Friday, June 25, 2010

A Poem About What Happens In Cellular Respiration

2010 Program of the districts up for grabs in 2010

publish the program of the districts up for grabs this year organized by the GS Castionetto.

From June 20 to July 4 and from July 5 to July 18.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Do You Cut The Onion When Cooking Silverside?

Gita Valchiavenna

Today we went for a trip already postponed to April due to bad weather.

Unfortunately today the weather has not given us a hand!

Given the forecast is not so bad, some predicted worsening with time variable by 17, we decided to brave the season that year was very rainy.

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Castionetto Leaving at 8 am, to meet in Sondrio and Massimo Nicola. Unfortunately

just entered Chiavenna it started raining, arrived in Borgonuovo under waterfalls dell'Acquafraggia ( another link) at 10 rain became more insistent.

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We are refugees in the bar to reschedule the day, get to Savogno in those conditions it was unthinkable, and after a quick consultation we decided to visit the palace Vertemate ( another link).

Fortunately there were no reservations, and our group of about 25 people was exactly what you need for a group tour, which began at 10.30.

The caretaker was really good to introduce the wonders of the building and involve children, a little 'demoralized by the failure to climb to Savogno for a couple of hours.

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while it poured outside.

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Chiavenna At 13 we went to eat at the very moment when the rain gave a break

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After lunch we went to visit the collegiate ( another link), with its baptismal font of 1156.

As time seemed to turn for the good we decided to reverse the last part of the trip as planned.

using the bike path that runs alongside the mere , we headed towards Prosto ... from that moment on, no more rain!

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On the way we admired a pot of giants.

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Once in Prosto we exploited the hospitality crotto of Belvedere which allowed us to get to the bottom of the crotto ( another link) to see where it exits the Sorèl .

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After going to take some biscuit Prosto ( another link), we returned to the waterfalls dell'Acquafraggia.

Since we could not get on Savogno where, shelter, waiting for us to foil pie and saw that "if Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain Muhammad goes "... we went to the departure of the cable car place where, after fifteen minutes of waiting, the mountain ... er ... the cake came from us!

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Borgonuovo In the park so we ate the cake, before returning to 18 per Castionetto.

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All a bit 'tired for the day, there has nevertheless engaged in a walk long enough, at 19.15 we were in Castionetto.

Savogno remains a goal that we have promised to reach next year!