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		<title>Il Barbone delle Dune</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Negli anni passati si organizzavano spesso feste sulla spiaggia. Compleanni, lauree, partenze e altro erano tutte ottime scuse per portare un tavolino sull&#8217;arenile di OstiaW e colmarlo di decine di bottiglie di alcolici e stuzzichini che venivano, immancabilmente, mangiati con una buona dose di sabbia.
Le feste erano tutte divertenti e finivano, quasi sempre, bene.
La storia [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3127" style="float: left;" title="falò sulla spiaggia" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/falò-sulla-spiaggia.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="129" />Negli anni passati si organizzavano spesso <strong>feste sulla spiaggia</strong>. Compleanni, lauree, partenze e altro erano tutte <strong>ottime scuse</strong> per portare un tavolino sull&#8217;arenile di <span class="wikiterm" >Ostia</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostia" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Ostia" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> e <strong>colmarlo di decine di bottiglie di alcolici e stuzzichini</strong> che venivano, immancabilmente, mangiati con una <strong>buona dose di sabbia</strong>.</p>
<p>Le feste erano tutte divertenti e finivano, <strong>quasi sempre</strong>, bene.</p>
<p>La storia che vorrei raccontarvi oggi ha per protagonista lo stesso <strong>Gab </strong>che nell&#8217;ultima festa, quella del <strong>2008</strong>, <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2008/07/27/lost-in-the-beach/" target="_blank">tentò di abbandonarmi sulla spiaggia</a>.</p>
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<p>La festa, <strong>a base di alcol e insalata di riso sabbiosa</strong>, era stata preparata per festeggiare il compleanno di una nostra amica.</p>
<p>Il buon Gab, dopo le prime ore, <strong>aveva già tracannato come un cammello</strong> e aveva smesso di connettere già da svariati minuti quando improvvisamente, spiegandoci che <strong>voleva andare a vedere il mare</strong>, era <strong>scomparso nel buio della notte</strong> dirigendosi verso il bagnasciuga.</p>
<p>Quella sera <strong>non c&#8217;era la luna</strong> e, al di fuori del <strong>cono di luce</strong> creato dalle torce che illuminavano l&#8217;accampamento, <strong>regnava il buio più assoluto</strong>. Per questo motivo, appena ci rendemmo conto del fatto che Gab, in quello stato, <strong>sarebbe potuto scomparire facilmente in mare</strong>, <strong>lui era già scomparso</strong>.</p>
<p>Iniziammo a cercarlo sparpagliandoci sulla spiaggia e <strong>chiamando a gran voce il suo nome</strong> e solo dopo <strong>parecchi minuti</strong> uno di noi ebbe la <em>fortuna </em>di imbattersi in un <strong>grosso sacco di patate</strong> abbandonato in un angolo: era il buon Gab che, <strong>preso dal sonno</strong>, giaceva a <strong>pancia sotto</strong> sulla fredda e umida spiaggia.</p>
<p>La festa era finita per cui, <strong>ripulita la spiaggia dall&#8217;immondizia e da Gab</strong>, discutemmo su chi dovesse essere il fortunato che avrebbe dovuto riportarlo a casa e la sorte <strong>baciò la mia bocca</strong>.</p>
<p>Caricato sulla macchina facemmo una prima sosta un bar di Ostia nella speranza che un buon caffè <strong>potesse donargli nuovamente un aspetto umano</strong>.<br />
 Mentre parcheggiavo sul lungomare <strong>rischiammo la rissa</strong>: Gab, da dentro la macchina, <strong>incominciò freneticamente ad additare una tizia</strong> che ci veniva incontro <strong>lodandone le graziose forme</strong> e non fermandosi neanche quando ci era arrivata, oramai, davanti.<br />
 <strong>La cosa brutta</strong> era che la tizia era accompagnata da <strong>un armadio di muscoli</strong>. <strong>La cosa bella è che l&#8217;armadio ci risparmiò</strong>.</p>
<p>Nel bar Gab prese un caffè che <strong>incominciò a mischiare come se dovesse montare la panna</strong>. Ma nonostante questo il barista non fu attratto da questa scena quanto <strong>dal volto di Gab</strong> dal quale non staccò mai gli occhi &#8211; sgranati &#8211; di dosso.</p>
<p>Mi soffermai anche io ad osservarlo ma a parte <strong>la sua solita incolta barbetta</strong> non notai nulla di strano.</p>
<p>In macchina, alla luce dell&#8217;abitacolo, <strong>tutto mi fu chiaro</strong>: quella incolta barbetta non era altro che <strong>una uniforme panatura di sabbia</strong> che Gab aveva acquisito dopo essere stato <strong>sdraiato per terra</strong> durante la festa.</p>
