We, in Bologna, had an exceptional snow: 50 cm of snow covered the red town in a loudly silence... no more cars, no more buses, the porticoes fulfilled by the snow ploughs, no more trains, airport closed. No more work at school, all appointments postponed ... only my soft cat, a good book, a coffee cup and a fully working heating machine. (you can see images in my Facebook page). Very strange atmosphere at my latitude.

Through your photo I can sample the Christmas feeling which is coming. In every part of Europe it seems the same. It's a beautiful sensation!

I suggest visiting the buttons museum, it seems a funny thing to do but it is really interesting, not a fake! Ciao Paolo

No word to say how sad is all that!

"There is no sauce for dressing pasta you can't prepare in the time water needs to boil". Pasta is the real traditional italian fast-food. Believe me. Big food companies try to sell their prepared stuff invain in Italy.

Geckos are lovely animals. They have to forgive me for having recently conquered their reign. I mean my Apulian trullo once was their reign and now after the restoration it is a strange white place with no more the characteristics of a safe shelter during the sunny days. Anyway sometimes they still use it and share it with humans. They tolerate humans without any problems. Just they hope humans tolerate them. And I do hope my guests tolerate them. My daughter left a small picture hanging into the trullo’s dome with a handwritten notice inviting people to appreciate the great work they do inside the house: they keep far mosquitoes and spiders, much better than Bygon. As soon as I take a photo of one of them I will present a better description of this lovely animal in my new-born blog “Archirent News”.