with the media and do not walk, to avoid to come back in some areas, too ... if the tram were some great players, some of whom slept on the benches with several bottles around ... Everything went quietly, in any event, we arrived at the station and after a while 'I got me back on the TGV to Montpellier and then I had to greet Barbara, who started half an hour later ..
return trip: TGV and
Everything ok the way back, if only this time I was near the window and the lady with the place next to mine, which was bound to stand up for me to sit, and was on crutches stiff knee ... was not very comfortable thing, besides the fact that I was almost feeling guilty ...
The change Montpellier was a lot more fun! Arriving at the track, I discovered why the French succeeded in placing on the track right at the coach on which they had to go, and I had miles to catch me every time my ... Easy, there is a kind of display that read " Composition des trains "(I think ...) with the schemino the train, the carriages numbered and letters of reference of the track, so you already know where to come! So I placed under the letter "T", since my car (the 13) would come there and thinking, "Azz, I'm really forward 'sti ... French." The train arrives, the coach that stops in front of the T is the number 2 ... I do so all the track to get to the bottom of the train (this time including all the French), arrival until the end of binary thinking, "Ma 'sti fucking French do cool with 'this stuff and then works a cappella, but the last carriage has reached the number 7, the train continues ... but there is no sidewalk in practice had stopped long before. Then came the police station, he stopped all the people coming down / going up, closed the doors, then the train began to move ... With no doubt have understood and that in fact the train had just broken down, I followed expectantly my car number 13 after I had passed in front until the train has stopped moving forward and have opened the doors ... Guess where I was? Under the T!
The journey is almost over, almost in Toulouse, but I have a few weird things to report: the fact that the whole trip I kept the computer on your lap (on the TGV had the table) and it has also used by scaldotto the stomach due to the usual air conditioning, but also a fantastic bibitaro! I do not know what was happening, but spent half an hour in a compartment next to mine which I think is dedicated to the pulling down of supply Cristoni incredible at every turn, slowed or accelerated ... I think I've heard some swearing French but given my knowledge of the language I'm not sure ... It 's true that this train is fast, tosses a bit' in these maneuvers, but I thought the experts were used to ... oh, well ... we are almost there, I hope to find Amir or his representative should be coming to pick up ...
Last step, of course, the publication of this post ... While I'm here to work for a delivery room that we have tomorrow ... Good night to you that you can go to bed ....
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Protective Camera Cases Versitile Case
Barbecue and Italy-Brazil
I'm back!
spend their days working here a lot, but today there has been a welcome change a barbecue lunch!
Barbecue Barba and ass =
Oh, yeah, like we said Vincent, a French guy from our group, the French word "barbecue" comes from the way of the flesh on fire. It appears that you eat so the meat of goat, sheep in those cases the victim was impaled by the skewer, passing from the mouth (beard) and out of the ... "Cue".
So Barbecue read as Barb-e-cue means "beard-and-ass".
I said the barbecue, here today has finally ended the school year, then closed for lunch canteen and barbecue courtesy of Supaéro. Definitely not a great thing, do not you eat neither knows how, or who knows how well, But in any event, a leisurely lunch, cheered by a final day also stable, with a bright sun. The time, in fact, so far has been extremely variable, with extreme heat that can turn into rain and cold over a quarter of an hour, then magare back another half hour later, and so on ...
I also have photos, indeed, has made Stewart, but I have not had time to get over ... I'll add some to the slideshow as soon as possible ...
Italy-Brazil
While we are, I'll tell you even the match against the Brazilians play soccer yesterday at 5 in the gym ... Indeed, beginning from the first Italy-Brazil, that played last Friday and which I had pointed out.
Well, last time was a success across the board, the first practice match against the Italians in Brazil (with the addition of a Frenchman), swept 6-2!
were also added to their two French-Algerian soccer players to 5 of Supaéro, especially trained and very good and fresh as roses ...
Result? 5-2 to us!
Great day, then, unless scorer with 4 goals for, I've made 3 (and 3-pole), 1 Stewart, C. 1 Ale and 1 (with a stake of 15 m that is still shaking ...).
But back to the bitter truth of revenge that we played last night. Differences from the first race without us Salvo and C. (Slightly injured), them with our loan "Italian", Alberto, an Italian boy who we have met here and that he should play with us, passed from them outnumbered.