<p>Lascio questo mio scritto come <strong>memento per i barboni della spiaggia che verranno</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/alcol-non-è-un-gioco.jpg" rel="lightbox[2391]"><img class="size-full wp-image-3131 aligncenter" title="alcol non è un gioco" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/alcol-non-è-un-gioco.jpg" alt="L'alcol non è un gioco" width="432" height="528" /></a></p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/06/09/ancora-unaltra-equazione-differenziale-e-poi-la-rivincita-a-tetris/' title='Ancora un&#8217;altra equazione differenziale e poi la rivincita a Tetris'>Precedente della serie</a> </div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Flash dal passato</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/06/01/il-piccolo-davide-e-il-golia-alcolizzato/' title='Il piccolo Davide e il Golia alcolizzato'>Il piccolo Davide e il Golia alcolizzato</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/06/09/ancora-unaltra-equazione-differenziale-e-poi-la-rivincita-a-tetris/' title='Ancora un&#8217;altra equazione differenziale e poi la rivincita a Tetris'>Ancora un&#8217;altra equazione differenziale e poi la rivincita a Tetris</a></li><li>Il Barbone delle Dune</li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/02/09/noi-e-la-nostra-amica-la-ragna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancora ripieni del cibo accuratamente stivato nei nostri stomaci la sera prima durante la cena alla Bodeguita del Medio, la mattina del 3 Agosto, passando per Plaza de la Revolución, lasciamo finalmente l&#8217;Avana per fare rotta per la Valle ViñalesW.
La Valle ViñalesW, come ci insegna la buona Wikipedia, è una depressione carsica di inusuale bellezza. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ancora ripieni del <strong>cibo accuratamente stivato nei nostri stomaci</strong> la sera prima durante la cena alla <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Viñales-zona-residenziale.jpg" rel="lightbox[2631]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3037" style="float: left;" title="Viñales-zona-residenziale" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Viñales-zona-residenziale.jpg" alt="Viñales-zona-residenziale" width="194" height="188" /></a><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bodeguita_del_Medio" target="_blank">Bodeguita del Medio</a>, la mattina del <strong>3 Agosto</strong>, passando per <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_de_la_Revoluci%C3%B3n" target="_blank">Plaza de la Revolución</a>, lasciamo finalmente l&#8217;<strong>Avana</strong> per fare rotta per la <span class="wikiterm" >Valle Viñales</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_Viñales" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Valle Viñales" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup>.</p>
<p>La <span class="wikiterm" >Valle Viñales</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valle_Viñales" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Valle Viñales" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup>, <strong>come ci insegna la buona Wikipedia</strong>, è una depressione carsica di <strong>inusuale bellezza</strong>. E&#8217; punteggiata di paesi e cittadine di varie dimensioni e <strong>dal 1999 è Patrimonio dell&#8217;Umanità</strong>.</p>
<p>Nel tardo pomeriggio, dopo parecchi impegnativi chilometri, arriviamo  a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1ales">Viñales</a> dove il gruppo viene diviso in <strong>due alloggi diversi</strong>: noi capitiamo in una <strong>piccola casettina abbarbicata su una collinetta</strong> con l&#8217;entrata su una strada sterrata e l&#8217;altro lato, quello con l&#8217;ingresso della nostra stanzetta, affacciato su <strong>una vasta e incolta distesa erbosa</strong>.</p>
<p>Le <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_particular" target="_blank">case particular</a> sono generalmente <strong>molto semplici</strong> ma queste di <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C3%B1ales">Viñales</a> le battevano tutte: la stanza era piccola e veniva tenuta fresca da un vecchio e rumoroso condizionatore che aveva visto &#8211; <em>forse </em>- tempi migliori. In fondo alla stanza un bagnetto completava l&#8217;alloggio.</p>
<p>La <strong>porta era sigillata e così la finestra</strong>: ogni pertugio meticolosamente tappato da <strong>gomme e guarnizioni</strong>.<br />
 Avremmo dovuto <strong>intuire qualcosa</strong> da questi indizi?</p>
