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		<description><![CDATA[Passati quattro intensi e meravigliosi giorni a girare per la bellissima città dell&#8217;Avana arriva infine il momento di lasciarla per procedere con l&#8217;esplorazione del resto di Cuba. La mattina del 3 Agosto, quindi, andiamo all&#8217;Hotel Ambos Mundus per prendere le due auto faticosamente noleggiate da Roma.
L&#8217;argomento &#8220;noleggio auto a Cuba&#8221; meriterebbe un corposo capitolo a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-11.jpg" rel="lightbox[2862]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2876   alignleft" style="float: left;" title="Venditore di formaggio in autostrada" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-11-199x300.jpg" alt="Venditore di formaggio in autostrada" width="199" height="300" /></a>Passati <strong>quattro intensi e meravigliosi giorni</strong> a girare per la bellissima città dell&#8217;<strong>Avana</strong> arriva infine il momento di lasciarla per procedere con l&#8217;<strong>esplorazione del resto di Cuba</strong>. La mattina del 3 Agosto, quindi, andiamo all&#8217;<a href="http://www.hotelambosmundos-cuba.com/" target="_blank">Hotel Ambos Mundus</a> per prendere le due auto <strong>faticosamente noleggiate da Roma</strong>.</p>
<p>L&#8217;argomento &#8220;<em>noleggio auto a Cuba</em>&#8221; meriterebbe <strong>un corposo capitolo a parte</strong>. Vi basti solo sapere che a Cuba <strong>non esistono i soliti Hertz, Avis &amp; co</strong>. ma il sistema è in mano ad <strong>una sola grossa agenzia governativa</strong> che fornisce le sue auto ai vari noleggiatori sparsi sul territorio e che è possibile contattare da Internet. Le auto, quindi, sono sempre le stesse e <strong>vengono spostate da un&#8217;agenzia all&#8217;altra</strong> in base alle richieste.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane.jpg" rel="lightbox[2862]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2866  aligncenter" title="Strade cubane" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane.jpg" alt="Strade cubane" width="400" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>Quando si richiede un&#8217;auto, quindi, nel 90% dei casi <strong>si dovrà aspettare dai 7 ai 14 giorni per ricevere una risposta </strong>che poi è il tempo che serve all&#8217;agenzia per contattare la casa madre e a quest&#8217;ultima per <strong>capirci qualcosa</strong> tra le varie <strong>centinaia di richieste che gli arrivano ogni giorno</strong>. Se la risposta è affermativa <strong>il noleggio dell&#8217;auto è immediatamente confermato</strong> mentre se è negativa <strong>è probabile che nessuna altra agenzia abbia auto disponibili</strong> per quello stesso periodo. In questo caso <strong>l&#8217;unica speranza</strong> rimane quella di continuare a richiedere prenotazioni <strong>sperando che qualcuno rinunci</strong> rendendo nuovamente  disponibili delle auto.</p>
<p>Può anche capitare, <strong>come è successo a noi</strong>, che dopo molte ricerche e richieste <strong>si riesca finalmente a prenotare l&#8217;auto via internet</strong> ma il giorno in cui ci si collega al sito per pagarla si viene a scoprire che <strong>la prenotazione è stata magicamente rimossa</strong> anche se alla sua scadenza mancavano ancora diversi giorni.</p>
<p>Comunque, <strong>nonostante le difficoltà</strong>, alla fine eravamo riusciti a prenotare le due auto e così, la mattina del 3 Agosto, eravamo pronti ad iniziare il lungo e difficoltoso viaggio per le <strong>discutibili autostrade cubane</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-6.jpg" rel="lightbox[2862]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2871  aligncenter" title="Le voragini delle strade minori" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-6.jpg" alt="Le voragini delle strade minori" width="400" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>Percorrere le strade cubane è <strong>un&#8217;avventura nell&#8217;avventura</strong>. Il turista occidentale, abituato a strade ben asfaltate, illuminate e con una efficace segnaletica <strong>deve dimenticare tutto questo</strong> e tenersi pronto a guidare per <strong>malridotte strisce di asfalto</strong> che si perdono nel buio e popolate da <strong>centinaia </strong>di autostoppisti invadenti e <strong>temerari granchioni</strong> che tentano il suicidio cercando di sfondare con il loro <span class="wikiterm" >carapace</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/carapace" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: carapace" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> i pneumatici dell&#8217;auto al calare delle tenebre.<br />
 Ecco spiegato perchè <strong>i pneumatici sono l&#8217;unica cosa che l&#8217;assicurazione cubana non copre</strong>!</p>
<p>Piccola carrellata di <strong>quello che è possibile vedere</strong> e <strong>incontrare </strong>sulle strade cubane:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Autostop</strong>: il servizio pubblico a Cuba esiste ma al fruitore è dato sapere solo che il bus passerà per una determinata fermata mentre solo ricorrendo alla <span class="wikiterm" >divinazione</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/divinazione" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: divinazione" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> si può tentare di conoscere <strong>se e quando questo arriverà</strong>. Per questo motivo &#8211; <a href="http://www.siporcuba.it/autostop.htm" target="_blank">per legge</a> &#8211; <strong>i cubani sono obbligati a dare passaggi ai loro compatrioti</strong> legge che, però, non è applicata ai turisti. Passando sotto i ponti &#8211; gli unici punti in ombra delle autostrade cubane &#8211; <strong>si viene quindi assaliti da decine di autostoppisti</strong> che tentano di buttarsi sotto l&#8217;auto per strappare un passaggio spesso invogliando il turista <strong>esibendo mazzette di banconote</strong>. Può capitare che, fermandosi per chiedere la strada ad un poliziotto, questo tenti di saltare dentro la macchina per farsi dare un passaggio.</li>
<li><strong>Condizioni della strada</strong>: nelle autostrade <strong>l&#8217;asfalto è semplicemente crepato</strong> ma nelle strade periferiche <strong>le buche possono inghiottire la macchina</strong>. Inoltre l&#8217;illuminazione è assente e così anche la segnaletica. Trovarsi in una strada minore di notte vuol dire <strong>doversi fermare a dormire in macchina</strong> e <strong>venire assaliti</strong> dai granchi notturni che <strong>escono a centinaia</strong> al calare delle tenebre!<br />
 Una delle cose più particolari &#8211; forse &#8211; è <strong>la quasi totale assenza di cavalcavia</strong>. L&#8217;autostrada si incrocia spesso e volentieri con strade minori <strong>senza rampe di immissione</strong>, cavalcavia o semafori per cui <strong>all&#8217;improvviso</strong> ci si può trovare un carretto davanti alla propria macchina sbucato da qualche strada sterrata nascosta dai cespugli.</li>
<li><strong>Venditori ambulanti</strong>: in strada <strong>puoi fare la spesa</strong>. Venditori di formaggio, sigarette, frutta e verdura, pane, sigari, ecc. sono frequentissimi! Noi ci siamo fermati a comprare il formaggio da un contadino e, a parte qualche piccola difficoltà nel trasporto, era buonissimo!</li>
<li><strong>Il codice della strada</strong>: semplicemente <strong>non esiste</strong>! Sull&#8217;autostrada abbiamo incontrato:
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<li>Auto <strong>contromano</strong></li>
<li>Auto che facevano <strong>inversione ad U</strong> scavalcando lo spartitraffico erboso (diciamo che forse è capitato qualche volta anche a noi &#8230;)</li>
<li>Auto che andavano in <strong>retromarcia </strong>&#8230; (anche qui potrei indovinare chi fosse alla guida dell&#8217;auto incriminata!)</li>
<li>Animali, persone e carretti che percorrevano tranquillamente la strada incuranti delle altre auto (che, in verità, erano scarsissime)</li>
<li>Ovviamente <strong>gli AutoVelox sono assenti</strong> e la <strong>polizia scarsissima</strong> (a volte qualche militare). Pensate ad un&#8217;auto (quasi) nuova di zecca (quelle che vengono noleggiate ai turisti sono abbastanza nuove) e ad un&#8217;autostrada che, seppur in <strong>pessime condizioni</strong>, è larga e sgombra. Metteteci l&#8217;<strong>assenza di controlli</strong> e otterrete delle <strong>velocità di crociera pericolosamente elevate</strong> &#8230;</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Quello che <strong>non si trova</strong> sull&#8217;autostrada sono <strong>benzinai </strong>e <strong>punti di ristoro</strong>. O meglio ci sono ma <strong>sono rarissimi</strong>. E&#8217; importante, quindi, una oculata pianificazione dei rifornimenti del serbatoio e dello stomaco!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-5.jpg" rel="lightbox[2862]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2870  aligncenter" title="Strade cubane" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-5.jpg" alt="Strade cubane" width="401" height="266" /></a></p>
<p>Ma, seppur con 1000 difficoltà, <strong>le autostrade cubane sono un luogo affascinante</strong> perchè danno una caratterizzazione di questa terra che altre Nazioni (per fortuna?) non hanno.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDNJzxuVaw"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/fSDNJzxuVaw/default.jpg" width="130" height="97" border=0></a></p>