One of them (Julien) was playing in bare feet and finally felt the cool screams like "Joga, Joga!" or "Saliu" In short, we finally played against the Brazilians with a capital B!
encouraging start with a 5-1 final for us! But then we ate a lot of goals made (I for one ...), we have given away a lot to them ... and we ended up at 6-6! Last minute
excited, we go on with us 7-6, then we suffer the draw ... and a minute from the end of our light is another defensive and suffer the 8-7 for them, just by Alberto ... As the Italy-France 2000!
short, a somewhat undeserved defeat, and burning for all occasions and to throw out the monarchy in Brazil .... But they have played well and have not stolen anything. Italian
Score: Stewart (3), I (2), Ale (1), Sandro (1), with Amir superlative goal.
We would now like the beautiful, it will be difficult to organize because they will share Monday ...
Campus vacuum
For the record, the campus was already gradually emptying, Monday practically there will be no more than us ... At least return the Americans, who are the only casino to make the most of us when they talk ... sometimes too well ...
Hello everyone!
I'm back!
spend their days working here a lot, but today there has been a welcome change a barbecue lunch!
Barbecue Barba and ass =
Oh, yeah, like we said Vincent, a French guy from our group, the French word "barbecue" comes from the way of the flesh on fire. It appears that you eat so the meat of goat, sheep in those cases the victim was impaled by the skewer, passing from the mouth (beard) and out of the ... "Cue".
So Barbecue read as Barb-e-cue means "beard-and-ass".
I said the barbecue, here today has finally ended the school year, then closed for lunch canteen and barbecue courtesy of Supaéro. Definitely not a great thing, do not you eat neither knows how, or who knows how well, But in any event, a leisurely lunch, cheered by a final day also stable, with a bright sun. The time, in fact, so far has been extremely variable, with extreme heat that can turn into rain and cold over a quarter of an hour, then magare back another half hour later, and so on ...
I also have photos, indeed, has made Stewart, but I have not had time to get over ... I'll add some to the slideshow as soon as possible ...
Italy-Brazil
While we are, I'll tell you even the match against the Brazilians play soccer yesterday at 5 in the gym ... Indeed, beginning from the first Italy-Brazil, that played last Friday and which I had pointed out.
Well, last time was a success across the board, the first practice match against the Italians in Brazil (with the addition of a Frenchman), swept 6-2!
were also added to their two French-Algerian soccer players to 5 of Supaéro, especially trained and very good and fresh as roses ...
Result? 5-2 to us!
Great day, then, unless scorer with 4 goals for, I've made 3 (and 3-pole), 1 Stewart, C. 1 Ale and 1 (with a stake of 15 m that is still shaking ...).
But back to the bitter truth of revenge that we played last night. Differences from the first race without us Salvo and C. (Slightly injured), them with our loan "Italian", Alberto, an Italian boy who we have met here and that he should play with us, passed from them outnumbered.
One of them (Julien) was playing in bare feet and finally felt the cool screams like "Joga, Joga!" or "Saliu" In short, we finally played against the Brazilians with a capital B!
encouraging start with a 5-1 final for us! But then we ate a lot of goals made (I for one ...), we have given away a lot to them ... and we ended up at 6-6! Last minute
excited, we go on with us 7-6, then we suffer the draw ... and a minute from the end of our light is another defensive and suffer the 8-7 for them, just by Alberto ... As the Italy-France 2000!
short, a somewhat undeserved defeat, and burning for all occasions and to throw out the monarchy in Brazil .... But they have played well and have not stolen anything. Italian
Score: Stewart (3), I (2), Ale (1), Sandro (1), with Amir superlative goal.
We would now like the beautiful, it will be difficult to organize because they will share Monday ...
Campus vacuum
For the record, the campus was already gradually emptying, Monday practically there will be no more than us ... At least return the Americans, who are the only casino to make the most of us when they talk ... sometimes too well ...
Hello everyone!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Pocket Camera Cases Great Soft Case!
dead weight on Elbow
Hello everyone.
very busy day today at the "institutional", as in the morning we had the meeting with the company following my group and in the afternoon we had the review with the tutor ...
To download the tensions, of course, at the end of the day we gave the usual practice match of football, this time 3 vs. 3 in the gym, and playing across the door. First game I
, Salvo (lame) and C. against Ali, and Daniel Stewart to win 10-8 and then, due to the defection of Daniel, game 2 vs 2 + Salvo "wildcard" (We called him bitch) that every goal that went the other team. Unfortunately we lost this game, I do not know if 10-6 or 10-7, though even this hard-fought, the one that broke his legs was my beautiful own goal, but also a bitch to level criticism of impartiality (as against 5 goals for us, with us zero) ...
