tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post1978355205791194334..comments2024-02-08T21:04:53.966+01:00Comments on News from Italy: Festa della Madonna del Monte - 14 Maggio 2010LindyLouMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-20669175311749782602010-06-07T18:34:53.431+02:002010-06-07T18:34:53.431+02:00Joyce and bella -Sorry it has taken me so long to ...Joyce and bella -Sorry it has taken me so long to respond to your kind comments, so glad you enjoy a little bit of Italy via my blog.LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-44262654359168103182010-05-22T00:04:25.185+02:002010-05-22T00:04:25.185+02:00Linda, what extraordinary photos....I feel as if I...Linda, what extraordinary photos....I feel as if I am right there witnessing this. I am also in tears as I have never visited Italy. Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you and your blog. Blessings, Roz (aka bella)Roz | La Bella Vita Cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213914189813413673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-41104341709776561302010-05-21T23:24:56.484+02:002010-05-21T23:24:56.484+02:00Linda , Had a great time reading your blog , and a...Linda , Had a great time reading your blog , and admiring the photos We have had rain , and wind ,too .Love , Joyce .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00508243679154191964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-19166277736373168332010-05-20T18:06:53.127+02:002010-05-20T18:06:53.127+02:00Sarah Elizabeth - it has been the wettest spring s...Sarah Elizabeth - it has been the wettest spring since we arrived here in 2004! These local festas are one of the many things I especially enjoy about life in Italy.<br />Rowena -Please, summer has just shifted this year!<br />Paige - Welcome and thankyou, hope to see you here again.<br />Talli - Glad you enjoyed the post.<br />Maggie - Too far out of Marta fortunately and great idea for Dorking!<br />Mya - We actually live just outside Marta, but also own a little holiday house right on the lakeside, for the use of family and friends.<br />Diane - We most certainly are happy here, bet you cannot wait for your husband's retirement. Maybe you can come and visit us in Italy one day?<br />Georgianna - That is one of the things I find so great about the world of Blogging being able to experience life around the globe so easily.LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-13261579118531494912010-05-19T23:04:02.364+02:002010-05-19T23:04:02.364+02:00How marvelous this is, Linda! Thank you so, so muc...How marvelous this is, Linda! Thank you so, so much for all the detail and the photos. It makes it possible experience something that I probably will never get to in person. Have a great rest of the week. – gGeorgiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298718026210625558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-12143552111455281722010-05-19T10:51:10.730+02:002010-05-19T10:51:10.730+02:00Thanks for visiting my blog. This fiesta sounds li...Thanks for visiting my blog. This fiesta sounds like great fun and the pictures bring it all to life. You are obviously as happy out of the UK as we are! I want to visit Italy, but it will only be after my husband retires. The little leave he gets is very special for us to be together in our home in France at present. My hair dresser from S.Africa is Italian and he has now returned there, I would love to see him again. DianeDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782670749466305626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-70877627369292601792010-05-19T07:52:00.922+02:002010-05-19T07:52:00.922+02:00In America there are only a few seasonal tradition...In America there are only a few seasonal traditions - too bad. Traditions becomes foundations that unite a commmunity, etc.<br />Thank you for posting the events.<br />Loved the picture of the children sharing the umbrella and wearing their scarfs. <br />Glad to see that the work is progressing on "the street where you live." (isn't that a song?)<br />It looks like they are doing a very nice job. <br />Have a wonderful week, Lindy LouMyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065742730008687282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-60295136278398657582010-05-18T19:07:51.004+02:002010-05-18T19:07:51.004+02:00Oh that looks and sounds like such fun! You may n...Oh that looks and sounds like such fun! You may never have been up at 4.30 a.m. to see the beginning of the procession but I bet you were woken up by the fireworks, drums and bells! Or are you just a bit too far out for that? Anyway, it sounds terrific - it would be so nice to have things like that here! Mainland Europe does seem to have lovely festas and so forth. Perhaps we could lobby for a Running of the Bulls through Dorking.....what do you think?!!!Maggienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-64895496847882762252010-05-18T10:22:59.936+02:002010-05-18T10:22:59.936+02:00I loved reading this, and seeing the photoes. I fi...I loved reading this, and seeing the photoes. I find these kind of festivals so fascinating! Thanks, Linda!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-47526339558119369962010-05-18T03:48:16.842+02:002010-05-18T03:48:16.842+02:00I've been hopping from blog to blog and I foun...I've been hopping from blog to blog and I found yours - hello! <br /><br />This festival looks grand! Nice photos. <br /><br />I'm an American expat living in UK. It's nice to read about other people living in a home away from home. :)paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771871442051868808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-37093875634135466972010-05-17T23:01:47.332+02:002010-05-17T23:01:47.332+02:00Oh this looks like such a fabulous event! Love th...Oh this looks like such a fabulous event! Love the floats and parade participants, and you are so right to have said that these are the sort of things that make it so wonderful to live in Italy. Already looking forward to fall's events (as it seems that summer is simply not going to arrive in these parts).Rowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335673619430109527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-64100190346022822672010-05-17T22:54:39.515+02:002010-05-17T22:54:39.515+02:00What a lovely festival. I love all of these festiv...What a lovely festival. I love all of these festivals that are so unique to every town or village. There is always something going on. I wanted to go to the Festa dei Ceri in Gubbio on Saturday but the weather was just so miserable. When is it going to stop raining??Sarah Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17056904503443805398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-62267770349751140922010-05-17T18:15:48.282+02:002010-05-17T18:15:48.282+02:00Thanks Carol, it seems that despite the weather yo...Thanks Carol, it seems that despite the weather you managed to have a good weekend as well. It is never normally like this in May :(LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764019643275791818.post-23920768259017481842010-05-17T16:58:03.048+02:002010-05-17T16:58:03.048+02:00Linda, your fotos are terrific. Wish we could hav...Linda, your fotos are terrific. Wish we could have come to the festa. We did get to the Pugnaloni Festa yesterday though, on our return trip from Siena. The festa was magnificant, and the sbandieratori were amazing. Would just love it if the weather would cooperate a little.carolhttp://ouryearinitaly.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com