<p><span id="more-2631"></span>Dopo esserci sistemati trascorriamo il resto del pomeriggio visitando il paesino e ad una certa ora torniamo ognuno nelle rispettive case per darci una rinfrescata prima della cena che avevamo deciso di fare tutti assieme nella casa dove si trovavano i nostri amici.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Viñales-chiesa.jpg" rel="lightbox[2631]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2846   aligncenter" title="Viñales - chiesa" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Viñales-chiesa.jpg" alt="" width="371" height="246" /></a></p>
<p>Verso le 21 esco dalla porta della nostra stanzettina per andare a cena nella casa vicina, distante poche centinaia di metri.<br />
 <strong>La luce è fioca</strong>. Non esiste illuminazione stradale, <strong>in verità non esiste quasi neanche una strada</strong>.</p>
<p>Nell&#8217;oscurità, però, <strong>vedo un piattino per terra</strong> a pochi centimetri da me. Ad occhio sembrerebbe <strong>un piattino da frutta</strong> ma &#8230; che ci fa un piattino da frutta per terra davanti alla mia stanza con <strong>otto zampotte pelose</strong> e tanti, ma <strong>tanti occhietti blu</strong>?</p>
<p>Quasi soffocato dall&#8217;<strong>antica e incontrollata fobia per i ragni</strong> (che raggiunse l&#8217;apice quella volta in cui <strong>palpeggiai il morbido addome di un grosso ragno</strong> peloso in occasione della visita alle <strong>Grotte di Frasassi</strong> .., ma questa è un&#8217;altra storia!) rimasi a lungo immobile a <strong>fissare lo sgradito ospite &#8230; e lui rimase altrettanto tempo a fissare me</strong>.</p>
<p>Il resto delle azioni si svolsero a velocità della luce. Rientrai come <strong>una palla di cannone</strong> in stanza per cercare la macchinetta fotografica e, pochi secondi dopo, ero nuovamente fuori <strong>armato della mitica </strong>(e oramai <strong>scomparsa </strong>&#8230; ma anche questa è un&#8217;altra storia!) <strong>D50</strong>.</p>
<p>Avvicinandomi il più possibile (cioè <strong>quanto mi permetteva l&#8217;istinto di conservazione</strong>) immortalai la simpatica creatura in una serie di scatti e, completata la missione foto-reportistica, mi ritrovai con la necessità di invitare la <strong>sgradita ospite</strong> ad allontanarsi dai miei alloggi.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Viñales-La-Ragna.jpg" rel="lightbox[2631]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2840 aligncenter" title="Viñales - La Ragna" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Viñales-La-Ragna.jpg" alt="Ragna" width="383" height="254" /></a></p>
<p>Per <strong>indicarle la via</strong> provai pestando <strong>un colpo forte in terra</strong> ma non sortendo alcun effetto dovetti ripetere l&#8217;operazione <strong>più volte e più forte </strong>(pure la ragna <strong>sorda </strong>ci era capitata &#8230;.) per riuscire, alla fine, nell&#8217;intento di sfrattarla dal nostro pianerottolo.</p>
<p>La sera, a cena, feci vedere la foto del <strong>Mostro </strong>alla nostra padrona di casa che prima &#8211; <strong>preoccupatissima </strong>- mi chiese se l&#8217;avessi toccata (certo: io appena vedo <strong>un piattino da frutta peloso</strong> non resisto alla tentazione di <strong>andare a pettinarlo</strong>) e poi, saputo che mi ero limitato a fotografarla liquidò la cosa dicendo che <strong>si trattava solo</strong> de &#8220;la ragna &#8230; <strong>non fa male</strong> &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Quella sera, per sicurezza, <strong>controllai comunque bene sotto il letto</strong> prima di coricarmi &#8230;</p>
<p>Il giorno successivo lo trascorriamo visitando il paesino e facendo una gita per le <strong>piantagioni di tabacco e di canna da zucchero</strong> dove ci venne offerta una bibita ottenuta dalla <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3937401878/in/set-72157622220341645/" target="_blank">spremitura della canna da zucchero e servita all&#8217;interno di un pompelmo</a>: squista!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Viñales-canna-da-zucchero-e-pompelmo.jpg" rel="lightbox[2631]"><img class="size-full wp-image-2839 aligncenter" title="Viñales - canna da zucchero e pompelmo" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Viñales-canna-da-zucchero-e-pompelmo.jpg" alt="" width="366" height="242" /></a></p>
<p>In quell&#8217;occasione <strong>interrogo la nostra guida</strong> sulla ragna, mostrandogli <strong>la solita foto</strong>. Il tizio ci dice che <strong>la creaturina non uccide</strong> &#8230; almeno nella maggior parte dei casi.<br />
