Friuli Flavours

Two "Camarin" favourite plates






We have been today at Moruzzo for lunch with some friends (Dino Anita). We enjoy having a nice meal at "Camarin" restourant, a typical Friuli kitchen.












The first plate is a typical Friuli plate is called "broade e muset" (sounds like turnip and pork ) despite the aspect it has a good taste.

The second plate is a typical boiled mix (pork and beef with vegetables), good taste.






A long Weekend ..

It has been a "long weekend for my stomach" i had a dinner last saturday with a group of school friends. We celebrate the 35 year of our sec. school degree. It's a long time !
It's funny to see we are still "the same" despite our "white hair" i mean we still have something to tell each other

or to recall from our school or life experiences, so it was a pleasant time to spend.
The restourant was adapted from an old hist. building.

So nice place nice meal people.

Taking a walk in my country

Sunday afternoon ..me and my wife and of course Jack are walking in the country nearby small hills that sorrounds our village . A cloudy cold weather accompanies us in the muddy country.
Yellow and red leaves trees lie on the ground.

A thin fog hides the hills, and a thin rain is still falling down.
Jack runs as usual smelling everywhere sometimes taking a glance at us.
A sad story
Today we have been informed that the Marco's cat was lost this week in a unfortunate circumstance.
Marco a dear friend of us was in the veterinary ambulatory , while he was managing to come back at home, after the medical examination, the cat ( a female 10 years old) run away from the cage, probably because scared.
There was no way for Marco to catch the cat, "Tea" was definitely lost.
But this is a drama inside another little drama ... Marco had two cats his elder cat ( a male 15 years dead a week ago ) so he and his wife are very sad now ... it's a sad story .

Venice 2009

A Worderful 2009 Carnival in Venice !

Hi Leeds "workshop people" ! I am happy to share with you this little sample of 2009 Venice Carnival.
Every year thousands of people come to Venice for the carnival and have fun wearing fantastic costumes. Costumes are tipically inspired at historical masks as the "doge" for example or at 17 Century ladies or noble people.
There are groups of people or individuals coming from all over europe (but not only) .
It is a great moment for Venice. A sort of hystorical event that recall the great "serenissima" as she was known in 17 century. The most important events take place in S. Marco square where all masks have a parade, the best mask or group of masks of course receives an award. You have to take a visit to the city where often you can see craftman working in their small lab at fantastic glass creations. You can also see hundreds of monuments, magnificent churches and art museums. You can enjoy having a trip around the city with "gondola" a typical Venice boat.

Venice History (from viki )

Venice (Italian: Venezia Venesia) is a city in norther Italy the Capital of the region Veneto, a population of 271,367 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). The city historically was an independent nation. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". Luigi Barzini, writing in the New York Times, described it as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man".

The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large "frazione" of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon.

The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. Venice is also famous for its musical, particularly operatic, history, and its most famous son in this field is Antonio Vivaldi.

Back at Home

Wednesday evening back at my duties

I try to say to myself "well just a few days had passed" since Leeds experience and nobody seems to work with their blogs except me and Christoph.
Actually i have to think about my blog i mean the it's final use it could be a sort of my light thoughts or my diary or ?
I would like to keep in touch with those i met in Leeds with which i had fun and interesting conversations last week.
I appreciated the way David is managing his blogs, a sort of journalism blog with the most important events report. The events that interest our experience are very well managed as you can see here .

May be that the other "blogging people" of our course is busy at the moment or still tired but i do hope that they will continue their "blogging experience".

Having Fun in Sappada (Veneto)

This is me and my wife Mary taking a daily trip in Sappada (mountains Nord-East Veneto )

And of course let me introduce ... Jack our Irish "red" Setter.

Will be culture Integration a Challenge for a new Europe ?

Experiencing Leeds,Bradford culture was a nice surprise for me.

I have got a feeling visiting Leeds, Bradford as "young multicultural cities grown up around their fascinating history.
About our group ( a little portion of Europe: Spain, Turkey, Latvia, Italy, England, Germany, Bulgaria) .. We were a great example of a well integrated society.
We did a very good job together without prejudices.
I do hope this experience could be an example and a starting point for the future even for the young generation.

"Pictures at an Exibition"

Photo Story 3

Today we are making our photo album with a new SW tool: "MS Photo Story 3"

It's a Fantastic ! i really like it .. easy to use, great results but this is an other ... Photo Story ...

Greetings from Friuli

I guys !
Have a look at the "Barcolana" an International Sailing Event in Friuli.

Hundreds of Ships for the most popular "challenge" in Italy.

More from Leeds

Hi folks
today we make blogs in Leeds University !
it's amousing !
it's my firts blog at all

Leeds culture

a Wonderful Daily Trip in Bradford

HI Folks !


A wonderful experience yesterday exploring different cultural aspects of people living in Bradford !






Bradford is a multicultural industrial city.


There lives a large well integrated Asiatic community (as you can see from the picture on the left side).



The city had a great industrial past ! (Iron mills, Wool Factory )

You will find the first mill  built in the world !


But somebody of us had also a fun at Media National Museum

Just take a look !

Just a little bit of Bradford History !

 Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Bradford rose to prominence during the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture, particularly wool.

It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and amongst the earliest industrialised settlements, rapidly becoming the "wool capital of the world".[8]

The area's access to a supply of coal, iron ore and soft water facilitated the growth of Bradford's manufacturing base, which, as textile manufacture grew, led to an explosion in population and was a stimulus to civic investment; Bradford has fine Victorian architecture including the grand Italianate City Hall.

Bonfire on 5 November!

Is an annual celebration on the evening of 5 November.
It marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London.
Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries,[1][2] belonged to a group of Roman Catholic restorationists from England who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Their aim was to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament while King James I and the entire Protestant, and even most of the Catholic, aristocracy and nobility were inside. The conspirators saw this as a necessary reaction to the systematic discrimination against English Catholics.
The Gunpowder Plot was led by Robert Catesby, but Fawkes was put in charge of its execution. He was arrested a few hours before the planned explosion, during a search of the cellars underneath Parliament in the early hours of 5 November prompted by the receipt of an anonymous warning letter.