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Happy New 2011 and Christmas!

Time: 00:41. On the motorway I was recorded by Italian standards, the polar temperature as 12 degrees below zero, at the entrance to the glorious city of Alba noticeably warmer right up to minus 8-9. To understand how it feels in such a warm winter weather Piedmontese is to multiply these figures by 2 and add a small breeze, piercing you fresh Alpine air, a little damp from St. Petersburg - and the trick is done. Be assured that your favorite down jacket, "Montclair" and "Boots" will be useful.

What unites Russia from Piedmont, not counting the huge number of events of cultural, sports, science, and series of historical facts, so it climate, and, accordingly, the love of high-calorie meals and alcoholic beverages from wines and spirits to more options for the type of grappa, whose popularity grows proportionally slide down column of mercury. More unites us anxious attitude to Christmas and New Year period, when for a couple weeks there are the following great opportunity:
- spending trindatsatuyu salary or the tenth, the resulting delay, buy a mountain right gifts for yourself, loved ones, so is unnecessary and gave away gifts to friends, relatives and colleagues (after which they may be exchanged for another year, at a convenient peredarivayut your friends, There's even a chance that the result of any of the return of gifts to you in twelve months or even earlier);
-call for all those who for a year is not rang;
-empty home bar with bottles stockpiled, it begs for a long time;
- consume so much food, which did not dream camel stored fat for several weeks in advance. And how is it can not be there to drink, no biting;
- sacrificing watching a movie "Enjoy Your Bath" and above pastime flee away. For example, in Italy. Where holidays look about the same as in Russia, but you are home vanity не касается,  не надо тратить время на приготовление холодца и стругание салатиков,  вы наслаждаетесь прекрасным: любуетесь на украшенные улицы и витрины,





in the morning in the cafe popular among inhale the aromas of vanilla and drink cappuccino and eating it hunk panettone or pandoro,

merges with talking loud crowd of local residents , scurrying between the stores in search of gifts (and you quietly pass by them, bearing in mind future discounts; of this fact and also that where the Outlets, we Russians know and remember, perhaps, even better than the Italians themselves),

photograph dostroprimechatelnosti, the final day of a glass of excellent Piedmont red wine,
accompanying excellent bollito misto with naivkusneyshimi sauces in a tavern "The old rooster in the center of Alba (bollito misto - it slices of boiled pork, veal, meat, the young bull, tongue, pork sausage kotekino, parts of the pig head, such as the cheeks, kurinoe myaso, served with sauces Bagneux rosso, verde (bagnet rosso, verde), mustard, mayonnaise.

If you're lucky, you'll find here and of the owner of an institution - the former vice-mayor of Alba Julia.

Minister Berlusconi government Mara Karfanya and Giulio Abbate
Now if Julio are still responsible for the organization to work with sister cities, Alba would become sister city of Peter, such a project existed, but has sunk into oblivion because of with the change of administration. The holiday stomach one of the many desserts, accompanied by heating ladies capita wine Passito di rukè, admiring through the steamy window at the happy glowing Via Cavour, you understand that knowingly made a visa, looking for a flight to Turin, bought an evening dress on the last day before departure.

cake with apples, berries and dzabayone

walnut cake (cake di nochchole) and dzabayone
dessert "Mont Blanc", whipped cream
Because in the coming days you will find a New Year dinner in a typical, or as they say now, authentic atmosphere, the continuation of a banquet at the disco with newly made friends from the Italian to the next table, tours, tastings, cooking classes, chocolate lab, shopping, skiing in the mountains, thermal baths.
Happy Holidays! Happy New Year and Christmas, wherever you may have noted them.
Long live the dolce vita! To your health! Cin-cin!

PS gone looking for an evening dress ...
By the way, what to wear under it? The Italians have a tradition to give at Christmas red underwear.
Note the number of red lingerie stores and departments. Lift your mood with this positive, cheerful colors :-)