"L'Arte ti fa gli auguri". Il MiBAC ti regala un ingresso gratuito al museo nel giorno del tuo compleanno

La promozione consiste in un ingresso omaggio per i cittadini italiani e dell'Unione Europea ai luoghi della cultura statali nel giorno del proprio compleanno, esibendo la carta d'identità al botteghino.
Nel caso in cui il giorno del compleanno coincida con la chiusura dei luoghi, l'ingresso omaggio sarà valido per il giorno successivo a quello di chiusura.
Le categorie già destinatarie di agevolazioni riceveranno un ingresso omaggio per un accompagnatore che non goda degli stessi benefici.
Un regalo che il MiBAC intende offrire quale invito a trascorrere una giornata di festa alla scoperta del nostro ineguagliabile patrimonio culturale. La promozione rientra nel quadro delle iniziative messe in campo per celebrare il 150° anniversario dell’Unità d’Italia, con la consapevolezza che il nostro patrimonio culturale sia un forte collante nazionale e motivo di orgoglio patriottico.
"L'Arte ti fa gli auguri" rappresenta quindi la prima iniziativa del MiBAC per un 2011 che punti a confermare ed incrementare gli ottimi risultati ottenuti nel 2010 in termini di aumento di visitatori e di incassi nei luoghi della cultura statali, dopo anni di trend negativo.

    

Informazioni, agevolazioni d'ingresso e ricerca dei luoghi della cultura.
   
Per maggiori informazioni: www.beniculturali.it.
   
Ultimo aggiornamento: 15/02/2011

La mostra "Biodiversità. Ieri, oggi, domani" dal 1° marzo al 31 marzo 2011 presso l'Orto Botanico di Padova

Dal 1° marzo al 31 marzo 2011 la mostra "BIODIVERSITÀ. IERI, OGGI, DOMANI" presso l'Orto Botanico di Padova.

Esposizione dal taglio divulgativo e scientifico. Le diverse sezioni della mostra intendono ricostruire tutta la tematica che ruota attorno alla biodiversità, attraverso materiali provenienti dalle collezioni dei musei scientifici e supporti multimediali e video proiezioni. Sul sito il calendario aggiornato degli appuntamenti, conferenze, seminari e spettacoli.

   

Ultimo aggiornamento: 31/12/2010

   

Fonte: www.turismopadova.it

Lanzarote!

We had a peaceful Christmas night on the sea with 20-25 knots of wind coming from the NW, right on the beam. 240 nm was quickly done in 39 hours. This is how it looked when arriving to the islands this morning- It is so hot over here, one could almost mistake these islands to be Caribbean ones. Sorry for the bitchy-early-morning-look on my face but that's how it goes when trying to avoid getting too much sun in the eyes while balancing with a bony ass trying not to fall over board and at the same time dying for getting back into the cockpit to enjoy Christmas breakfast with my baby.

Anyway, now we're finally here! I'll speak to you later. /T

Phuket Street Show Festival 2010

And now for something completely different... Phuket has all kinds of festivals during the year. Some are national (Songkran, Loy Krathong); some are related to Phuket's history (Vegetarian Festival, Heroines Festival); and some are very local festivals such as the Kathu Village Fair that I have attended the last 2 years (see links to information about all these festivals at the end of this page). Now something new! The Phuket Street Show, the first time there has been a festival like it, and based on the reaction, I'd say there's a good chance there will be another one next year. I saw the event mentioned in the local news websites and there was also a website (in Thai), and the event was sponsored by the TAT, but was certainly not heavily promoted in the tourist areas, it was more of a local event. Nevertheless, I'd say all our friends knew about it and lots of them went. I managed to go on Saturday evening, but was working late other days - my wife took the kids on Friday and Sunday too!

The festival took place along Thalang Road, in old Phuket Town - below, a photo of Thalang Road taken on Saturday evening. Lots of people... there were about 6 different stages set up along the street stretching from the TAT office to the Thai Hua museum, about half a kilometer of entertainment!