<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane/' title='Strade cubane'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Strade cubane" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-2/' title='&quot;Autobus&quot; locale'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="&quot;Autobus&quot; locale" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-3/' title='Distributore di benzina'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-3-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Distributore di benzina" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-4/' title='Auto d&#039;epoca'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-4-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Auto d&#039;epoca" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-5/' title='Strade cubane'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-5-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Strade cubane" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-6/' title='Le voragini delle strade minori'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-6-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Le voragini delle strade minori" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-7/' title='Strade cubane'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-7-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Strade cubane" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-8/' title='Strade cubane'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-8-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Strade cubane" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-9/' title='Strade cubane'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-9-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Strade cubane" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-10/' title='Animali a passeggio sull&#039;autostrada'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-10-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Animali a passeggio sull&#039;autostrada" /></a>
<a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/strade-cubane-11/' title='Venditore di formaggio in autostrada'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Strade-cubane-11-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Venditore di formaggio in autostrada" /></a>

 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/21/mappe-e-foto-delle-vacanze-estive-del-2009/' title='Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009'>Precedente della serie</a> </div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Estate 2009</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/07/31/dirotta-su-cuba-e-non-solo/' title='Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!'>Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/29/a-volte-ritornano-e-quasi-sempre-vorrebbero-subito-ripartire/' title='A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!'>A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/09/18/itinerario-e-foto-di-cuba/' title='Itinerario e foto di Cuba'>Itinerario e foto di Cuba</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/02/e-ora-si-passa-al-messico-e-agli-usa/' title='E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA'>E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/18/un-caldo-umido-habana-libre/' title='Un caldo, umido Habana Libre'>Un caldo, umido Habana Libre</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/25/hai-una-saponetta/' title='Hai una saponetta ?'>Hai una saponetta ?</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/16/freddo-infame/' title='Freddo infame'>Freddo infame</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/21/mappe-e-foto-delle-vacanze-estive-del-2009/' title='Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009'>Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009</a></li><li>Autostrade della Paura</li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No-B Day, io c&#8217;ero!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ieri, al No-B Day c&#8217;ero anche io!
Il No-B Day è la manifestazione nazionale per &#8220;chiedere le dimissioni di Berlusconi&#8221; nata su Internet e amplificata da Facebook.
 Potete leggere il resoconto della giornata nell&#8217;articolo L&#8217;Onda viola invade Roma sulle pagine di Repubblica online.
Oltre che per fornire tutto il mio supporto e solidarietà alla nobile causa è [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NO-B-Day-Berlusconi-pallone-gonfiato.jpg" rel="lightbox[2892]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2894" style="float: left;" title="NO-B Day - Berlusconi pallone gonfiato" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NO-B-Day-Berlusconi-pallone-gonfiato-199x300.jpg" alt="NO-B Day - Berlusconi pallone gonfiato" width="199" height="300" /></a>Ieri, al <a href="http://www.noberlusconiday.org/" target="_blank">No-B Day</a> c&#8217;ero anche io!</p>
<p>Il<strong> No-B Day</strong> è la manifestazione nazionale per &#8220;<strong>chiedere le dimissioni di Berlusconi</strong>&#8221; <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/11/sezioni/politica/giustizia-16/nob-day1/nob-day1.html" target="_blank">nata su Internet</a> e <a href="http://www.facebook.com/no.berlusconi.day" target="_blank">amplificata da Facebook</a>.<br />
 Potete leggere il resoconto della giornata nell&#8217;articolo <a href="http://www.repubblica.it/2009/12/sezioni/politica/roma-nobday/nobday-viola/nobday-viola.html" target="_blank">L&#8217;Onda viola invade Roma</a> sulle pagine di <strong>Repubblica online</strong>.</p>
<p>Oltre che per fornire<strong> tutto il mio supporto e solidarietà alla nobile causa</strong> è stata anche un&#8217;ottima occasione per fare qualche scatto.</p>
<p>A causa della mia<strong> scarsa competenza</strong> nel fotografare durante le manifestazioni (troppi repentini cambi di condizioni di luminosità) molte foto sono venute mosse ma <strong>anche questo fa parte del processo di apprendimento</strong>!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NO-B-Day.jpg" rel="lightbox[2892]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2895  aligncenter" title="NO-B Day" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/NO-B-Day-300x199.jpg" alt="NO-B Day" width="409" height="271" /></a></p>
<p>Alcune mie foto sono ospitate su <a href="http://www.improntalaquila.org/?p=545" target="_blank">Impronta L&#8217;Aquila</a> che ringrazio per avermele chieste.</p>
<p>Al solito potete trovare le foto ad alta risoluzione sull&#8217;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622943553660/" target="_blank">Album No B-Day</a> di <strong>Flickr</strong>.</p>
<div class="flickr-photos"><p class="error">Unknown size: thumbnail.</p><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161763214/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161763214" title="Gonfio e tronfio"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4161763214_44d80c8d0e_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gonfio e tronfio" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161764224/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161764224" title="Gonfio e tronfio"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4161764224_91e79c54a8_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gonfio e tronfio" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161008925/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161008925" title="Ci si organizza prima dell&#039;inizio"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2531/4161008925_a6f8407802_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Ci si organizza prima dell&#039;inizio" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161765702/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161765702" title="Striscioni"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2717/4161765702_59df0b0c37_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Striscioni" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161010215/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161010215" title="Giovane manifestante"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4161010215_d18f10ebe2_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Giovane manifestante" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161010869/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161010869" title="Giovane manifestante"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4161010869_de86d001f5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Giovane manifestante" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161011339/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161011339" title="Giovani manifestanti"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4161011339_0020299bed_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Giovani manifestanti" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161011893/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161011893" title="La maschera del NO B-Day"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/4161011893_edcd02810d_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La maschera del NO B-Day" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161012551/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161012551" title="NO B-Day Piemonte"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/4161012551_e9ef2e8fe6_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="NO B-Day Piemonte" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161769750/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161769750" title="NO B-Day, prima di partire"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4161769750_654f7d627f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="NO B-Day, prima di partire" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161014671/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161014671" title="Maschera del NO B-Day"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4161014671_d533b31936_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Maschera del NO B-Day" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161771072/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161771072" title="Gente allegra del NO B-Day"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4161771072_5fd10311d4_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gente allegra del NO B-Day" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161771794/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161771794" title="NO B-Day"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4161771794_d44dddd37f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="NO B-Day" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161772514/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161772514" title="NO B-Day, io c&#039;ero"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2728/4161772514_546399e1ac_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="NO B-Day, io c&#039;ero" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161017257/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161017257" title="Sbandieratori"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/4161017257_26c3be407c_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Sbandieratori" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161017829/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161017829" title="Giocolieri"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4161017829_aa250e381a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Giocolieri" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161018619/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161018619" title="Bandiere di partito"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/4161018619_94ab9e7692_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Bandiere di partito" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161019435/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161019435" title="W l&#039;ITALIA!"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/4161019435_f931dba1f1_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="W l&#039;ITALIA!" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161020179/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161020179" title="Le ombre dei fotoreporter"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2785/4161020179_fdf9059dc5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Le ombre dei fotoreporter" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4161020895/" rel="album-72157622943553660" id="photo-4161020895" title="Piccolo megafono, grande messaggio"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/4161020895_4b8dc95b23_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Piccolo megafono, grande messaggio" /></a> </div>
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		<title>Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lavorando come un piccolo e cremoso Monaco Certosino ho (quasi) completato la sistemazione e la pubblicazione del materiale prodotto questa estate.
A seguire mappe e foto caricate sul mio album su flickr mentre i racconti (tutt&#8217;ora in fase di preparazione) li trovate sul mio blog a partire da questo post!
Cuba
 Album su flickr 