Since I do not have much else to tell you, and especially having the curiosity generated in your hearts, I will tell in a fictionalized my fall on Friday ...
C ome had already happened several other times at the end of the day we went to the basketball court for a small football door (in the slideshow at right are a couple of pictures of sport in question ...). Once in the vicinity of the adjacent gym, we remembered the idea of \u200b\u200binflating the balloon with the compressor
located therein. Given the little desire to go to the not too distant de Garde Post to hand over the keys, the Genie is slipped inside through the window.
Although this practice may seem odd to the reader, this should not be considered. Indeed, practical question to be very common to use the gym without going to pick up the keys (although it has every right). But there is more than boredom with these because it was not such Ciufoli Codest how the Genius fell into ruin.
filled the air rubber ball and pseudo-leather used for the game of football, the genius, noticed a side door inadvertently left open, he decided to return to the field along a path which seemed slightly longer but less steep, thus avoiding further bypassed. That argument, however, in a few moments there was evidence of reckless and dangerously wrong.
arrived in about half of the alternative route and in view of the playing field occupied by companions waiting impatiently for the ball, the genius decided to relieve their pain of his delight in a delicious symphony launches, delivering them in a smaller ball time. "Ah, how to tell what a thing it is hard" not to notice the ground on which dell'instabile his feet and the ball came to rest at that moment ....
At the same moment in which the foot free kick grazed the ball, its symmetrical limb, and in that time claimed the entire body weight, decidette to chase the ball and go with it on the way to the playground, feeling the gentle massage that small stones conceded to the sole of his shoe and forgetting a strange physical effect that some call the "friction" ...
The fall was not so trite and hackneyed as the "slip on banana peel," which takes off with support foot to the top, followed by a thud ... The fall was much more direct, straight to the ground, without raising the slightest the body up, but only by pushing it down firmly ... The impact was so meteoric that his hands even found time and opportunity to stand in the way violent and abrupt contact with the ground. It remained only the dull noise impact and the smell of burning rubber ...
Summary: kicking the ball while I was on gravel, the support foot m'è party away and fell on his elbow and left buttock without even having time to put down your hands. Bad! I could not even scream so I needed to breath! I swear that after there was the smell of burnt rubber, the sole of the shoe! I am not exaggerating!
The fall was so vertical that I now have a "hole" real and right on the left elbow by a stone, is only now finishing up heal ... In addition to several long deep scratches.
(If you see good pictures of the "quest for the Grail:" You see a great patch on his elbow ...)
However, I'm just fine, except for a little elbow aesthetic ...
Greetings, folks!
Hello everyone.
very busy day today at the "institutional", as in the morning we had the meeting with the company following my group and in the afternoon we had the review with the tutor ...
To download the tensions, of course, at the end of the day we gave the usual practice match of football, this time 3 vs. 3 in the gym, and playing across the door. First game I
, Salvo (lame) and C. against Ali, and Daniel Stewart to win 10-8 and then, due to the defection of Daniel, game 2 vs 2 + Salvo "wildcard" (We called him bitch) that every goal that went the other team. Unfortunately we lost this game, I do not know if 10-6 or 10-7, though even this hard-fought, the one that broke his legs was my beautiful own goal, but also a bitch to level criticism of impartiality (as against 5 goals for us, with us zero) ...
Since I do not have much else to tell you, and especially having the curiosity generated in your hearts, I will tell in a fictionalized my fall on Friday ...
C ome had already happened several other times at the end of the day we went to the basketball court for a small football door (in the slideshow at right are a couple of pictures of sport in question ...). Once in the vicinity of the adjacent gym, we remembered the idea of \u200b\u200binflating the balloon with the compressor
located therein. Given the little desire to go to the not too distant de Garde Post to hand over the keys, the Genie is slipped inside through the window.
Although this practice may seem odd to the reader, this should not be considered. Indeed, practical question to be very common to use the gym without going to pick up the keys (although it has every right). But there is more than boredom with these because it was not such Ciufoli Codest how the Genius fell into ruin.
filled the air rubber ball and pseudo-leather used for the game of football, the genius, noticed a side door inadvertently left open, he decided to return to the field along a path which seemed slightly longer but less steep, thus avoiding further bypassed. That argument, however, in a few moments there was evidence of reckless and dangerously wrong.
arrived in about half of the alternative route and in view of the playing field occupied by companions waiting impatiently for the ball, the genius decided to relieve their pain of his delight in a delicious symphony launches, delivering them in a smaller ball time. "Ah, how to tell what a thing it is hard" not to notice the ground on which dell'instabile his feet and the ball came to rest at that moment ....
