http://triorus.com/en English blog about the best place on earth Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:20:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello, I am Judy Sale, an artist and property restorer living here in Triora as well. My friend, Nadya, a Russian lady living here too, kindly asked me if I would like to write something on her blog. Being somewhat more ’senior’ than Nadya, I didn’t really know how to ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/12/17/new-blogger-here/ Triora: mushroom festival. Hope they'll be better than sausages! Perinaldo: observations of the Sun and solar meridian in the church close to the observatory http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/23/today-around-24/ Perinaldo: excursion to St Giusta at 15:00, from 16:30 to 21:30 observations of the sky with a telescope http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/22/today-around-25/ Badalucco: fest of stockfish goes on http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/16/today-around-33/ Badalucco: fest of stockfish Perinaldo: at 17:30 free excursion (about 2 hours). At 21:00 observations of the Andromeda galaxy and Mars http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/15/today-around-32/ Badalucco: opening of a painting excibition Castellaro: fest of Virgin Mary of Lampedusa goes on Ceriana: dancing with "Mariella Group" Creppo: fest of Virgin Mary's nativity (aha! that's why there are so many Madonna-related things around yesterday and today!) Glori: fest of Virgin Mary of Lourdes. At 10:00 procession and Holy Mass, at 21:00 ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/09/today-around-31/ It seems to be the birthday of Virgin Mary? Carpasio: fest of Virgin Mary of Ciazzima (a place about 2 kms from Carpasio), and afterwards petanque Castellaro: fest of Virgin Mary of Lambedusa. This is really strange, because Lampedusa is an island in the south of Italy, almost in Africa - what ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/08/today-around-30/ Ceriana: concert of the local choir http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/07/today-around-29/ The nearest international airport is Nice, Cote d'Azur. The fastest way. Hire a car and follow the blue signs to A8, direction Monaco - Menton. You have to pay twice in France (1,40 euro and 1, 90 euro), either by throwing coins bigger than 5 eurocents to the basket (aim well!) ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/06/how-to-get-to-triora/ Triora: the start of Murder Weekend. Hope Joy Swift will be here! (incognito, of course) Ceriana: night religious procession (with torches!) http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/06/today-around-28/ Around 10 o'clock there are lots of people near this ordinary building. They are waiting for something, keeping an eye on the road. Finally an old red Fiat-Panda appears on the horizon. "Daddy is coming!" - everybody cheers up. Yes, it is the dad indeed, Gianni the barman's dad, bringing hot ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/05/giannis-bar/ http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/05/pink-morning/ A harsh review (in Russian) of a book by Elena Kostioukovitch "Food: italian happiness". It is published also in Italian as «Perché agli italiani piace parlare del cibo»; Milano : Frassinelli, 2006. The review is rather haphazard, just like the book. My opinion: probably the book lacks accuracy and has some strange ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/04/kostiukovich-food-italian-happiness/ Comune d'Imperia. Their computers not working. But we saw a dead cat, so hope they'll manage. http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/04/sms-post/ We live in a small three-stories house. Maybe it sounds a bit snobby, but it is small indeed. It's a very beautiful house, with lots of advantages. And disadvantages as well. It goes like that. You enter through the lower door right in the kitchen (I would prefer to have a ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/03/our-house/ Some days ago two Russians bought a house in Montalto. On this occasion I'd like to post this old Italian song: La casa (Vinicius de Moraes - Sergio Bardotti - Sergio Endrigo) Era una casa molto carina senza soffitto, senza cucina; non si poteva entrarci dentro perché non c'era il pavimento. Non si poteva andare a ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/02/song-about-house/ Sweet morning. Sweet spotted morning. http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/02/morning/ Carpasio: celebration of St. Antonino, including bicycle race and football game Cogolin: the fest of cock continues Glori: fest for children at 15:00 Molini di Triora: a long walk through Aigovo, Bracca, Gavano Montalto: guitar concert at 21:00 http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/02/today-around-27/ It was my first sagra. And I was not impressed. For a start, it reminded me of Germany, and those awful beer festivals, where lots of drunken people talk loudly and eat meat. Well, Italians speak even louder! Secondly, it was more expensive than I expected. One portion of deer ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/01/andagna-sagra-of-deer-and-polenta/ ...Why are you not coming? Me and Sofia Andreevna are waiting you here, let me say, with outstretched arms. Our place is quite and nice, the sea is blue and mild, splashing as a baby near our feet; roses and jasmine blossom everywhere, and the air smells sweet. Rush, Luisa, ... http://triorus.com/en/2007/09/01/menton/