Visualizza mappa ingrandita [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lavorando come un <strong>piccolo e cremoso</strong> <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordine_Certosino" target="_blank">Monaco Certosino</a> ho (<em>quasi</em>) completato <strong>la sistemazione e la pubblicazione </strong>del materiale prodotto questa estate.</p>
<p>A seguire <strong>mappe e foto</strong> caricate sul <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/" target="_blank">mio album su flickr</a> mentre i racconti (tutt&#8217;ora in fase di preparazione) li trovate sul <a href="http://www.madgrin.com" target="_blank">mio blog</a> a partire da<a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/07/31/dirotta-su-cuba-e-non-solo/" target="_blank"> questo post</a>!</p>
<h1>Cuba</h1>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622220341645/" target="_blank"> Album su flickr </a></p>
<p>
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<p><a title="Cuba" href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=it&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100137868653949595011.000473c283d34742d268c&amp;z=8" target="_blank">Visualizza mappa ingrandita in Google Maps </a></p>
<div class="flickr-photos"><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3911315539/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3911315539" title="Macchina d&#039;epoca"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3461/3911315539_957ae3fdda_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Macchina d&#039;epoca" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912098424/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912098424" title="Macchina d&#039;epoca"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/3912098424_5fc95f9171_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Macchina d&#039;epoca" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912100434/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912100434" title="Murales Che Guevara"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3912100434_84bdc9b82c_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Murales Che Guevara" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3911319651/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3911319651" title="Colazione alla Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3911319651_343d48e69c_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Colazione alla Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912103550/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912103550" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3912103550_e13a2f62e6_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912105618/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912105618" title="Vita di strada alla Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/3912105618_551b06f575_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Vita di strada alla Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912107590/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912107590" title="Sidecar"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/3912107590_94103cd962_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Sidecar" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3911327125/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3911327125" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3911327125_8d87c8e4cd_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912110922/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912110922" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/3912110922_d089a6858c_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912112456/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912112456" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3912112456_33ef38bcab_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912436396/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912436396" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/3912436396_5fb7020ffa_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3911655633/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3911655633" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/3911655633_3fb2f999ca_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3911658301/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3911658301" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3911658301_f1af83e8a9_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912442454/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912442454" title="Gente della Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/3912442454_0dd403956a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gente della Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912444824/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912444824" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3912444824_a2f875517b_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912446974/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912446974" title="La Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3912446974_e7814a7833_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="La Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912448504/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912448504" title="Auto d&#039;epoca"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3912448504_a7c61d3050_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Auto d&#039;epoca" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912450080/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912450080" title="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3912450080_53ff517eb1_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912451536/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912451536" title="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/3912451536_6948b40988_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3912453216/" rel="album-72157622220341645" id="photo-3912453216" title="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3912453216_59ccaea9f3_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Campidoglio dell&#039;Habana" /></a> </div>
<h1><strong>Messico</strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622351411631/" target="_blank"> Album su flickr </a></p>
<p>
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<p><a title="Messico" href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=it&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100137868653949595011.000474bd23b2896602cce&amp;z=9" target="_blank">Visualizza mappa ingrandita in Google Maps </a></p>
<div class="flickr-photos"><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963467209/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963467209" title="Cucina messicana"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/3963467209_424a658a79_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Cucina messicana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963451323/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963451323" title="Cucina messicana"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3963451323_36290dc359_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Cucina messicana" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964231938/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964231938" title="Buffet messicano"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3462/3964231938_cf0d139af5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Buffet messicano" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964234506/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964234506" title="Creatore di mondi"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/3964234506_bb4c799164_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Creatore di mondi" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963460885/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963460885" title="Dio fuoco plasma l&#039;universo"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3963460885_0a34229e7a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Dio fuoco plasma l&#039;universo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964239412/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964239412" title="Pappagallo"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/3964239412_4684cba50e_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Pappagallo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964242730/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964242730" title="Primo piano pappagallesco"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3964242730_249d69ddfc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Primo piano pappagallesco" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963469475/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963469475" title="Cocorito vuole cracker!"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/3963469475_328c28e943_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Cocorito vuole cracker!" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964248336/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964248336" title="L&#039;Uomo con le mani in pasta (colorata)"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2506/3964248336_c73ec91d6f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="L&#039;Uomo con le mani in pasta (colorata)" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964250916/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964250916" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3964250916_4e5c7f23ef_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963476923/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963476923" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3963476923_2c6730174d_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3964255478/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3964255478" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/3964255478_02131e4048_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963481669/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3963481669" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3963481669_3e91d68aaf_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966966016/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966966016" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3966966016_689e46485a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966192667/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966192667" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3966192667_71b6e3ebdf_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966195285/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966195285" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3966195285_9f040d69d6_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966197519/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966197519" title="El Castillo - El Castillo (Spanish for &quot;The Castle&quot;) is the nickname of a spectacular Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Built by the Maya civilization sometime between the 10th and 13th centuries AD, &quot;El Castillo&quot; served as a temple to the god Kukulcan (the Maya name for Quetzalcoatl).
It is a step pyramid with a ground plan of square terraces with stairways up each of the four sides to the temple on top. Great sculptures of plumed serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the spring and autumn equinoxes. The pyramid has 91 steps on three of the sides and 92 on the north staircase, which adds up to 365 steps, or days of the year.
The Mexican government restored the pyramid in the 1920s and 1930s, concurrent with the Carnegie Institution’s restoration of the Temple of Warriors. Archaeologists were able to reconstruct two sides of the pyramid in their entirety.
Mesoamerican cultures periodically built larger pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example. In the mid 1930s, the Mexican government sponsored an excavation into El Castillo. After several false starts, they discovered a staircase under the north side of the pyramid. By digging from the top, they found another temple buried below the current one. Inside the temple chamber is a Chac Mool statue and a throne in the shape of jaguar, painted red with spots made of inlaid jade. The Mexican government excavated a tunnel from the base of the north staircase, up the earlier pyramid’s stairway to the hidden temple, and opened it to tourists.
In recent years, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), which manages the archaeological site of Chichen Itza, has been closing monuments to public access. While visitors can walk around them, they can no longer climb them or go inside their chambers. Climbing El Castillo was halted in 2006 after a woman fell to her death. At the same time INAH closed the public access to the throne room.
When counting the top platform as another step, in total El Castillo has 365 steps, one step for each day of the approximated tropical year recorded by the portion of the Maya calendar known as the Haab'. The structure is 24 m high, plus an additional 6 m for the temple. The square base measures 55.3 m across.
The overall structure has nine levels, which may be a parallel to the Maya cosmological view of there being nine levels in the Maya 'Underworlds'. We are led to believe this because of the staircase in the center of the pyramid having 13 levels, the number of levels in the &quot;upper worlds&quot;.[citation needed]
Today &quot;El Castillo&quot; is one of the most popular and recognized pre-Columbian structures in present-day Mexico.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3433/3966197519_64579220f5_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="El Castillo" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966978298/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966978298" title="Tzompantli - The Wall of Skulls is called the Tzompantli, which is actually an Aztec name for this kind of structure, because the first one seen by the horrified Spanish was at the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan.

The Tzompantli structure at Chichén Itzá is a Toltec structure, where the heads of sacrificial victims were placed; although it was one of three platforms in the Great Plaza, it was according to Bishop Landa, the only one for this purpose--the others were for farces and comedies, showing the Itzá's were all about fun. The platform walls of the Tzompantli have carved reliefs of four different subjects. The primary subject is the skull rack itself; others show a scene with a human sacrifice; eagles eating human hearts; and skeletonized warriors with shields and arrows.

archaeology.about.com/od/archaeologic7/ig/Chichen-Itza/Wa..."><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3966978298_cbb48db72b_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Tzompantli" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966981374/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966981374" title="Tzompantli - The Wall of Skulls is called the Tzompantli, which is actually an Aztec name for this kind of structure, because the first one seen by the horrified Spanish was at the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan.

The Tzompantli structure at Chichén Itzá is a Toltec structure, where the heads of sacrificial victims were placed; although it was one of three platforms in the Great Plaza, it was according to Bishop Landa, the only one for this purpose--the others were for farces and comedies, showing the Itzá's were all about fun. The platform walls of the Tzompantli have carved reliefs of four different subjects. The primary subject is the skull rack itself; others show a scene with a human sacrifice; eagles eating human hearts; and skeletonized warriors with shields and arrows.

archaeology.about.com/od/archaeologic7/ig/Chichen-Itza/Wa..."><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3966981374_d3692926dc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Tzompantli" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3966983608/" rel="album-72157622351411631" id="photo-3966983608" title="Gioco della Pelota - Gli archeologi hanno identificato a Chichén Itzá sette campi per il gioco della palla, il maggiore dei quali è situato circa 150 metri a nord-ovest del Castillo.