At the same moment in which the foot free kick grazed the ball, its symmetrical limb, and in that time claimed the entire body weight, decidette to chase the ball and go with it on the way to the playground, feeling the gentle massage that small stones conceded to the sole of his shoe and forgetting a strange physical effect that some call the "friction" ...
The fall was not so trite and hackneyed as the "slip on banana peel," which takes off with support foot to the top, followed by a thud ... The fall was much more direct, straight to the ground, without raising the slightest the body up, but only by pushing it down firmly ... The impact was so meteoric that his hands even found time and opportunity to stand in the way violent and abrupt contact with the ground. It remained only the dull noise impact and the smell of burning rubber ...
Summary: kicking the ball while I was on gravel, the support foot m'è party away and fell on his elbow and left buttock without even having time to put down your hands. Bad! I could not even scream so I needed to breath! I swear that after there was the smell of burnt rubber, the sole of the shoe! I am not exaggerating!
The fall was so vertical that I now have a "hole" real and right on the left elbow by a stone, is only now finishing up heal ... In addition to several long deep scratches.
(If you see good pictures of the "quest for the Grail:" You see a great patch on his elbow ...)
However, I'm just fine, except for a little elbow aesthetic ...
Greetings, folks!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Lowerpro Camera Bags Zowie!
Traveling in the footsteps of the Cathars Toulouse
Hello everyone!
Who were the Cathars (also known as Albigenses)? I will not give too much explanation, wikipedia provides an excellent summary, the most interesting thing is that it is said that the Cathars, called heretics by the Church and France (jealous of their power which was expanding) were held by the Treasury of the Templars and also possessed the Holy Grail!
Rennes-Le-Chateau
course, the route could only start a of the most famous churches, and mysterious, that thanks to the book "The Da Vinci Code" has increased his fame.
parties from Toulouse in the morning, we stop at that Couiza to stock up on food in a Despar (the our itinerary includes lunch, baguette result, and relish for me and the Prince Dolcino a "cool and nuts" by 'fresh air but devastating) and to recover and Compeed patches in pharmacy, as the genius who is writing this Friday has seen fit to destroy an elbow dropping dead weight on the gravel.
Without digressing too much, back to our mystical journey we reach the famous church.
arrived in the village, the first thing we see is the bizarre (and not at all Cathar) Torre Magdala, and with a beautiful view across the valley, really beautiful, built in the nineteenth century. by the mysterious Cardinal Sauniere, the same that restored the famous church. Avoided the inside of the tower, we head to the church just
of Rennes-Le-Chateau, which of course could only be dedicated to Mary Magdalene ...
The impact is difficult to describe the church, a church is small and hidden among the houses, but as soon as there is the front seems to be a movie set.
We spoke of the restoration work done by Sauniere, well there really wonder how a town so small and lost the priest has found the money
necessary to make such a rich church. I hope from my photos are unable to make the idea.
Surely even more impressive is the garden adjoining the church, with the entrance a bit 'disturbing the cemetery (complete with skull-pirate) but especially with the cross in the center and its base at the foot of which there are several
"cups" and where there is so much famous words "Christus AOMPS defendit" that still has not been clearly deciphered.
I actually I did, I can not write here of course meaning, but the photos are proof that I have found the Holy Grail and how it is now in my possession ...
The Castle of Termes
concluded the visit to the church, we head towards Termes making a quick stop in Arques to see only from outside the castle (no big deal ). We arrive at Termes and after an uphill walk of about twenty minutes (under a sun quite exhausting) we reach the castle, or rather we reach what is left.
Termes was one of the most strenuous Cathar castles and siege gave the French only because of dysentery caused by the poor maintenance of water tanks, yes you read right. The castle was destroyed in the seventeenth century it became a den of robbers. The ruins are still very interesting, intriguing and the most beautiful thing left standing is the window with cross-shaped opening of what was once the church. Sure it adds a slight air of mystery and even mysticism of the place.
Castle Peyrepertuse
Last castle of our itinerary is what we have for simplicity renamed to Pimperepettennusa (not very different from the French name).
passed through villages where the natives probably our view avran said: "Look, you got another iron horse! E 'already on the third year "at the car park located under the imposing walls of the castle, where we wait half an hour's walk uphill from some twig and stone steps that fool you with their little roughness but that traps you encounter slippery when you least expect it.