On Saturday, we arrived quite early - the shows started 5pm, and carried on until 11pm. Before 6pm the streets were not too busy, but after dark it got pretty crowded along Thalang Road. Between the stages lots of vendors were selling food such as mango and sticky rice, or little Thai style doughnuts (see pictures below). Our kids along with some of their friends, set up camp at "stage 3" and watched a man doing a balancing act, followed by a flea circus.



I wandered off to take photos. The street got pretty busy by the time darkness fell. Street vendors selling food and drinks were doing good business. After a couple of hours a very cold beer was welcome :)





I never had a chance to see it all, I walked down to watch acts at other stages, but my eye was more drawn to the crowd than the show. The kind of comedy that appeals to Thai people is slapstick, silly faces, exaggerated postures, and a couple of the stages had acts just like this ... I love to see happy faces. This event made people happy. You could feel the happiness in the air. I love the photo below. Smiles.



What were they watching? Clowns. Good old fashioned clowns. Thai style.



Once our kids had finished at "Stage 3" we walked further up the road. Thankfully on this warm evening, I was able to find a cold beer. And my son was able to help one musician with his act. Drums. One of these days, my son is going to ask for drums for Christmas. Not this year. First we have to build the soundproofed room.



We headed to the stage outside the Thai Hua museum. A crowd of about 300 watched as a drumming troupe starting banging. Drums! Our son gradually worked his way forward until he was sitting near the front. These guys were good. A great show.



A few more of the performers ... I did not get to see them all. Acrobats I did not see - blurry photo below taken by my daughter on her little pink Sony Cybershot. She also took a couple of wobbly videos which I might try to upload later.





A light rain fell, just a few drops, not enough to stop the show. But it was getting late for the kids. This was a fun event. Hope it happens again. If you were here in Phuket and missed it, take note - Phuket Town is the place to be for local life, events, festivals. I didn't know about the street show myself until a couple of weeks before. It's worth keeping your eyes on local websites or follow me on Twitter!

More Festivals in Phuket ...

• Vegetarian Festival
• Heroines Festival
• Songkran
• Loy Krathong
• Kathu Village Festival

Oh, and Merry Christmas!

Goodbye Morocco

The lunch is eaten (grilled turkey with rice cooked in garlic and red pepper).

The dessert is enjoyed (my delicious nutella cheescake - will post the recipe here one day if you'd like to try it).

The autopilot is repaired for now.

Rods and reels are prepared. Planning on catching some big mamas this time. Will keep you posted.

The wash is dried.

And we're ready to leave Africa and head towards the Canaries, por fin. It was a very pleasant stop, but now we're more than done with Morocco for this year and this time around. We will spend our Christmas eve on the ocean battling some 3-4 meter (9-13 foot) seas from the NW that are forecasted for the next 48 hours, but rather that than having to wait here for a longer time. We're ready to move on and so is our boat. Have a beautiful Christmas eve tomorrow if we do not speak before then. Will keep you updated from the sea when I have the chance. / T&A

Chilling in Agadir

Like I said earlier, we haven't done much else than relaxing lately. Still waiting for the gale to move on up North so we can leave towards the Canary islands and get on that Atlantic crossing asap. We're dying to get started with it. Until then we'll continue with what we do best right now. Chilling out, eating, surfing (in dirty water), sleeping and reading... we're getting a bit restless over here yeah, but what to do. /T

The thing

So this is the piece of steinless steel that got damaged. It's called tiller bracket, maybe? Anyhow it is this thing, of two, that is mounted around the stock (is it called stock?) My vocabulary for mechanics and technicalities in English is as poor as my interest in the same. And Alex word knowledge in these type of things are mostly limited to French words. Luckily we have you guys, all of the experts out there, who have taught me a couple of things already so please inform me of what this is as well, will you. Anyway, words are just words and luckily Alex is an expert when it comes to the actual work around them - mounting, installing, fixing etc.

As you can see, this thing which earlier was ripped apart is now welded back together (although very poorly done by the Moroccan workshop we left it to but that's another story) and hopefully it will hold together for a while. /Taru