Si tratta del più grande campo per il gioco della palla di tutta la mesoamerica, lungo 166 metri e largo 68. Le mura che chiudono i lati lunghi sono alte 12 metri e sorreggono al centro anelli di pietra intagliata con figure di serpenti intrecciati.
Bassorilievi nel campo da gioco

Alla base dei muri interni sono situati schienali obliqui con pannelli scolpiti che rappresentano le squadre dei partecipanti al gioco. In uno dei pannelli un giocatore è raffigurato decapitato e dalla ferita si dipartono sette fiotti di sangue, sei prendono la forma di serpenti mentre quello centrale diventa un albero. Sul lato nord del campo si trova un tempio conosciuto come Tempio dell'uomo barbuto. Sulle mura interne di questo piccolo edificio di pietra sono infatti presenti bassorilievi molto dettagliati, tra i quali una figura scolpita con segni sul mento somiglianti ad una barba.[7] Sul lato sud si trova un altro tempio, di dimensioni maggiori, ma in rovina. Inglobato nel muro est si trova il Tempio del Giaguaro. La parte alta del tempio guarda sul campo di gioco, e ai due lati dell'ingresso sono poste due larghe colonne scolpite con la figura del serpente piumato. All'interno del tempio un grande affresco, in gran parte danneggiato, raffigura scene di guerra. La parte bassa del Tempio del Giaguaro si apre sulla piazza dalla parte opposta al campo di gioco. Nell'entrata è situato un trono a forma di giaguaro simile a quello trovato nel tempio interno del Castillo, ma privo di pitture e altre decorazioni. Le colonne esterne, così come i muri interni sono coperti da elaborati bassorilievi. Oltre il Tempio del Giaguaro si trova un'iscrizione muraria in rilievo raffigurante uno tzompantli, sorta di scaffale riempito di teschi umani allineati.

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chich%C3%A9n_Itz%C3%A1"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/3966983608_0d81f75723_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gioco della Pelota" /></a> </div>
<h1><strong>USA</strong></h1>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622489981822/" target="_blank"> Album su flickr </a></p>
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<p><a title="USA" href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=it&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100137868653949595011.000478d4a2ec7897d6e43&amp;ll=27.926474,-85.836182&amp;spn=7.140997,14.27124&amp;z=7" target="_blank">Visualizza mappa ingrandita in Google Maps </a></p>
<div class="flickr-photos"><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3970193158/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3970193158" title="MadGrin nella Hall dell&#039;albergo di Miami"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3970193158_64810c5fff_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="MadGrin nella Hall dell&#039;albergo di Miami" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969426937/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969426937" title="City Hall"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3969426937_b3bca25d4e_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="City Hall" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969429065/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969429065" title="Coral Gables Venetian Pool - The History of Coral Gables Venetian Pool

It was the summer of 1921 in South Florida and George Merrick has a dream. This Dade County commissioner and &quot;back country&quot; land promoter envisioned a perfectly designed city as an answer to the uncontrolled sprawl of an emerging Miami. A city of plazas, esplanades and fountains, filled with buildings and homes inspired by a heritage of Mediterranean design. With the help of other visionaries of his time, Merrick's dream became Coral Gables.

And today, protected by ordinances that preserve the past by encouraging restoration and revival of this community's historic places, the City Beautiful lives up to its name, existing just as Merrick planned it should be.

In the midst of one of Coral Gables' residential neighborhoods, hidden behind pastel stucco walls and wrought iron gates, is found one of the most special attractions of this special city - Venetian Pool. Perhaps the only swimming pool anywhere to be included in the National Register of Historic Places. Certainly it is the only swimming pool of its kind with its vine-covered loggias, shady porticos, spanish fountain, three-story observation towers and cascading waterfalls that spill into a free-form lagoon complete with coral rock caves and palm-fringed island. Even now, Venetian Pool would still put a twinkle in George Merrick's eye, as it did so many years ago.

Fed by underground artesian wells, Venetian Pool was once a quarry pit, its only value being limestone it produced for the construction of that time. Through the creative efforts of Merrick's artist-uncle Denman Fink, and architect Phineas Paist, this eyesore was transformed in 1924 to what was then called Venetian Casino.

During its heyday gondolas plied its waters. Esther Williams and Johnny Weismuller of Tarzan fame swam its length. The orchestras of Paul Whitman and Jan Garber serenaded pool side dancers as they swayed beneath the stars on outdoor terrazzo dance floors. Bathing beauties by the hundreds promenaded across specially constructed walkways, while visiting dignitaries passed through the circular aquarium room entry to tour the &quot;world's most beautiful swimming hole.&quot; They often listened to three-time Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan deliver speeches for his annual fee of cash and Coral Gables real estate.

Today, over one hundred thousand visitors a year come to Venetian Pool. And three generations of Gables residents, together with their Miami neighbors, have learned to swim here, all captivated by the charm of the setting, and invigorated by the clear, cool water. For Venetian Pool is drained nightly in summer months, its 800,000 gallons of water replenished each day from the subterranean aquifer that flows beneath it. Recently this practice was scheduled to be discontinued in order to preserve South Florida's water supply for an ever increasing population. But, in 1988, a method was found that would allow the pool to replenish its water without diminishing natural resources by recycling the water, via natural ground filtration, back into the aquifer. This new technology together with a concentration on complete restoration of all the surrounding buildings and loggias will insure that this place of beauty will be a joy for many more visitors to discover, for many years to come.

A major historical restoration was completed in 1989.
www.coralgablesvenetianpool.com/History.html"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2498/3969429065_f760f1244b_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Coral Gables Venetian Pool" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969432603/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969432603" title="Coral Gables Venetian Pool - The History of Coral Gables Venetian Pool

It was the summer of 1921 in South Florida and George Merrick has a dream. This Dade County commissioner and &quot;back country&quot; land promoter envisioned a perfectly designed city as an answer to the uncontrolled sprawl of an emerging Miami. A city of plazas, esplanades and fountains, filled with buildings and homes inspired by a heritage of Mediterranean design. With the help of other visionaries of his time, Merrick's dream became Coral Gables.

And today, protected by ordinances that preserve the past by encouraging restoration and revival of this community's historic places, the City Beautiful lives up to its name, existing just as Merrick planned it should be.

In the midst of one of Coral Gables' residential neighborhoods, hidden behind pastel stucco walls and wrought iron gates, is found one of the most special attractions of this special city - Venetian Pool. Perhaps the only swimming pool anywhere to be included in the National Register of Historic Places. Certainly it is the only swimming pool of its kind with its vine-covered loggias, shady porticos, spanish fountain, three-story observation towers and cascading waterfalls that spill into a free-form lagoon complete with coral rock caves and palm-fringed island. Even now, Venetian Pool would still put a twinkle in George Merrick's eye, as it did so many years ago.

Fed by underground artesian wells, Venetian Pool was once a quarry pit, its only value being limestone it produced for the construction of that time. Through the creative efforts of Merrick's artist-uncle Denman Fink, and architect Phineas Paist, this eyesore was transformed in 1924 to what was then called Venetian Casino.

During its heyday gondolas plied its waters. Esther Williams and Johnny Weismuller of Tarzan fame swam its length. The orchestras of Paul Whitman and Jan Garber serenaded pool side dancers as they swayed beneath the stars on outdoor terrazzo dance floors. Bathing beauties by the hundreds promenaded across specially constructed walkways, while visiting dignitaries passed through the circular aquarium room entry to tour the &quot;world's most beautiful swimming hole.&quot; They often listened to three-time Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan deliver speeches for his annual fee of cash and Coral Gables real estate.

Today, over one hundred thousand visitors a year come to Venetian Pool. And three generations of Gables residents, together with their Miami neighbors, have learned to swim here, all captivated by the charm of the setting, and invigorated by the clear, cool water. For Venetian Pool is drained nightly in summer months, its 800,000 gallons of water replenished each day from the subterranean aquifer that flows beneath it. Recently this practice was scheduled to be discontinued in order to preserve South Florida's water supply for an ever increasing population. But, in 1988, a method was found that would allow the pool to replenish its water without diminishing natural resources by recycling the water, via natural ground filtration, back into the aquifer. This new technology together with a concentration on complete restoration of all the surrounding buildings and loggias will insure that this place of beauty will be a joy for many more visitors to discover, for many years to come.