Surrounded by long walls built in a shape to the point that words on the side of the mountain, the ruins of the fortress are really beautiful, it's like stepping back 800 years imagining Ser Guillame (the last to abandon it) from the top of the fortress can keep an eye on both valleys, the North and the South is also seen in the nearby castle of Quéribus, we have not had time to go and visit, and also according to the said the guide should also be seen the sea, but the sky was a bit 'cloudy and the view was not quite clear. Too bad!
How can I hope to show some photos, the view is breathtaking, overlooking the rocks of the mountain for the view that sin in general in this part of France, does not offer anything special, it is rather dull. When you travel, despite the hundreds of miles you can go by, the landscape around you is always the same!
Far Petrol in France
After the visit (at 20), the episode more "fun" of the day.
If you find yourself in France in the car, here's a quick lesson: FATE OF PETROL DAY! The self-service here
ONLY accept credit cards, and so far could also be good, too bad that accept MasterCard and Visa only if the microchip. With the magnetic stripe only accept American Express (or so it seems, none of us have it and we are not sure ...). The thing is absurd, because wherever he pays no problems with the Visa Electron (also transfer), even from the same gas stations! Only ATMs not PhotoLine.
We find it in reserve in the middle of roads where a car passes every 5 minutes and none of those stops for gas ... After a few attempts Outreach roadside we can stop a couple of cars, the second is led by a guy who offers to help, he pays for us and we give them the money in cash ...
Perpignan (with the feast of Saint Jean)
(for photos, I thank you Amir)
After losing more than an hour into this, we head towards the nearby Perpignan, a town very close to the Mediterranean and very close to Spain. The main impression of the newly arrived is immediately aware of being near the sea, even if it is 15 km away, the air, the people, the terrace of the restaurants in the square.
In addition, a captain in this nice city especially at night when there are celebrations of Saint Jean! Yes, the same S. John will be celebrating tonight in Turin.
We have dinner in a restaurant with a English food very nice, large bathroom where a cellophane cover slides over the shaft every time you sit down. Made you want to sedertici even if you did not need! It would be more than anything else served after dinner, as the plate included "Bolas" meat with white beans ...
Just enough time to pay the bill and start the fireworks (no, not my real ones ...) from what I believe is the city's castle, but given the dark and fleeting visit could also be a normal building. However
the palace / castle on the river, the fireworks were really beautiful, with music and light, was one of the few times that I could say that the show was the most beautiful of our fires. .. This year, unfortunately I can not make the comparison, but at least I can say I saw the fires of St. John the same!
Gone the fires of course back to campus, destroyed, arrive at 2:00, we're emptying the machine when I and C. we realize that you forgot one thing: Dolcino "cool and nuts" bought Despar in the morning ... Obviously, not being able to throw away, you can imagine how the end of the evening was "sweet", accompanied by fresh beer ...
Already you miss, right?
As I wrote in my first post, the weekend trips would have a separate space, so why not just start with the last, yesterday's (Saturday, June 23), or a trip dedicated to the Cathar castles? Who were the Cathars (also known as Albigenses)? I will not give too much explanation, wikipedia provides an excellent summary, the most interesting thing is that it is said that the Cathars, called heretics by the Church and France (jealous of their power which was expanding) were held by the Treasury of the Templars and also possessed the Holy Grail!
Rennes-Le-Chateau
course, the route could only start a of the most famous churches, and mysterious, that thanks to the book "The Da Vinci Code" has increased his fame.
parties from Toulouse in the morning, we stop at that Couiza to stock up on food in a Despar (the our itinerary includes lunch, baguette result, and relish for me and the Prince Dolcino a "cool and nuts" by 'fresh air but devastating) and to recover and Compeed patches in pharmacy, as the genius who is writing this Friday has seen fit to destroy an elbow dropping dead weight on the gravel.
Without digressing too much, back to our mystical journey we reach the famous church.
arrived in the village, the first thing we see is the bizarre (and not at all Cathar) Torre Magdala, and with a beautiful view across the valley, really beautiful, built in the nineteenth century. by the mysterious Cardinal Sauniere, the same that restored the famous church. Avoided the inside of the tower, we head to the church just
of Rennes-Le-Chateau, which of course could only be dedicated to Mary Magdalene ...
