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At last we had snow as well...after it has covered the almost entire Europe from east to west. Tonight was our turn, and it was not even a small snowfall. It lasted about two hours. Four centimeters of white powder are covering everything now. Everything is silent. It may snow some more in the night, Maybe one shower or two. I am honest, I didn't expect it. I didn't expect a snowfall. I was about to go to sleep, when I saw a Facebook update "It's snowing...!". What...???? It can't be...I run to the window, and with my great surprise I saw big white flakes falling down from the sky, starting to cover streets and cars, roofs and trees. Unbelievable. It called me, the snow called me for a walk. So I went out, walking on Whiteladies Road, towards the Downs and seeing cars struggling to reach the top of Black Boy Hill. Now I am seated on the armchair in the living room with a warm cup of fennel tea, telling about this great surprise I received tonight.

18 December 2009 will be a day that every Tuscan snow-lover will remember for long time. One of the greatest snowfall in the last 10-15 years, the first big snowfall I have missed on my land. Yesterday night I was so envy reading, in different bogs, all the posts coming from there, or simply looking at the Fabebook status updates and pictures from my friends. We had some proper snow last year, so I don't want to complain too much...but England is not the right place for it...I new it since the beginning. And also, the snow in your land, is always different. It's your snow.
It's unbelievable how I never get bored of it. A snowfall is something I could stare for hours...always the same, but always different.  A snowfall is something I could listen for hours...in all its loud silence. And then walking out...hear the steps, the only sound that breaks that silence, in the fresh powder, and feel the flurrying flakes caressing the face...it is something magic, something relaxing, something that gives me great emotions. Honestly. Only who share this passion with me can understand, for the rest it would sound weird. Not for me!

Ladies and Gentleman...hello everybody...and welcome...! Finally after 6 months the blog has its new style...and what a style...!!!
As I said the day I moved out from Hughenden Road finding a new title and a new design  would have been possibly the most difficult task, and indeed it has been... Maybe it's me being picky, but my idea was that until I didn't find something that satisfied me, I would have kept the temporary version alive...So I did.
And here we are now...! 18 Hughenden Road become officially MyMeSsYBloG. The URL changed as well to www.mymessyblog.vox.com. However the old one is still valid, so if you end up there you will be redirect to this address. It is a funny coincidence (is it a coincidence?!?!?!) that the new version of the blog is launched exactly two years later the first post. It was 16 of December 2007...a century ago!
Why my messy blog...? Well, just look at it, read it and it is clear...! There is not an order in the blog...it's all a mess, it just follows the stream of events, the stream of my mind... and as the time goes by it talks about me, about weather, possibly snow, about Airbus and airplanes in general, about Fiorentina and son on...there are pictures, videos, music...it's mostly in English, but not only...sometimes in Italian as well...it's a bit of everything...a mix of everything... bits and bobs here and there. Someone would say say a messy blog for a messy bloke...I disagree.
In part.

It is a great emotions to see a plane taking the sky...it is bigger when it is the first time, it is the biggest when you spent years working on that program. Today shortly after 10 o'clock, the A400M, the first military Airbus aircraft took the sky from Seville for the first time in its life. It landed almost 4 hours later still in Seville. Personally I have not worked on this project, but lots of my friends have...and they still are...I am happy for them and proud of them. I know went through very hard time in the past months, and I bet they feel very satisfied tonight. A400 M is now the new baby of our family. We had live broadcast for the two key phases, the take off and the landing, and with all the other colleagues we gathered in the coffee shop area to watch it on Airbus TV. I saw already the A380 maiden flight live, back in 2005, so this was my second time to witness something like that. Every time a new airplane flies, it  brings on board new technologies and ideas; so today 11 December 2009 it is not only a milestone in Airbus history, it is also a date to remember in the aerospace industry. Well done guys...!