 Ha, comunque, <strong>la spiacevole abitudine</strong> di lasciare nella carne del malcapitato i suoi simpatici <span class="wikiterm" >cheliceri</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/cheliceri" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: cheliceri" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> (&#8220;le tenaglie&#8221;) e oltre a <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morsicatura_di_ragno" target="_blank">tutti i disagi dovuti alla morsicatura</a> c&#8217;è anche da aggiungerci, quindi, il fatto che appena morso <strong>ti ritrovi svariati etti di ragno attaccati al (per esempio) braccio</strong>, che devi afferrare il simpatico &#8220;ospite&#8221; con la mano libera e <strong>strappartelo di dosso</strong> e che poi <strong>devi correre a farti operare per rimuovere i <span class="wikiterm" >cheliceri</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/cheliceri" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: cheliceri" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup></strong> &#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y7RM8VeXJk"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/5Y7RM8VeXJk/default.jpg" width="130" height="97" border=0></a></p>
<p>Hanno ucciso l&#8217;<strong>Uomo Ragno</strong> &#8230;</p>

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 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/09/18/itinerario-e-foto-di-cuba/' title='Itinerario e foto di Cuba'>Precedente della serie</a> <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'>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>Noi e la nostra amica &#8220;la Ragna&#8221;</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>Holiday on Ice</title>
		<link>http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[La lunga vacanza nelle terre dell&#8217;Est è finita già da qualche tempo ma torno a scrivere solo ora perchè la Rivolta dell&#8217;Elettronica non è ancora finita &#8230;
Ho scoperto che il mio simpatico pc ha deciso di bruciare qualche slot per la ram per cui dei 4 moduli di cui dispongo ne posso tenere installato solo [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dead-in-the-Snow.jpg" rel="lightbox[3009]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3011" style="float: left;" title="Dead in the Snow" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dead-in-the-Snow.jpg" alt="Dead in the Snow" width="186" height="123" /></a>La lunga <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/" target="_blank">vacanza nelle terre dell&#8217;Est</a> è finita <strong>già da qualche tempo</strong> ma torno a scrivere solo ora perchè la <a href="http://www.madgrin.com/2009/12/26/le-emergenze-informatiche-natalizie/" target="_blank">Rivolta dell&#8217;Elettronica</a> non è ancora finita &#8230;</p>
<p>Ho scoperto che<strong> il mio simpatico pc</strong> ha deciso di <strong>bruciare qualche slot per la ram</strong> per cui dei <strong>4 moduli</strong> di cui dispongo <strong>ne posso tenere installato solo uno</strong>.</p>
<p>Grazie a questo unico modulo, però,<strong> sono riuscito a recuperare i miei preziosi dati</strong> dai miei dischi in raid e così a breve (anche in base alla risposta che riceverò dal centro assistenza) il pargolo verrà inviato in riparazione.</p>
<p>Della vacanza scriverò qualcosa nei prossimi giorni mentre per le foto, che al solito necessitano di un pò di post produzione, <strong>bisognerà aspettare il ritorno del pargolo</strong>!</p>
<p>Perchè <strong>Holiday on Ice</strong>? Chiedetelo al <strong>sindaco </strong>di <span class="wikiterm" >San Pietroburgo</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Pietroburgo" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: San Pietroburgo" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> che ha deciso di non spalare <strong>l&#8217;abbondante neve caduta</strong> sperando in qualche giorno di sole che non c&#8217;è stato!</p>
<p>Risultato:<strong> la città era completamente sommersa dalla neve e ghiacciata!</strong></p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Precedente della serie</a> </div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Capodanno 2010</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Dalla Russia col Piumone</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/' title='20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca'>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</a></li><li>Holiday on Ice</li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</title>
		<link>http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Con la tappa di oggi concludiamo i nostri giri atterrando a KievW, in UcrainaW.
