Traditional Haflinger Horse Racing

Here you find a nice contribution of my friend Lorenzo Viti to this year's Haflinger Horse Racing. The tough blondies could enjoy Merano's sunshine again. :)

It's spring!

Funny doggy enjoying spring on Piazza Terme :)
Catch it!

My curious furry model

Today I had the chance to walk with two friends of mine and another friend they are allowed to walk out on Sundays: Willy :)
The curious white doggy loves to walk on the Tappeinerweg, he has enjoyed the sun and has been a gorgeous model for me today :)


My springomether keeps growing, the only thing missing now is... the flowers!! :( Maybe I did something wrong...
-28 days to my beloved spring!

The springomether | another week passed :)

It's amazing how many things can happen in one single week... You can be totally happy, angry, relaxed, sad, enthusiastic, disappointed, hopefull and even grow a little bit :)

After a snowing Friday and a strange Saturday, the sun kissed Merano today, it was so lovely that you could even walk without your jacket! The best time for enjoying Merano peacefully! A friend of mine took her mum here from Verona to spend a well-being week-end at the Therme, with massages, health packages and nice food.
I bought them two Faschingskrapfen with apricot jam, an unrenouceable delicacy in February!
-42 days to my beloved spring!

The springomether | a week after :)

Here it is, the actual state of my personal springomether :)
Maybe its bulbs are like people, they let their most energic side pop out of them with different rhythms... -48 days to our most beautiful season :)

The springomether

Last year my aunt Doris gave me a small vase of beautiful narcissi. I cut them as they drooped and let the bulbs in the balcony.
Two weeks ago some green spots magically appeared from them :)
Now I'm following their growth and will keep track of it, it will be my personal springomether :)
This is its stage today!
Happy spring-countdown to everybody!

My hibernation... abroad!

It's amazing how fast time passes...!
Shame on me, hibernating like that for over two months...!
Well, there are good reasons for not being online during the last time :) I had the awesome chance to enjoy some free time abroad, where I could recharge my batteries with new cultures, languages, colours, food, architecture... I love travelling!!!

While I took my dreamy parentheses around Europe, Merano kept drinking wine, playing music and celebrating Christmas with many other enthusiasts :)
November was the time for the world's best wines in the Kurhaus with the WineFestival, a long red carpet welcomed the visitors on the Freiheitsstrasse and many precious wines were awaiting them in the inside.

As soon as the gastronomic tent of the MIWF was removed, diligent men started mounting the little wooden houses of the Christmas Market. This year the weather was gentle, it snew 3-4 times, the mountains are still covered by a white blanket :) What I can't stop watching during the Christmas Market, are the black sheep staying in a small cot on the Thermenplatz: mummy, daddy and their children, they are just soooo cute! People go mad for them!

In December I was particularly diligent and Christmas-minded :) I made a lot of Christmas biscuits! It's a nice South Tyrolean tradition I love! South Tyrolean women start baking biscuits various weeks before Christmas (the more they are kept in the box, the better they get) and give them as a gift to those people who deserve them ;)
I still have a small number of them, which I gelously conserve in my last, smallest box...

Thanks to the big effort of the Tourist Authority, the New Year was celebrated with music and fireworks and my city colourfully started its 2010!

Since last Friday the days have become sunnier and brighter, my narcissi are miraculously coming up from their dried little bulbs... Wow...
I'll talk to you soon again, my winter sleep has finished :)