A major historical restoration was completed in 1989.
www.coralgablesvenetianpool.com/History.html"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3969432603_45f95e632b_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Coral Gables Venetian Pool" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969435121/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969435121" title="Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel - Il Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel è un lussuoso hotel americano aperto a Coral Gables, in Florida nel 1926, da John McEntee Bowman e George Merrick come parte della catena dei Biltmore hotel. L'edificio disegnato da Schultze e Weaver è un monumento storico nazionale degli Stati Uniti.
Funse da ospedale durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale e come un VA Hospital e campus della facoltà di medicina dellì Università di Miami fino al 1968. Divenne nuovamente un hotel nel 1987 gestito dalla Seaway Hotels Corporation.
Una volta completato, divenne l'edificio più alto della Florida, superando la Freedom Tower in Downtown Miami. Fu poi a sua volta superato nel 1928 dal Dade County Courthouse, anch'esso in Downtown Miami.
Un tempo la piscina era la più grande piscina del mondo e tra le tante attrazioni c'era l'istruttore di nuoto (e dopo attore interprete di Tarzan) Johnny Weissmuller.
L'hotel è stato usato come set per il film Bad Boys e per serie televisive comeCSI: Miami e Miami Vice.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Gables_Biltmore_Hotel"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3969435121_ae8db4a4e9_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3970207546/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3970207546" title="Panni sporchi a Miami"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3970207546_0c05c05820_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Panni sporchi a Miami" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969439261/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969439261" title="Su e gi&ugrave; per Miami"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3969439261_d46eab6de9_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Su e gi&ugrave; per Miami" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3970211724/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3970211724" title="Vicolo stretto"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3970211724_f3da1c74e0_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Vicolo stretto" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3970214658/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3970214658" title="Beach Volley"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3970214658_5db2703c99_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Beach Volley" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3969446349/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3969446349" title="Beach Volley"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/3969446349_9013b62363_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Beach Volley" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3974829049/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3974829049" title="Beach Volley"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3974829049_7dd24d1125_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Beach Volley" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3974835499/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3974835499" title="Miami Beach"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3974835499_c553fed642_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Miami Beach" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3974840609/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3974840609" title="Miami Beach"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3974840609_a0da874a33_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Miami Beach" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3975608052/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3975608052" title="Miami Beach"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3975608052_06838d0c36_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Miami Beach" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3974851805/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3974851805" title="Red Lost Ship"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2480/3974851805_208a5e009c_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Red Lost Ship" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3974855025/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3974855025" title="Florida Sunset"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3974855025_508d03c0f9_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Florida Sunset" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3984529141/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3984529141" title="Hotel The Palms"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3984529141_452036d5f1_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Hotel The Palms" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3985292396/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3985292396" title="Gustosi biscottoni"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/3985292396_7f5a597a2a_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Gustosi biscottoni" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3984540299/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3984540299" title="Patatine fritte sugnose"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2607/3984540299_640854a866_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Patatine fritte sugnose" /></a> <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Square" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3985302922/" rel="album-72157622489981822" id="photo-3985302922" title="Hamburger"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3985302922_2a30967068_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="Hamburger" /></a> </div>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/16/freddo-infame/' title='Freddo infame'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/' title='Autostrade della Paura'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Estate 2009</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/07/31/dirotta-su-cuba-e-non-solo/' title='Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!'>Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/29/a-volte-ritornano-e-quasi-sempre-vorrebbero-subito-ripartire/' title='A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!'>A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/09/18/itinerario-e-foto-di-cuba/' title='Itinerario e foto di Cuba'>Itinerario e foto di Cuba</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/02/e-ora-si-passa-al-messico-e-agli-usa/' title='E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA'>E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/18/un-caldo-umido-habana-libre/' title='Un caldo, umido Habana Libre'>Un caldo, umido Habana Libre</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/25/hai-una-saponetta/' title='Hai una saponetta ?'>Hai una saponetta ?</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/16/freddo-infame/' title='Freddo infame'>Freddo infame</a></li><li>Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/' title='Autostrade della Paura'>Autostrade della Paura</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Gnocco Morbidoso</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siamo tornati da più di una settimana dal nostro viaggetto a Praga ma ancora non riesco a togliermela dalla testa.
Non sono state tanto le sue bellezze architettoniche (e non) ad avermi entusiasmato ma è stato lui: lo gnoccone morbidoso al secolo il Knedliki!
L&#8217;Album Fotografico di Praga 2009 è già in preparazione su flickr ma, al [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/4082015849/in/set-72157622741703922/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2774" style="float: left;" title="Astronomical Clock" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Astronomical-Clock.jpg" alt="Astronomical Clock" width="196" height="295" /></a>Siamo <strong>tornati da più di una settimana</strong> dal nostro <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/10/29/p-pppp-pp-pppp-pprrrrraaaaaaaga/">viaggetto a Praga</a> ma ancora <strong>non riesco a togliermela dalla testa</strong>.</p>
<p>Non sono state tanto le sue <strong>bellezze architettoniche</strong> (e non) ad avermi <strong>entusiasmato </strong>ma è stato lui: lo <strong>gnoccone morbidoso</strong> al secolo il <span><a href="http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knedliki" target="_blank">Knedliki</a>!</span></p>
<p><span>L&#8217;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622741703922/" target="_blank">Album Fotografico di Praga 2009</a> è già in preparazione su <strong>flickr </strong>ma, al momento che vi scrivo, le foto sono ancora poche.<br />
 </span></p>
<p><span>Portate pazienza e a breve, soprattutto nella sezione <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157605898590629/" target="_blank">World Food</a>, troverete un <strong>nutrito </strong>(mai termine fu più azzeccato) <strong>reportage fotografico del nostro amico gnoccone</strong>!</span></p>
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		<title>E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Domenica scorsa ho completato l&#8217;inserimento delle ultime foto nell&#8217;Album di Cuba ospitato su flickr.
 Se ve le siete perse le potete trovare qui.
Si tratta di 224 foto ottenute da una scrematura delle circa 1000 scattate nella sola Cuba durante queste vacanze.
Chiuso un capitolo si passa alle successive due tappe di questa lunga estate e, cioè, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3963481669/in/set-72157622351411631/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2652" style="float: right;" title="El Castillo" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/El-Castillo.jpg" alt="El Castillo" width="234" height="156" /></a>Domenica scorsa</strong> ho completato l&#8217;inserimento delle <strong>ultime foto</strong> nell&#8217;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622220341645/" target="_blank">Album di Cuba</a> ospitato su <strong>flickr</strong>.<br />