In 3 giorni tenteremo di farci una idea di questa lontana capitale dell&#8217;est e, finalmente il 10 Gennaio, prenderemo l&#8217;ultimo volo per tornare a casa a Roma.
Tenetevi pronti per la solita massiccia dose di foto!
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<p style="text-align: left;">Con la tappa di oggi <strong>concludiamo i nostri giri</strong> atterrando a <strong><span class="wikiterm" >Kiev</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Kiev" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup></strong>, in <strong><span class="wikiterm" >Ucraina</span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ucraina" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: Ucraina" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup></strong>.</p>
<p>In <strong>3 giorni </strong>tenteremo di farci una idea di questa <strong>lontana capitale dell&#8217;est</strong> e, finalmente il <strong>10 Gennaio</strong>, prenderemo l&#8217;ultimo volo per tornare a casa a <strong>Roma</strong>.</p>
<p>Tenetevi pronti per la <strong>solita massiccia dose di foto</strong>!</p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/' title='Holiday on Ice'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Capodanno 2010</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Dalla Russia col Piumone</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/' title='20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca'>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</a></li><li>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/' title='Holiday on Ice'>Holiday on Ice</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MadGrin</dc:creator>
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E&#8217; capodanno e il programma sarebbe quello di fare un salto in Piazza RossaW almeno fino a che siamo in grado di sopportare il gelo polare!
Domani, invece, si parte per San PietroburgoW.
 La città è sul mare e quindi, forse, troveremo qualche grado in meno e, da quello che ci hanno detto, una città meravigliosa!
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<p style="text-align: left;">E&#8217; <strong>capodanno </strong>e il programma sarebbe quello di fare un salto in <span class="wikiterm" ><strong>Piazza Rossa</strong></span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/<strong>Piazza_Rossa</strong>" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: <strong>Piazza Rossa</strong>" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup> almeno fino a che siamo in grado di <strong>sopportare il gelo polare</strong>!</p>
<p>Domani, invece, si parte per <span class="wikiterm" ><strong>San Pietroburgo</strong></span><sup><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/<strong>San_Pietroburgo</strong>" target="_blank" title="Da Wikipedia la definizione di: <strong>San Pietroburgo</strong>" class="wikiicon" ><em>W</em></a></sup>.<br />
 La città è <strong>sul mare</strong> e quindi, forse, troveremo <strong>qualche grado in meno</strong> e, da quello che ci hanno detto, una <strong>città meravigliosa</strong>!</p>
<p>Non ci resta che augurarvi un <strong>fantastico</strong></p>
<h1 style="color: #e42506; text-align: center;">BUON ANNO!</h1>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Capodanno 2010</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Dalla Russia col Piumone</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/' title='20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca'>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</a></li><li>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/' title='Holiday on Ice'>Holiday on Ice</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MadGrin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Il viaggio verso la Grande Madre Russia è iniziato!
Al momento della pubblicazione di questo articolo dovremmo essere in viaggio verso Mosca dove dovremmo arrivare nel tardo pomeriggio.