Liverpool-Fiorentina 1-2. Basterebbe solo questo a dir tutto...e invece c'e' di piu'...c'e' l'orgoglio di una citta' intera, dimenticata dal calcio Italiano, e dei suoi 3000 alfieri sulle tribune di Anfield....Una citta' che ieri sera si e' addrmentata (scommetto a fatica) e stamani si e' svegliata con gli occhi ancora increduli per l'impresa dei suoi eroi...
Era il 27 Ottobre del '99, la ricordo bene quella notte...esattamente 10 anni fa...e adesso come allora, in maniera diversa, ma uguale, si rivive una serata che faremo fatica a dimenticare
Eppure non e' un dejavu'...circostanze diverse, squadre diverse, prospettive diverse... Ma quante somiglianze...il nome di uno stadio che evoca leggenda...il nome di una squadra che dall'alto delle sue 5 Coppe Campioni vinte incute timori e paure...Ma  la Fiorentina non ne ha... Un primo tempo dove non meritiamo di stare sotto...un secondo dove loro sono parsi piu' arrembanti...intenzionati a chiudere la partita, a dimostrare all'Europa del calcio che il verdetto del campo che dice Fiorentina agli ottavi, Liverpool in Europa League dev'essere uno strano errore di uno strano destino...ma quando crediamo di essere sulle gambe e iniziamo a pensare che in fondo sarebbe stato davvero troppo, quando sembra di non farcela di non averne piu' dopo un primo tempo dove abbiamo corso piu' che rincorso, ecco che di colpo accade qualcosa. Una ripartenza veloce sulla destra, velo di Santana, assist del Gila e Martino...troppo lento x il calcio di oggi forse...ma che non segna mai gol banali... Li e' cambiata la partita...alle 21.05 ora locale...61 minuto di gioco...Liverpool-Fiorentina 1-1. Torres per Kuyt, il Liverpool non ci sta...ma la Fiorentina, che non si accontenta solo di un passaggio del turno, insperato il giorno dei sorteggi, che non si accontenta solo di un pareggio ad Anfield, vedi sopra, non e' li per caso...dentro Vargas(!), Marchionni e poi Nacho... I cambi danno coraggio alla squadra...fiducia ai tifosi: proviamoci, ce la possiamo fare. Questione di mentalita', di una mentalita' che pian piano stiamo acquisendo, sotto la paziente, metodica e costante cura del nostro Cesare...Un paio di sfuriate loro, e un paio di cross di Gerrard, di quelli che fanno male...arriva il 92' e l'ennesimo attacco del Liverpool sventato da Frey...e allora palla per Pasqual, poi Vargas, che prova lo scavetto, che vince un rimpallo e di forza prende il tempo al difensore, un'occhiata nel mezzo, il cuore che si ferma per qualche momento, un cross perfetto, rasoterra, il respiro che si trattiene, il Gila che la impatta la palla prendendo contro tempo il portiere...black out...son attimi, che mi rivedo da ieri sera, son sensazioni, sentimenti, emozioni...urla, salti, abbracci e lacrime.
Non c'e' stato lo stillicidio di Wembley, quella dolce e interminabile sofferenza...non c'era tempo...Palla al centro, pochi secondi e arriva il fischio che sancisce in maniera indelebile un pezzo di storia della nostra Fiorentina. E' finita...e' finita...e' finita. Come la mia voce. Tornera'.

"A true football lover MUST see a game at Anfield once in his life". I have always heard it, since I follow football...therefore since I was maybe 4 or 5...! That day has come...that day is tomorrow...And it is not a game...it's Fiorentina playing. A dream.
It is not the first time I am gonna see a match in Liverpool. It is not the first time I am gonna see Fiorentina playing there. Previously though it was Everton-Fiorentina and Everton-Liverpool, both at Goodison Park. Tomorrow night I will be only few yards away, on the other side of Stanley Park. It will be a great emotion hearing the Kop singing you will never walk alone , it will be a great emotion being there tomorrow night, regardless the final score. We are already qualified. Juventus is not.

Allright...let's show to the world a bit of the golden Airbus world...! Actually the video is quite cool and plenty of nice shots and people...! I suggest it to watch it till the end...It's worth it...! :)

I do not want to celebrate Guns N' Roses 17 years after the release of their single...but rather spent few words on the month just gone from a meteorological point of view. Where to start from? Well definitely from this...in November we had rainfall for 27 days out of 30...believe it or not that's it. As a consequence, the past month has been the wettest of the year by far, as well as the wettest since I am here by far. The total rainfall was 207.8 mm. Just for comparison, before this month, the wettest was December 2007 with 155.2 mm, more than 25% less. Considering that the total rainfall from January 1st is 717.4 mm, that means the 29% of the total rainfall (so far) in just a month. The second wettest month since I am here is now December 2007 with 155.2 mm, more It has been a rather windy month as well. Max gust at 75 km/h, but in general a quite strong westerly wind has blown for most of the time. Sun hours, and here we laugh...51.6 hrs in total...i.e. 1h 40' average per day...! I don't need to add anything else. The only thing that was missing in this November 2009 is frost...we haven't gone below freezing yet...but here we are...December is starting and right now there is +1.1 C˚. Tonight can be the night.

So i decided to create a second blog...this time only football related...or maybe only Fiorentina related... I will see how it goes...sometimes I feel I have no time for this one...so it looks difficult to go on with two at the same time...but at the end of the day it is not a job, therefore I will write when only I fancy it here and there...It was actually a bit that I was thinking to do that...I needed a bit of time...and here I am...on air again with a new diary...!
The URL for the new blog is www.purplebristol.vox.com. You can add it to your favourites...! :)