 Se ve le siete perse le potete trovare <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622220341645/" target="_blank">qui</a>.</p>
<p>Si tratta di <strong>224 foto ottenute da </strong><strong>una scrematura </strong>delle <strong>circa 1000</strong> scattate nella sola <strong>Cuba </strong>durante queste vacanze.</p>
<p>Chiuso un capitolo si passa alle <strong>successive due tappe</strong> di questa lunga estate e, cioè, al <strong>Messico </strong>e agli <strong>USA</strong>.</p>
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<p>In Messico siamo stati <strong>solo 4 giorni</strong> e, conseguentemente, <strong>la mole di fotografie è decisamente inferiore</strong> rispetto a quella di Cuba.<br />
 Delle <strong>214 foto scattate</strong> ne ho caricate <strong>solo 28</strong> che potete trovare nell&#8217;<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622351411631/" target="_blank">Album del Messico</a>.</p>
<p>La <strong>parentesi messicana</strong> è durata così poco poichè si trattava di <strong>una tappa di passaggio</strong>. La nostra destinazione finale era, in realtà, la <span class="wikiterm" >Florida</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Florida" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> ma <strong>non è possibile</strong> passare direttamente <strong>da Cuba agli USA</strong> a causa dell&#8217;<strong>embargo</strong> per cui è necessario transitare per una Nazione intermedia e la più conveniente e interessante ci è sembrata, appunto, il <strong>Messico</strong>.</p>
<p>Arrivati nella <strong>Terra del Burrito</strong> potevamo lasciarci sfuggire l&#8217;opportunità di ammirare una delle <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sette_meraviglie_del_mondo_moderno" target="_blank">Sette Meraviglie del Mondo Moderno</a> e soggiornare in in uno degli splendidi e lussuosi <a href="http://www.edreams.it/hotel/hotel-cancun/">hotel di Cancun</a> ? E così abbiamo diviso i pochi giorni passati da quelle parti tra lo <strong>spaparanzamento </strong>totale nel <strong>Resort All Inclusive</strong> in cui abbiamo soggiornato e la gita alla stupenda <strong><span class="wikiterm" >Chichén Itzá</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichén_Itzá" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Chichén Itzá" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup></strong>.</p>
<p>A seguire l&#8217;elenco delle Regioni e delle località toccate (a volte solo di passaggio) durante il <strong>breve soggiorno in Messico</strong> e la relativa <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y95pezo" target="_blank">GoogleMap</a>!</p>
<p><strong>Quintana Roo</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Cancún</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Marlin Azul</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Xcaret</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Chichén-Itzá </strong>(11 Agosto)</p>
<ul>
<li> Chichén-Itzá</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pisté</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> Pisté</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>El Paraíso</strong> (12 Agosto)</p>
<ul>
<li> Tulum</li>
</ul>
<p>
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<p><a title="Mappa delle località visitate a Cuba" href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=it&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100137868653949595011.000474bd23b2896602cce&amp;t=h&amp;z=9" target="_blank">Visualizza mappa ingrandita in Google Maps </a></p>
<p>Potete trovare l&#8217;<strong>Album del Messico</strong> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622351411631/" target="_blank">qui </a>mentre quello degli <strong>USA </strong>(appena iniziato nel momento in cui sto scrivendo questo articolo) lo trovate <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622489981822/" target="_blank">qui</a>.</p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/18/un-caldo-umido-habana-libre/' title='Un caldo, umido Habana Libre'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Estate 2009</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/07/31/dirotta-su-cuba-e-non-solo/' title='Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!'>Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/29/a-volte-ritornano-e-quasi-sempre-vorrebbero-subito-ripartire/' title='A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!'>A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/09/18/itinerario-e-foto-di-cuba/' title='Itinerario e foto di Cuba'>Itinerario e foto di Cuba</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</a></li><li>E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/18/un-caldo-umido-habana-libre/' title='Un caldo, umido Habana Libre'>Un caldo, umido Habana Libre</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/25/hai-una-saponetta/' title='Hai una saponetta ?'>Hai una saponetta ?</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/16/freddo-infame/' title='Freddo infame'>Freddo infame</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/21/mappe-e-foto-delle-vacanze-estive-del-2009/' title='Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009'>Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/' title='Autostrade della Paura'>Autostrade della Paura</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Itinerario e foto di Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ L&#8217;organizzazione della indecente mole di dati prodotta in vacanza (tracciati gps, foto, itinerari, bigliettini da visita, appunti di viaggio, ecc, &#8230;) è sempre stata estremamente onerosa.
Qualcosa, però, sono riuscito a sistemare per cui mi sento abbastanza pronto a pubblicare qualche foto di Cuba e l&#8217;itinerario seguito.
La mappa che segue (probabilmente cambierà sensibilmente nei prossimi [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3915494426/in/set-72157622220341645/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2549" style="float: left;" title="vecchietto cubano della copertina della Lonely Planet" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/vecchietto-cubano-della-copertina-della-Lonely-Planet.jpg" alt="vecchietto cubano della copertina della Lonely Planet" width="148" height="199" /></a> L&#8217;organizzazione della <strong>indecente mole di dati</strong> prodotta in vacanza (tracciati gps, foto, itinerari, bigliettini da visita, appunti di viaggio, ecc, &#8230;) è sempre stata <strong>estremamente onerosa</strong>.</p>
<p>Qualcosa, però, sono riuscito a sistemare per cui mi sento abbastanza pronto a pubblicare qualche <strong>foto di Cuba</strong> e l&#8217;<strong>itinerario seguito</strong>.</p>
<p>La mappa che segue (probabilmente cambierà sensibilmente nei prossimi giorni) riporta tutte &#8211; o così dovrebbe fare &#8211; <strong>le località che abbiamo attraversato durante il soggiorno a Cuba</strong>: posti che abbiamo visitato, in cui abbiamo mangiato o dormito o anche, semplicemente, in cui siamo passati di sfuggita.</p>
<p>L&#8217;elenco delle località visitate l&#8217;ho redatto basandomi, principalmente, sull&#8217;<strong>esame delle foto realizzate</strong> (e <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging" target="_blank">geotaggate</a> grazie alla mia fida antenna gps <a href="http://www.cbgps.com/v900/v900_index.htm" target="_blank">Columbus V-900</a>) e mi sento di dire che è <strong>abbastanza realistico</strong>.</p>
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<p><a title="Mappa delle località visitate a Cuba" href="http://maps.google.it/maps/ms?hl=it&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100137868653949595011.000473c283d34742d268c&amp;ll=22.289096,-79.892578&amp;spn=6.076568,11.634521&amp;z=7" target="_blank">Visualizza mappa ingrandita in Google Maps </a></p>
<p><span id="more-2547"></span>A Cuba siamo arrivati <strong>senza niente di prenotato </strong>se non due auto prese (<strong>con grande difficoltà</strong>) da Roma e le prime notti all&#8217;Avana da una famiglia, <a href="http://www.monkibo.com/havana/" target="_blank">Sergio Y Miriam</a>, trovata dalla fida <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1453145694">Virgin</a> su Internet e che si è rivelata essere <strong>fantastica</strong>. Per <strong>ringraziarli ulteriormente</strong> di quanto hanno fatto per noi vi riporto il loro biglietto da visita consigliandovi vivamente di andarci se capitate da quelle parti:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Sergio-Y-Miriam-CUBA.JPG" rel="lightbox[2547]"><img title="Sergio Y Miriam (CUBA)" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Sergio-Y-Miriam-CUBA-1024x580.jpg" alt="Sergio Y Miriam (CUBA)" width="427" height="241" /></a>Casa Particular<br />
 <strong>Sergio Y Miriam</strong></p>
<p>http://www.monkibo.com/havana/</p>
<p><strong>Grazie alla loro consulenza</strong> e alla loro <strong>disponibilità</strong> abbiamo pianificato il resto dell&#8217;itinerario facendoci prenotare le altre <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_particular" target="_blank">case particular</a> nelle località più belle consigliate da Sergio <strong>semplificandoci</strong>, così, il problema dell&#8217;alloggio. In questo modo siamo riusciti a continuare a dormire nei loro Bed&amp;Breakfast caratteristici (le <strong>case particular</strong>) ma senza la preoccupazione &#8211; <strong>e la perdita di tempo</strong> &#8211; del doverli cercare.</p>
<p>Nei prossimi post avrò modo di raccontarvi qualche <strong>dettaglio in più su Cuba</strong> ma per ora vi lascio con il link alla <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622220341645/">galleria di foto</a> (anche questa tutt&#8217;ora in costruzione) e con l&#8217;itinerario dettaglio seguito.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Itinerario seguito</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>La Habana</strong> dal 31/07/09 al 03/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> Habana Vieja</li>
<li> Centro Habana</li>
<li> Vedado (lungo Oceano dell&#8217;Habana)</li>
<li> Aldecoa (Torre dell&#8217;Indipendenza)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Pinar del Río</strong> dal 03/08/09 al 05/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> El Tumbadero</li>
<li> Viñales</li>
<li>Baños de San Vincente (grotte)</li>
<li>Encinal Alto</li>
<li>Vega Larga (zona agricola dove vengono fabbricati i sigari)</li>
<li>La Feita (zona agricola dove vengono fabbricati i sigari)</li>