The impact is difficult to describe the church, a church is small and hidden among the houses, but as soon as there is the front seems to be a movie set.
We spoke of the restoration work done by Sauniere, well there really wonder how a town so small and lost the priest has found the money
necessary to make such a rich church. I hope from my photos are unable to make the idea. Surely even more impressive is the garden adjoining the church, with the entrance a bit 'disturbing the cemetery (complete with skull-pirate) but especially with the cross in the center and its base at the foot of which there are several
"cups" and where there is so much famous words "Christus AOMPS defendit" that still has not been clearly deciphered. I actually I did, I can not write here of course meaning, but the photos are proof that I have found the Holy Grail and how it is now in my possession ...
The Castle of Termes
concluded the visit to the church, we head towards Termes making a quick stop in Arques to see only from outside the castle (no big deal ). We arrive at Termes and after an uphill walk of about twenty minutes (under a sun quite exhausting) we reach the castle, or rather we reach what is left. Termes was one of the most strenuous Cathar castles and siege gave the French only because of dysentery caused by the poor maintenance of water tanks, yes you read right. The castle was destroyed in the seventeenth century it became a den of robbers. The ruins are still very interesting, intriguing and the most beautiful thing left standing is the window with cross-shaped opening of what was once the church. Sure it adds a slight air of mystery and even mysticism of the place.
Castle Peyrepertuse
Last castle of our itinerary is what we have for simplicity renamed to Pimperepettennusa (not very different from the French name).
passed through villages where the natives probably our view avran said: "Look, you got another iron horse! E 'already on the third year "at the car park located under the imposing walls of the castle, where we wait half an hour's walk uphill from some twig and stone steps that fool you with their little roughness but that traps you encounter slippery when you least expect it.
Surrounded by long walls built in a shape to the point that words on the side of the mountain, the ruins of the fortress are really beautiful, it's like stepping back 800 years imagining Ser Guillame (the last to abandon it) from the top of the fortress can keep an eye on both valleys, the North and the South is also seen in the nearby castle of Quéribus, we have not had time to go and visit, and also according to the said the guide should also be seen the sea, but the sky was a bit 'cloudy and the view was not quite clear. Too bad!
How can I hope to show some photos, the view is breathtaking, overlooking the rocks of the mountain for the view that sin in general in this part of France, does not offer anything special, it is rather dull. When you travel, despite the hundreds of miles you can go by, the landscape around you is always the same!
Far Petrol in France
After the visit (at 20), the episode more "fun" of the day.
If you find yourself in France in the car, here's a quick lesson: FATE OF PETROL DAY! The self-service here
ONLY accept credit cards, and so far could also be good, too bad that accept MasterCard and Visa only if the microchip. With the magnetic stripe only accept American Express (or so it seems, none of us have it and we are not sure ...). The thing is absurd, because wherever he pays no problems with the Visa Electron (also transfer), even from the same gas stations! Only ATMs not PhotoLine.
We find it in reserve in the middle of roads where a car passes every 5 minutes and none of those stops for gas ... After a few attempts Outreach roadside we can stop a couple of cars, the second is led by a guy who offers to help, he pays for us and we give them the money in cash ...
Perpignan (with the feast of Saint Jean)
(for photos, I thank you Amir)
After losing more than an hour into this, we head towards the nearby Perpignan, a town very close to the Mediterranean and very close to Spain. The main impression of the newly arrived is immediately aware of being near the sea, even if it is 15 km away, the air, the people, the terrace of the restaurants in the square.
In addition, a captain in this nice city especially at night when there are celebrations of Saint Jean! Yes, the same S. John will be celebrating tonight in Turin.
We have dinner in a restaurant with a English food very nice, large bathroom where a cellophane cover slides over the shaft every time you sit down. Made you want to sedertici even if you did not need! It would be more than anything else served after dinner, as the plate included "Bolas" meat with white beans ...
Just enough time to pay the bill and start the fireworks (no, not my real ones ...) from what I believe is the city's castle, but given the dark and fleeting visit could also be a normal building. However
the palace / castle on the river, the fireworks were really beautiful, with music and light, was one of the few times that I could say that the show was the most beautiful of our fires. .. This year, unfortunately I can not make the comparison, but at least I can say I saw the fires of St. John the same!
Gone the fires of course back to campus, destroyed, arrive at 2:00, we're emptying the machine when I and C. we realize that you forgot one thing: Dolcino "cool and nuts" bought Despar in the morning ... Obviously, not being able to throw away, you can imagine how the end of the evening was "sweet", accompanied by fresh beer ...
