A walk in Erto

This is Erto, a pretty mountains village quite close to Concordia. Erto, together with its neighbouring village Casso, is sadly famous in Italy for a big tragedy occured in 1963, when a piece of mountain fell into the artificial lake made by the Vajont Dam and caused a tsunami wave that submerged and swept away many villages: among these Erto.

No wind, today

No wind today. The rooster stands still over the tower in Teson, a hamlet of Concordia. Let's wait for tomorrow for windsurfing.

The Cross reaching the sky

This is the upper part of the modern bell tower of the church of Teson, a hamlet of Concordia. Nothing to do with the Cathedral, of course, but anyway an interesting modern construction. I like how the Cross over the bell tower is made, quite original.

Something to discuss about

In yesterday's playground we found this phrase among many other notices and notes on a bulletin board: Dai meno bravi impari quello che non devi fare that is roughly From the less smart/less well behaving you learn what you should not do. This playground is in a parish in Concordia and these notices and notes are hung up by the parson.

What do you think about this phrase? I think it sounds bad, it is negative and certainly doesn't help children that are a bit more lively or simply very bright but in an unconventional way. I didn't like it.

To the public playground

I'm posting late today, the day is almost over here, in Italy. Sundays are full days, especially when you have two small children. Today we spent lots of time at the playground, not our usual one, but a "fancy" one. This is one of the major features ... to climb on.

Dried tomatoes

Have you ever eaten dried tomatoes? They are quite a common appetizer here. Dried tomatoes are often seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, oregano and garlic and layed on toasted bread.

The picture shows the very very beginning of this wonderful dish: drying the tomatoes in the sun!

Cat's life

Sometimes I wish I were a cat. Tell me: don't you think cats' life is so lazy and interestring at the same time?

(Picture courtesy of my brother Stefano!)

Third birthday

This is my son, the day of his third birthday (a couple of weeks ago): he now swims without any support, both underwater (his favourite) and crawl. He is very elegant underwater and has a good coordination; when swimming crawl, he still looks a bit ... messy!

Coooool!

Again a shot taken in the mountains, in the big creek we sat by for our picnic. Very refreshing!

In the mountains

It is quite hot in these days. A nice walk along a fresh creek in the mountains in an interesting solution: this is what we did yesterday, on a very hot Sunday.