<li>Vega</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Matanzas </strong>dal 05/08/09 al 06/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> Pálpite (parco riserva per i coccodrilli)</li>
<li> Buena Ventura</li>
<li> Playa Larga</li>
<li> Playa Girón</li>
<li> Loma Helechal (di passaggio)</li>
<li> San Blas (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Ciénaga de Pedregal (di passaggio)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cienfuegos </strong>dal 06/08/09 al 06/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> San Nicolás de Vista Hermosa (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Horquitas (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Rincón Malo (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Yaguaramas (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Sabanazo (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Rodas (di passaggio)</li>
<li> La Trinidad</li>
<li> José María Cartaya (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Limones (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Calera (di passaggio)</li>
<li> Cienfuegos</li>
<li> Arimao (di passaggio)</li>
<li> La Azotea (di passaggio)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Villa Clara </strong>dal 06/08/09 al 06/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> Ganas (di passaggio)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Sancti Spíritus</strong> dal 06/08/09 al 08/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li>Trinidad</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Villa Clara </strong>dal 08/08/09 al 08/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> Manicaragua</li>
<li> San Miguel (monumento e museo del Che)</li>
<li> Santa Clara</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>La Habana</strong> dal 08/08/09 al 09/08/09</p>
<ul>
<li> Habana Vieja</li>
</ul>
<p>Trovate la <strong>galleria di foto</strong> su flickr <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157622220341645/" target="_blank">qui</a>, mentre una <strong>mappa delle località visitate</strong> è quella di <strong>TripAdvisor </strong>che trovate <a href="http://tinyurl.com/komosp" target="_blank">qui</a> oppure potete consultare la <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/viaggi/" target="_blank">sezione Viaggi</a> del mio sito.</p>
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 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/29/a-volte-ritornano-e-quasi-sempre-vorrebbero-subito-ripartire/' title='A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Estate 2009</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/07/31/dirotta-su-cuba-e-non-solo/' title='Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!'>Dirotta su Cuba &#8230; e non solo!</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/29/a-volte-ritornano-e-quasi-sempre-vorrebbero-subito-ripartire/' title='A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!'>A volte ritornano &#8230; e quasi sempre vorrebbero subito ripartire!</a></li><li>Itinerario e foto di Cuba</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/' title='Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;'>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/02/e-ora-si-passa-al-messico-e-agli-usa/' title='E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA'>E ora si passa al Messico e agli USA</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/18/un-caldo-umido-habana-libre/' title='Un caldo, umido Habana Libre'>Un caldo, umido Habana Libre</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/25/hai-una-saponetta/' title='Hai una saponetta ?'>Hai una saponetta ?</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/16/freddo-infame/' title='Freddo infame'>Freddo infame</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/11/21/mappe-e-foto-delle-vacanze-estive-del-2009/' title='Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009'>Mappe e foto delle vacanze estive del 2009</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/10/autostrade-della-paura/' title='Autostrade della Paura'>Autostrade della Paura</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sotto l&#8217;attento sguardo di migliaia di lesbiche</title>
		<link>http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/08/05/sotto-lattento-sguardo-di-migliaia-di-lesbiche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qualche giorno fa mi viene recapitata una busta, in formato A4, proveniente dalla Nuova Zelanda. Inizialmente non le presto molta attenzione sicuro che si tratti di un qualche catalogo turistico &#8211; nel 2006, quando avevo girovagato per l&#8217;Italia rovesciata, avevo lasciato il mio indirizzo un pò dove capitava &#8211; ma a sera, quando finalmente mi [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/LOTL-LOTL-Year-2009-Issue-235-Vol-20-no.-7-stringa.jpg" rel="lightbox[2457]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2461 alignleft" style="float: left;" title="LOTL - LOTL Year 2009 - Issue 235 - Vol 20 - no. 7 - stringa" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/LOTL-LOTL-Year-2009-Issue-235-Vol-20-no.-7-stringa.jpg" alt="LOTL - LOTL Year 2009 - Issue 235 - Vol 20 - no. 7 - stringa" width="162" height="224" /></a>Qualche giorno fa mi viene recapitata una busta, in formato <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_A4" target="_blank">A4</a>, proveniente dalla <strong>Nuova Zelanda</strong>. Inizialmente non le presto molta attenzione sicuro che si tratti di un qualche catalogo turistico &#8211; nel <strong>2006, </strong>quando avevo girovagato per l&#8217;<a href="http://tinyurl.com/nwba63" target="_blank">Italia rovesciata</a>, avevo lasciato il mio indirizzo un pò dove capitava &#8211; ma a sera, quando finalmente <strong>mi decido ad aprire la busta</strong>, scopro che in realtà contiene <strong>una rivista alquanto singolare</strong>: <a href="http://www.lotl.com/" target="_blank">LOTL </a>un magazine per <strong>lesbiche</strong>!</p>
<p>Dopo <strong>qualche secondo di stupore</strong> il mio criceto comincia a correre sulla ruota e rapidamente arrivo alla soluzione dell&#8217;enigma.</p>
<p>Anche quest&#8217;anno avevo partecipato a <strong>Giugno</strong>, in veste di fotografo,  al <a href="http://www.romapride.it/">Roma Pride 2009</a> sfornando il consueto <strong>quantitativo indecente di foto</strong> di cui avevo, poi, caricato una selezione su un apposito <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/sets/72157619647782825/">set su flickr</a> e <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/06/15/roma-pride-2009/">pubblicato un articolo</a>.</p>
<p><strong>T</strong><strong>aggando opportunamente le foto</strong> le avevo rese  facilmente ricercabili e, probabilmente, <strong>grazie a questa accortezza</strong> ero finito sul browser di  uno dei responsabili della rivista <strong>LOTL </strong>che mi aveva chiesto il permesso di acquistarne <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3625931302/in/set-72157619647782825/">una in particolare</a> che ritraeva delle <strong>ragazze su un carrozzone</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Carro-di-ragazze-al-Roma-Pride-2009.jpg" rel="lightbox[2457]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2456    aligncenter" title="Carro di ragazze al Roma Pride 2009" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Carro-di-ragazze-al-Roma-Pride-2009.jpg" alt="Carro di ragazze al Roma Pride 2009" width="368" height="243" /></a></p>
<p>Il prezzo della vendita sarebbero stati <strong>$50,00 AUD</strong> (circa <strong>30€</strong>) e una copia della rivista.</p>
<p><span id="more-2457"></span>Ovviamente <strong>non mi faccio sfuggire l&#8217;occasione</strong>, non certo per i soldi ma per la possibilità di avere una foto -<strong> la mia prima foto</strong> &#8211; pubblicata su una rivista e così accetto.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Passato quasi un mese</strong>, quando oramai la memoria aveva cancellato l&#8217;episodio, ecco arrivare la <strong>misteriosa busta</strong> con il suo carico di simpatiche lesbiche e, a <strong>pagina 13</strong>, la mia foto con tanto di <strong>articolo su Berlusconi</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/LOTL-In-Europe-Pride-Marches-On.jpg" rel="lightbox[2457]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2459    aligncenter" title="LOTL - In Europe Pride Marches On" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/LOTL-In-Europe-Pride-Marches-On.jpg" alt="LOTL - In Europe Pride Marches On" width="361" height="238" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Se siete curiosi sul contenuto dell&#8217;articolo non vi resta che ingrandire la foto o ordinare la vostra copia di <strong>LOTL Year 2009 &#8211; Issue 235 &#8211; Vol 20 &#8211; no. 7</strong>!</p>
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		<title>MadGrin sbarca (inconsapevolmente) nel mondo della pubblicità</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Ieri sera, tornato a casa, l&#8217;inaspettato : attraverso twitterW scopro da italida e davidlatache , due miei amici di cinguettii , di essere diventato l&#8217;inconsapevole soggetto di un volantino pubblicitario del Primo Piano LivinGallery di Lecce.
E così dopo essere andato nello spazio come astronauta della NASA , essere stato per breve tempo un [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/madgrin-pubblicizza-livingallery.jpg" rel="lightbox[2286]"><img style="float: right;" title="MadGrin nel mondo della pubblicità" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/madgrin-pubblicizza-livingallery.jpg" alt="MadGrin nel mondo della pubblicità" title="MadGrin nel mondo della pubblicità" width="182" height="158" /> </a> Ieri sera, tornato a casa, l&#8217;<strong>inaspettato</strong> : attraverso <span class="wikiterm" >twitter</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/twitter" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: twitter" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> scopro da <a href="http://twitter.com/italida/status/2018086670" target="_blank">italida</a> e <a href="http://twitter.com/davidlatache/status/2018736565" target="_blank">davidlatache</a> , <strong>due miei amici di cinguettii</strong> , di essere diventato l&#8217;inconsapevole soggetto di un <a href="http://twitpic.com/6jebu" target="_blank">volantino pubblicitario</a> del <a href="http://www.primopianogallery.com/index.asp" target="_blank">Primo Piano LivinGallery</a> di Lecce.</p>