La cosa divertente è che &#8211; per puro caso &#8211; il 27 mattina, a poca distanza da noi, dovrebbero essere partiti anche i nostri storici compagni di viaggio con [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/antonov225mriya.jpg" rel="lightbox[2987]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2986" style="float: left;" title="antonov225mriya" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/antonov225mriya.jpg" alt="antonov225mriya" width="199" height="244" /></a>Il viaggio verso la <strong>Grande Madre Russia</strong> è iniziato!</p>
<p>Al momento della pubblicazione di questo articolo <strong>dovremmo </strong>essere in viaggio verso <strong>Mosca </strong>dove dovremmo arrivare nel <strong>tardo pomeriggio</strong>.</p>
<p>La cosa divertente è che &#8211; per puro caso &#8211; il 27 mattina, a poca distanza da noi, dovrebbero essere partiti anche i nostri <strong>storici compagni di viaggio</strong> con destinazione opposta alla nostra: <strong>New York</strong>!</p>
<p>Se le <strong>temperature glaciali</strong> non ci faranno fuori nei primi giorni di permanenza a Mosca avrete nostre notizie dal <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MadGrin" target="_blank">mio account Facebook</a> o <a href="http://brightkite.com/people/MadGrin" target="_blank">da quello di Brightkite</a>!</p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/' title='20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Capodanno 2010</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Dalla Russia col Piumone</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/' title='20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca'>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</a></li><li>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/' title='Holiday on Ice'>Holiday on Ice</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</title>
		<link>http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/17/20-ottimi-motivi-per-rimanere-a-mosca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Per sempre &#8230; chiusi in un blocco di ghiaccio!
Servizio offerto da TimeAndDate.com
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<p><strong>Per sempre</strong> &#8230; chiusi in un <strong>blocco di ghiaccio</strong>!</p>
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 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Precedente della serie</a> <a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Prossimo della serie</a></div><div class=’series_toc’><h3>Indice della serie Capodanno 2010</h3><ol><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/11/dalla-russia-col-piumone/' title='Dalla Russia col Piumone'>Dalla Russia col Piumone</a></li><li>20+ ottimi motivi per rimanere a Mosca</li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/27/dicembre-andiamo-e-tempo-di-migrare/' title='Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;'>Dicembre andiamo, è tempo di migrare &#8230;</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/12/31/capodanno-in-piazza-rossa/' title='Capodanno in Piazza Rossa'>Capodanno in Piazza Rossa</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/07/di-ritorno-dallucraina/' title='Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina'>Di ritorno dall&#8217;Ucraina</a></li><li><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2010/01/19/holiday-on-ice/' title='Holiday on Ice'>Holiday on Ice</a></li></ol></div>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Autostrade della Paura</title>
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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>
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<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>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>
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<div  style="text-align: center;"  class="xmlgmdiv" id="xmlgmdiv_26"><iframe class="xmlgm" id="xmlgm_26" src="http://www.MadGrin.com/wp-content/plugins/xml-google-maps/xmlgooglemaps_show.php?mygooglemapid=26" style="border: 0px; width: 430px; height: 350px;" name="Google_My_Map" frameborder="0"></iframe></div>
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<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" 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<h1><strong>Messico</strong></h1>
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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>
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<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.
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 <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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		<description><![CDATA[I giorni successivi trascorrono molto piacevolmente e tranquillamente. L&#8217;Havana si rivela essere una città tanto bella quanto calda e che esploriamo girando quasi sempre a piedi nascondendoci in qualche bar all&#8217;aperto alla ricerca di un pò di frescura quando le temperature diventano insostenibili.