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Dofus Cras In Gob Set
Welcome!
At last, I open a blog ... I know, nobody was missing, but someone had asked me a bit 'of times ... In the beginning I was not convinced, in fact I was deeply contrary, in the end I want this has failed, more than anything else to keep in some way a reminder of the past few months I'll be spending abroad. And also to meet some 'my desire to write.
Now, however, has already spent more than a month after the beginning of my adventure, and how?
Simple, or maybe not, but I will do so: In this post I will make a brief (as possible) a summary of this month, leaving out the rides of the weekend which I'll discuss later, when I will not have anything to Definitely tell ... I omit something, but when I will tell you to mind, like a flash-back, like those movies that start with the story that has already started, it then goes on to a long digression on the beginning of the story and then during the performance leaves room for some flash-back that makes the clarity of this story ...
myself clear? Probably not, but I'm beginning the same.
Travel companions
E 'duties as first names and faces of my fellow master otherwise it would be very difficult to know who I'm talking about every time.
Above (from left): Alex (Axel), Daniel (Mi'Zio / Jules Verne), Salvo (Master / CabinMan), Amir (Captain) , Sandra (Tony Rap / Lupin). Bottom (from left): Stewart (Steward / Suerte / Area Cesarini / Larsen / Alzatore), C. (Prince) [she wants her privacy], and of course myself.
In the three panels, from left, Cosimo (Padre Pio / Pianist on the Ocean), Alessandro (cylinder) and Vincent (Jones).
be added is that we are all Italian (9), apart from Alex (German) and Vincent (French).
Arrival and accommodation in Toulouse
Departure from Turin-Caselle Saturday 19 Maggio'07, car, actors Cosimo, Sandro, C., Ali, Amir, Stewart and I, or 7 people in 3 cars. It seems a lot of leftovers place, right? Well, forget it, machines overloaded and apparently will return to the worst.
However, after a journey that was to start at 10 and started at 10.40 (also my fault, yes ...) and ended at 19.50 peppered with several stops and a couple of photos taken by a famous and friendly French photographer called self Velòcs, we come to the campus Supaéro.
To welcome the "Poste de Garde", the very nice gentlemen who tell us that our rooms are booked from next Monday onwards ... laughs gags accompanying the lords just met, then followed by very long snouts and incarogniti due to the discovery that the was not a gag cabaret ... In any case, everything can be solved and we get the keys to our rooms, they were not before (always politely) informed that the restaurant is closed on campus at that weekend ...
The campus
Supaéro is a very exclusive school here in France, the campus concept as part of those points we saw during our adolescence in the American TV series (yes, I speak of their Beverly Hills 90210), although much more aesthetically crude oil. There are several buildings, namely the dorms (3), canteen, laboratories, and the complex where there are classrooms, offices and of course the prof. Finally Last but not least, a gym and swimming pool. In short, all very handy and in one large complex, think how nice getting up in the morning ten minutes before you go to class, at the end of the pool and take an hour or so after another 10 minutes already be in your room ... When we understand also in Italy will be too late ...
great sins of the campus is isolated from the city and all the rest. By car there is a quarter of an hour to get downtown, more looking for parking (which is not very easy here ... and if I say so ...) I say we go by bike ... 20-30 minutes for shopping or on foot or in a convenience store near here car to a Carrefour, even in the first quarter of an hour ... I say only that the discount is called "The Mutant", then it always goes to Carrefour ...
The French
here should make a big, very big distinction between the students and Tolosiani Supaéro.
Starting from the second, these guys come in here before, once we have finished what is high school, do well 2 years of prep school to get into this school, pretty much just studying mathematics and physics So ... , for two years to make a life losers, then they arrive here in 21 years and discover the life, living alone, beer, etc ... so they do not know regular minimum, seems to see the 14/massimo 16 year old in the body of 21 year old ... and still remain of the Nerds. The craziest thing: get here, you expect to be healthy now that of your building. Or at least to greet them when crossing the 10 time. No, wrong, you try with "Hi!", "Hello!", "Salut!", "Bonjour!" ... Nothing to do, do not meet, greet you exclusively:
- when you're eating (when they eat their shit you not)
- When you're in the bathroom
Do not ask me why, it just so, there is no explanation ... I
Tolosiani seem quite different, however. I say "seem" because they saw the isolation of the campus do not feel even claim to know the city and its citizens. I must say that I was very surprised, I knew that the French are very different from region to region (I believe, have our own people ... but four times the surface), but my limited knowledge of France in Paris and the Cote d'Azur led me to have certain preconceptions that there are far fewer confirmations ...
