The Italian Voice

This morning I thought again about my capital of province, Bologna.

photo-postcard by Alessandro Canova

I can not stop to realize that I will miss it a lot.
Well, this morning, almost involuntarily, I started to note down a list of points about “How to know that you live in Bologna or province” which I absolutely want to share with you now; some of these points are even hilarious, but you can also learn more about the city.
Enjoy!!

• when someone tells you about Neptune, you do not think only about the god of the sea, but also about the big statue in the middle of the Piazza Maggiore (Major Square), which is one of the symbols of the city;
• when someone tells you about the Piccola Venezia (Little Venice), you immediately understand that he/she tells about part of the Aposa torrent which flows at the open air between the buildings of the city;
• when someone tells you about the Due Torri (Two Towers), you do not remember only the ones which collapsed in NY, but also the Twin ones downtown (called Garisenda and Asinelli, from the ancient two families’ names who owned them), which are other symbols of the city;
• when you think about the most ancient university of the Western world, you picture in your mind all the ones of the city;
• when you can not decide if the appellation of La Rossa (The Red One) is attributed more to the colour of the red houses and their roofs or more to the historical preference for the Left wing of the citizens (both true);
• when you do not worry too much about reaching every place you want in Italy, because the major part of the trains passes through the Central Railway Station of Bologna;
• when it rains, you do not soak even if you do not have an umbrella, because you can walk along the long porches almost everywhere;
• when you do not find into the menu the dish called “spaghetti bologna” which does not exist, because here spaghetti are eaten with tomatoes, vegetables and other sauces, everything but not ragù (!!!);
• when you can not breathe because of the dampness all day and night long for at least 4-5 months a year, when the fan becomes your best friend in that period and when you see never-saw sort of African insects walking onto your mosquito nets;
• when you have to leave, driving along the A14 highway, at improbable hours of day and night to avoid the traffic jams everywhere, especially from Easter to the beginning of school;
• when you can not find open shops and shopping centres on Sundays (except during Christmas holidays) in the whole province, except the Outlet Factory Store and the Ikea Store;
• when, driving to the Ikea Store coming from the Eastern part of the province, you turn your eyes trying to catch sight of football players at the head office of the Bologna Football Club;
• when you speak the bolognese dialect, you are totally able to talk with French people.

I could go on until tomorrow, hahaha!!
I hope you liked these points, they are very important to remember if you decide to move here =)
Have a nice weekend and see you soon with great news!!

Today I am again dealing with problems at the internet connection, I hope they will be solved soon as I am really tired of this situation (fortunately my boyfriend and I will move soon and will get the internet connection with another company) and I do not know if I will be online later.

That is the reason why I am posting today a very nice food meme which I found at the Frutto della Passione (Joanne’s blog), it is perfect for a quick and funny entry like this one and please forgive me if I am in a hurry, but I am also busy calling the Ikea operators to tell that part of the furniture which they delivered this morning at our new flat is damaged (obviously we are always lucky) and to ask for their replacement as soon as possible.

This Food Meme works at the same way of the past Photo Game about Desi (me).
In reality, I had to choose if preparing a mosaic adding the selected photos from Flickr to the Mosaic Maker or if answering directly to 12 questions, but I was not able to decide and especially…why to opt for one solution if both of them can be complemetary? Hihihi, I know, I know, I am un-correctable!

So enjoy, I do not want to tag anyone because I think bloggers should be free to play if they really want it, but remember to let me know your result if you decide to do it too as I am too curious to see your answers!

My personal Food Meme

Questions

01. Favourite food scene in a movie? German film “Mostly Martha” (or “Ricette d’amore” with Martina Gedeck and Sergio Castellitto), all the movie, but especially the blinded dinner (trailer HERE);
02. Favourite breakfast food? Cappuccino and croissant;
03. Favourite ethnic cuisine? Italian regional cuisine;
04. Guilty pleasure? Dates and mascarpone;
05. Favourite ice cream flavour? Hazelnut flavour;
06. Favourite cookbook? Cucchiaio d’argento;
07. Favourite snack? Yogurt;
08. Favourite kitchen gadget? Whisk;
09. Chocolate: dark, milk or white? Three kinds of chocolate;
10. If you were a dish, what would you be? Tiramisu;
11. What did you have for lunch today? Riso cantonese;
12. Favourite beverage? Cedrata and lemon.

Credits to the great photographers

01. Mostly Martha, 02. Croissant & Cappuccino, 03. regional-italian-cuisine-co, 04. Mascarpone Stuffed Dates, 05. Hazelnuts and coffee, 06. De Zilveren Lepel, 07. Rhubarb and Raspberry Yogurt Ice Pops, 08. Red Hot Whisk_8443–final-800-550, 09. Three Kinds of Chocolate, 10. do you ♥ a matcha tiramisu? ^-^/, 11. riso cantonese, 12. Bollicine

Have a nice weekend with your family and friends and see you in the next days, ciao ciao!!