All&#8217;Havana non hanno ancora scoperto l&#8217;uso della tanto amata-odiata aria condizionata. Anche i [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madgrin/3923960198/in/set-72157622220341645/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2782" style="float: left;" title="Hotel Nacional de Cuba" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Hotel-Nacional-de-Cuba-300x199.jpg" alt="Hotel Nacional de Cuba" width="227" height="149" /></a>I giorni successivi<strong> trascorrono molto piacevolmente e tranquillamente</strong>. L&#8217;Havana si rivela essere una città <strong>tanto bella quanto calda</strong> e che esploriamo girando <strong>quasi sempre a piedi</strong> nascondendoci in qualche bar all&#8217;aperto<strong> alla ricerca di un pò di frescura</strong> quando le temperature diventano insostenibili.</p>
<p>All&#8217;Havana<strong> non hanno ancora scoperto l&#8217;uso della tanto amata-odiata aria condizionata</strong>. Anche i centri commerciali (ne abbiamo trovato uno che, forzando un pò la mano, si potesse definire così) sono fornaci nelle quali muoversi diventa<strong> una sfida ai limiti delle capacità del corpo umano</strong>.</p>
<p>E&#8217; una rara &#8211; se non unica &#8211; eccezione l&#8217;<a href="http://www.hotelnacionaldecuba.com/en/home.asp">Hotel Nacional de Cuba</a>,<strong> un bellissimo Hotel </strong>a 5 stelle che andammo a visitare il terzo giorno delle nostre visite cubane.<br />
 Come ogni altro giorno la temperatura esterna rasentava i <strong>35° C</strong> ma all&#8217;interno della costruzione ci aspettava un piacevole <strong>10° C</strong>.</p>
<p>Una delle<strong> regole del viaggiatore minchione</strong> ( © <a href="http://www.vagabonding.org/" target="_blank">Vagabonding</a>) insegna che<strong> i bruschi cambi di temperatura</strong> possono essere nocivi ai nostri <strong>pancini </strong>ma tanta era la gioia di poter stare <strong>qualche minuto senza grondare sudore</strong> che &#8211; a momento &#8211; ci preoccupammo poco di questa cosa.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span id="more-2780"></span>Usciti dall&#8217;Hotel decidemmo di andare a vedere la gelateria <a href="http://www.coppelia.cl" target="_blank">Coppelia</a>. <strong>Coppelia </strong>è il marchio di una catena di gelaterie molto popolari a Cuba. Quella dell&#8217;Havana sorge in un<strong> enorme parco</strong> disseminato di<strong> migliaia di tavolini</strong>, <strong>ombrelloni e punti ristoro</strong> dove prendere un gelato servito in coppette di plastica. Come molte cose a Cuba i turisti sono separati dai cubani e così ci ritrovammo seduti in una zona periferica del parco.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Coppelia.jpg" rel="lightbox[2780]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2791 aligncenter" style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Coppelia" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Coppelia-300x199.jpg" alt="Coppelia" width="400" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>Sarebbe stata una piacevole pausa se il mio pancino,<strong> messo a dura prova dal brusco cambio di temperature di cui sopra</strong>, non avesse incominciato a<strong> reclamare a gran voce</strong> un rapporto intimo con un<strong> Trono di Ceramica</strong>. Per sua (e mia) sfortuna la giornata era bella e così<strong> la gelateria-parco era strazzeppa di gente</strong> che, oltre consumare gelati, occupava i bagni (chiamare bagno quattro tavole di legno che nascondono un buco<strong> forse è un pò esagerato</strong> &#8230;)</p>
<p>Facendo uso di<strong> avanzatissime tecniche di controllo Zen</strong>, comunque,<strong> riuscii a calmare il pancino</strong> e &#8211; anzi &#8211; tanto fu il successo che decisi &#8211; inconscientemente &#8211; di <strong>prendere anche io il gelato</strong>.</p>
<p>Fu quella<strong> la mossa più furba della mia vita</strong>: pochi minuti dopo averlo finito il desiderio che prima era forte<strong> era diventato impellente</strong> tant&#8217;è che salutati bruscamente i miei amici<strong> corsi in strada alla ricerca di un taxi</strong> con l&#8217;unico pensiero in testa di <strong>ritornare all&#8217;albergo</strong> (casa era troppo lontana).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Taxi-cubano.jpg" rel="lightbox[2780]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2792" title="Taxi cubano" src="http://www.madgrin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Taxi-cubano-300x199.jpg" alt="Taxi cubano" width="400" height="265" /></a></p>
<p>La fortuna volle che<strong> in strada era pieno di taxi</strong> e che il traffico fosse leggero cose che mi consentirono di arrivare all&#8217;Hotel <strong>contenendo a stento una pressione intestinale di parecchie decine di atmosfere</strong> e raggiungere il bagno che mi apparve come la <strong>Terra Promessa</strong> per Mosè.</p>
<p>Quello che accadde dopo<strong> non è adatto alle vostre tenere e impressionabili menti</strong> vi basti solo sapere ancora oggi,<strong> ogni sera</strong>, accendo un cero all&#8217;albergo per ringraziarlo di <strong>essere stato lì nel momento del bisogno</strong>!</p>
 <div class=’series_links’><a href='http://www.MadGrin.com/2009/10/25/hai-una-saponetta/' title='Hai una saponetta ?'>Precedente della serie</a> <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'>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>Freddo infame</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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