First, much more they strive to understand what you are saying, one of my ideas of the French was that if not perfect pronunciation of the words they did not pretend to understand you, or at least that I've almost always been when I was in those places. Here is the proximity to Spain, the origin of Occitan, the Arab influence, but also understand ME when squashed a few words of French ... I do not know which is known to a club ... Another thing, I found several people here (though still a few ... ) able to speak English, for heaven's sake, never to the levels of Germany, Holland, Sweden, etc.. but honestly, if compared with Italy here ... but alas we CHAMPIONS WORLD, and sometimes is good to remember!
The French do not
obviously starting from the Italians, we met here three, one went off just after we arrived (just in time to sell your used refrigerator .. thanks Gianni! ). Mauro and Alberto, however, are still here (even if only for a few days) and have proved to be very good boys, nice and simple, always ready to lend a hand, really fantastic!
Two weeks after our arrival came a group of American students, I must say a very heterogeneous group (besides the fact that there are few real Americans) are smaller (Max 21 years) and in some cases we see a lot. We tied a bit 'more with 3-4 guys, to tell the truth the only ones to look a bit' smarter, more than anything else is always to ask for something, even stupid things, but every day a good reason to come to knock, and ask ... problems: every time you cross the stairs are not limited to NEVER a simple "Hi!" ... No, they should always add a "How is it going?" or a "How do you feel today? "" What did you do yesterday? "," What are you doing tonight? " ... All this even though the same person you met 5 minutes first!
New entry (just last night): the Brazilians!
Known since yesterday we played soccer ... won or lost? Keep a bit 'of suspense in the coming days (maybe tomorrow) I will give a summary of the meeting, comments and interviews with "cold". They still very nice, I think we'll play against other times because we have a lot of fun!
Work
Yeah, I also come here (especially in theory) to work ... In fact even if the story I've written so far does not appear, here we are working a lot, Every morning we start at 9.15 and in theory we should end up at 18 ... but these days more often (not so willingly) 18.30/18.45 before you end up ... However, we are not working well and I am convinced that we will get good results at the end ... But bored over there because I already know what interests you the thing ...
Sport
already said of football, it should be noted that there are two possibilities: soccer in the gym at 5 and 4 vs. 4 on the outdoor pitch on the playground with small doors (no goalkeeper).
But when the sport is soccer-tennis (which many French people already there have copied), where Alessandro reigns supreme ... in 4vs4, however, by beating some teams signed if it is taken ...
There is also a grass field that is used for both rugby and for the football to 11 across the doors there are to play a 7, so we tried it once but we were too few and came out great.
There is a beautiful indoor pool and gym to weight. In the gym where we play football at 5, also plays volleyball and basketball. Note my passion for the ball to pieces, I met the captain of the basketball team and he told me I could go and play ... I would have done willingly, were it not that I'm not ever know anything (and it's been a month), it will be because the bill in the evening and is always drunk (see Par "The French") . If I play in the enterprise, I will write ... surely
The Entertainment
I am the last part, I'm glad somebody did it to read this far without falling asleep or go to the page of the Gazette for Follow the latest football market!
Toulouse is a city with many students (the second in France after Paris), then the evening is a city VIVA really (sometimes maybe too much, given how many kids are reduced in the evening ...)! Pubs, disco-pubs and even a couple of clubs, crowded with people and unfortunately the smoke. Oh, yes, even here there is no anti-smoking and all of us Italians had lost the habit of leaving a room with red eyes, burning throat and immediately put clothes in the washing machine ... When you come out here not You have to dress well, you get the dirty stuff, so when you come home is much, much worse ...
When out in Toulouse? I personally recommend the Thursday and Friday evenings. Stop. Only "problem" premises that are starting to close at 2, but at least there's a good mix of vitality, but without having too much drink drink something crowd on Saturdays the premises are open until late, but when we came out (in fact above all others, I hardly ever on Saturday) has never been much in an evening ... Perhaps because there's too many people, or people simply because there is "wrong," I do not know why ...
I do not know. I prefer to use it for the weekend to do some trip around, there are really good seats! We have already visited several, but as I said at the beginning of this very long post, but necessary, I'll get it later ... For now, I salute you and wish you a wonderful day!
Gigio.
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