<p>E così dopo <strong>essere andato nello spazio come astronauta della NASA</strong> , essere stato per breve tempo un <strong>giostraio</strong> , aver lavorato come <strong>manager della felicità nella Globex Corporation</strong> e aver conosciuto <strong>vari presidenti Americani</strong> ora finalmente sono anche sbarcato nel <strong>fantasioso mondo della Pubblicità</strong> !</p>
<p>O, forse, tutte queste cose sono successe a <span class="wikiterm" >Homer Simpson</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Homer Simpson" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup>?</p>
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		<title>Il problema del backup delle foto</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Scattando foto da quasi 20 anni il grande problema  che ho sempre dovuto affrontare è stato quello della loro archiviazione . Beh quello e la loro rielaborazione &#8230; insomma scattare foto non è un hobby ma un lavoro a tempo pieno !
Recentemente mi sono imbattuto nel post di Wolly con il quale chiedeva [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="float: left;" title="volumi" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/self_help_library_home.jpg" alt="volumi" title="volumi" width="182" height="160" /> Scattando foto <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/03/10/a-scuola-di-fotografia/" target="_blank">da quasi 20 anni</a> il <strong>grande problema </strong> che ho sempre dovuto affrontare è stato quello della loro <strong>archiviazione</strong> . Beh quello e <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2008/10/22/fiumi-di-foto/" target="_blank">la loro rielaborazione</a> &#8230; insomma scattare foto non è un hobby ma <strong>un lavoro a tempo pieno</strong> !</p>
<p>Recentemente mi sono imbattuto <a href="http://www.paolo.valenti.name/2009/03/14/backup-dischi-usb-su-mac/" target="_blank">nel post di Wolly</a> con il quale chiedeva consiglio alla <span class="wikiterm" >blogosfera</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/blogosfera" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: blogosfera" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> sul <strong>modo migliore per backuppare</strong> la sua collezione di immagini. Ho potuto verificare che Wolly, e molti degli intervenuti alla discussione, applicano il metodo del <strong>backup su disco esterno</strong> . Cosa che faccio anche io ma che diventa sempre più <strong>difficile controllare</strong> e <strong>lungo da effettuare</strong> . Il problema maggiore è soprattutto <strong>a quale software affidarsi</strong> per effettuare il backup o se farlo a mano senza usare particolari tool.</p>
<p>Attualmente il mio sistema <strong>è molto semplice</strong> : presupponendo che le immagini sul mio disco principale siano tutte integre e aggiornate non faccio altro che eliminare il vecchio archivio sul disco esterno e rimpiazzarlo con una copia del disco interno.</p>
<p>Potete capire da soli quanto questo sistema sia <strong>zeppo di falle</strong> che potrebbero portare alla perdita di preziosi album. Primo fra tutti il fatto che presuppongo che gli album sul disco principale siano <strong>integri </strong> mentre un qualche crash, virus o simpatica catastrofe informatica potrebbero aver corrotto i dati.</p>
<p>Per fare la copia uso un valido sostituto free del vecchio <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCOPY" target="_blank">XCopy</a> del <span class="wikiterm" >DOS</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: DOS" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> che è <a href="http://www.ruahine.com/" target="_blank">YCopy</a> che ha il vantaggio di <strong>non fermarsi mai durante la copia</strong> e di segnalare, in un file di log, gli <strong>eventuali problemi</strong> incontrati durante la copia.</p>
<p><span id="more-1963"></span> <a href="http://www.catepol.net/" target="_blank">Catepol</a> ha fatto una osservazione <strong>molto interessante</strong> su cui mi ero già soffermato nel passato a riflettere ma che avevo <strong>scartato per pigrizia</strong> : perchè non usare <a href="http://www.flickr.com/" target="_blank">flickr</a> (con l&#8217;account <strong>pro </strong> lo spazio è <strong>illimitato</strong> ) per archiviare i propri album?</p>
<p>E così la mia <strong>Odiessea dell&#8217;Upload</strong> è iniziata!</p>
<p>Per ora ho caricato appena <strong>3GB </strong> di immagini e video (circa <strong>5.000 elementi</strong> ) e la strada è ancora <strong>lunghissima </strong> prima di poter arrivare a backuppare tutte le mie quasi <strong>80.000 foto</strong> pari a circa <strong>150 GB</strong> .</p>
<p>Spero di essere <strong>più veloce io</strong> dell&#8217;imprevedibile <strong>disastro informatico</strong> che <strong>cova sotto le ceneri</strong> e se avete qualche consiglio o idea <strong>non esitate a scriverla nei commenti!</strong></p>
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		<title>A scuola di fotografia</title>
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All&#8217;inizio era una semplicissima macchinetta a pellicola della KodakW (una delle rare con flash incorporato che andavano allora) regalo di mia nonna materna per la cresima .
Tempo dopo ecco arrivare l&#8217;OlympusW µ[mju:] Zoom 115 (sempre a pellicola) molto più evoluta della precedente (addirittura con il riavvolgimento automatico della pellicola ) e frutto di un regalo [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">All&#8217;inizio era una <strong>semplicissima macchinetta a pellicola</strong> della <span class="wikiterm" >Kodak</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Kodak" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> (una delle rare con <strong>flash incorporato</strong> che andavano allora) regalo di mia nonna materna per la <strong>cresima</strong> .</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Tempo dopo ecco arrivare l&#8217;<span class="wikiterm" >Olympus</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Olympus" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> <a href="http://www.freetradephoto.com/OLYMPUSZOOM115.htm" target="_blank">µ[mju:] Zoom 115</a> (sempre a pellicola) molto più evoluta della precedente (addirittura con il <strong>riavvolgimento automatico</strong> della pellicola ) e frutto di un regalo di compleanno. L&#8217;Olympus mi fece sperimentare <strong>la gioia</strong> di scattare fotografie <strong>decenti</strong> introducendo, però, il grande problema dell&#8217;<strong>archiviazione </strong> e della <strong>condivisione</strong> . Le fotografie stampate erano <strong>comode da mostrare agli amici</strong> ma comportavano parecchio lavoro di <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scansionatore_d%27immagine" target="_blank">scansionatura</a> per archiviarle e, soprattutto, i risultati <strong>non erano un granchè</strong> .</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">La soluzione arriva con <strong>la mia prima digitale</strong> : l&#8217;<a href="http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/hp850/" target="_blank">HP850</a> . Si trattava di una macchinetta ingombrante, soprattutto perchè dotata di un discreto <span class="wikiterm" >zoom</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/zoom" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: zoom" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> ottico, che mi diede molte soddisfazioni. La gioia nell&#8217;utilizzarla durò finchè <strong>AlexB</strong> , un amico alle prime armi come me, non mi fece vedere una foto<strong> identica alla mia</strong> (eravamo andati in vacanza insieme in <strong>Irlanda</strong> ) ma scattata con una <span class="wikiterm" >Nikon Coolpix</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_Coolpix" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Nikon Coolpix" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup>. La differenza, soprattutto nei colori, era palese: la mia HP sembrava aver scattato <strong>attraverso un vetro appannato</strong> mentre la foto della Nikon brillava di luce propria.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span id="more-1916"></span> Sempre insieme allo stesso amico decidemmo nel <strong>Maggio del 2006</strong> , poco prima di <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2008/05/20/la-grande-avventura-americana/" target="_blank">partire per gli USA</a> così da avere qualche mese per impratichirci, di acquistare la nostra <strong>prima vera macchinetta fotografica</strong> : la <a href="http://www.nital.it/experience/d50.php" target="_blank">Nikon D50</a> . Una <span class="wikiterm" >reflex</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/reflex" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: reflex" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> che ci accompagna tutt&#8217;ora e <strong>frutto di tante soddisfazioni</strong> .</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Dopo quasi <strong>3 anni di uso amatoriale della mia reflex</strong> ho, finalmente, deciso di imparare ad usarla <strong>seriamente </strong> iscrivendomi (sempre insieme ad <strong>AlexB</strong> che in questo caso ho trascinato io in questa avventura) ad un <a href="http://www.officinefotografiche.org/Detail.aspx?id=1b1baeb4-dd68-4ff1-8a09-e63ea8f1fccc" target="_blank">corso di fotografia base</a> presso l&#8217;Associazione Culturale <a href="http://www.officinefotografiche.org/" target="_blank">Officine Fotografiche</a> , consigliatami da <a href="http://www.fotoglt.it/" target="_blank">un altro amico fotografo</a> molto bravo.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Stasera alle <strong>21 </strong> ci sarà la prima di <strong>una serie di lezioni di teoria</strong> che dureranno fino a fine Giugno e che si intervalleranno ad uscite sul campo per effettuare <strong>prove pratiche</strong> .</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Potete tenere d&#8217;occhio i miei (spero) <strong>progressi </strong> dando un&#8217;occhiata, di tanto in tanto, al <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/" target="_blank">mio album su flickr</a> !</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">L&#8217;immagine di <strong>Bart </strong> è stata ottenuta grazie al <a href="http://www.addletters.com/bart-simpson-generator.htm" target="_blank">Bart Simpson Chalkboard Generator</a> .</p>
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