{"id":12938,"date":"2016-11-18T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=12938"},"modified":"2016-11-18T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T12:00:31","slug":"a-beautiful-november-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/a-beautiful-november-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beautiful November Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #333399\"><b>Oggi \u00e8 una <\/b><b>stupenda<\/b><b> mattina di novembre: <\/b><b>l&#8217;aria \u00e8<\/b><b> fredda ma <\/b><b>il<\/b><b> cielo<\/b><b> terso \u00e8 di un bellissimo<\/b><b> azzurro intenso<\/b><b>, e i colori autunnali rallegrano i monti intorno a noi. La mente vagabonda torna ad un&#8217;altra mattina di novembre di tanti anni fa.<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"> Today is a wonderful November morning: the air is chilly but the clear sky is a beautiful blue, and the autumnal colours cheer up the mountains around us. My wandering mind goes back to another November morning from many years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12942\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Le-Mura-di-Lucca-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Le Mura Di Lucca 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12942\"  alt=\"Le Mura di Lucca in autunno.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Le-Mura-di-Lucca-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Le-Mura-di-Lucca-001.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Le-Mura-di-Lucca-001-350x212.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Le-Mura-di-Lucca-001-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Le Mura di Lucca in autunno.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Avevo 15 anni e frequentavo <\/b><b>il<\/b><b> Liceo Classico di Lucca, una scuola molto severa e all&#8217;antica, dove gli insegnanti non facevano mai un complimento agli studenti, ma li denigravano soltanto, <\/b><b>&#8220;<\/b><b>perch\u00e9 le lodi rammolliscono!<\/b><b>&#8220;<\/b><br \/>\nI was 15 years old and studied at the Liceo Classico in Lucca, a very strict and old style school, where the teachers never paid a compliment to the students, but only denigrated them, &#8220;because praise weaken!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Particolarmente <\/b><b>dura<\/b><b> era la <\/b><b>p<\/b><b>rof<\/b><b>essoressa<\/b><b> Guidi, insegnate di Lettere<\/b><b>. Le sue parole preferite erano: &#8220;Ma cosa ci venite a fare a scuola, a scaldare i banchi? Non meritate di stare qui, fate solo sprecare i soldi ai vostri genitori e tempo a me. E pensare che ci sono tanti ragazzini molto pi\u00f9 dotati di voi che meriterebbero di essere a scuola, ma non se lo possono permettere! Andate piuttosto a farvi una girata, che vi farebbe meglio!&#8221;. <\/b><b>Tutte le mattine <\/b><b>la stessa litania.<\/b><br \/>\nSchoolmistress Guidi, the literature teacher, was particularly harsh. Her favourite words were: &#8220;What do you come to school for, to warm up the seats? You don&#8217;t deserve to be here, you only waste your parents&#8217; money and my time. And to think that there are many children much more gifted than you who deserved to be in school and can&#8217;t afford it! You should go for a stroll instead, that would be better for you!&#8221;. Every morning the same litany.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Ma torniamo alla nostra bella <\/b><b>mattina<\/b><b> di novembre. Un<\/b><b> giorno<\/b><b> arrivo a scuola e sul portone trovo un picchetto di studenti: sciopero! <\/b><b>Per quale motivo non me lo ricordo, sicuramente niente di veramente importante, probabilmente una motivazione politica inventata dagli studenti pi\u00f9 anziani per evitare un test.<\/b><br \/>\nBut let&#8217;s go back to our beautiful November morning. One day I arrive at school and at the main entrance I find a picket of student: strike! The motive for it I cannot remember, definitely nothing really important, probably a political motivation made up by the senior students to avoid some tests.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Io e i miei compagni di classe stiamo per un po&#8217; fuori dalla scuola a vedere cosa succede. <\/b><b>Il pensiero<\/b><b> di andare a fare la solita marcia di protesta davanti al Comune non ci <\/b><b>attrae<\/b><b>. Cosa facciamo? Ad uno di noi viene un<\/b><b>&#8216;<\/b><b>idea<\/b><b> <\/b><b>brillante: &#8220;E&#8217; una bellissima mattina<\/b><b>ta<\/b><b>, perch\u00e9 non prendiamo le bici e andiamo a farci una girata?&#8221;<\/b><br \/>\nMy classmates and I stand outside the school\u00a0for a while to see what is going to happen. The thought of going for the usual march in front of the Council offices doesn&#8217;t attract us. What shall we do? One of us comes up with a brilliant idea: &#8220;It&#8217;s a beautiful morning, why don&#8217;t we take the bicycles and go for a ride?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12943\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/_fabrizio_\/5119930823\/in\/photolist-8NqZ4n-nupSLo-c1TUmd-boqgqT-aCscGj-dmcLcD-7LAmRJ-7Lwo7g-c1UbSS-7LAmhs-7LAswy-99AT8o-c1TRqN-99xoWY-9pbfMk-99uFdR-7LAnnG-7Lwopn-9a6qu5-99xJmV-7LAmbQ-7LAok3-99Qmcj-c1U2wA-99xruS-98gQ1e-99xram-7LwnSt-99uFL4-c1U13S-99MkF6-7LwnGp-7LAmGE-7LwnAx-7LAn2m-ALZsyE-ALZocd-NM3kSy-NM2M9N-NM2Huy-P2TTS4-EzDDbX-NH1yRN-P76oU1-P2rjM8-P2m7Jv-AFBWWf-NFohvu-NFochJ-Ey2xCF\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Autunno Bici\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12943\" class=\"wp-image-12943 size-full\"  width=\"800\" height=\"596\" \/ alt=\"Autunno Bici\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici-768x572.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>Photo CC by Fabrizio Sciami <\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Tutti d&#8217;accordo! Lasciamo le cartelle a casa di Angelica, che abita nel palazzo accanto alla scuola, <\/b><b>r<\/b><b>imediamo un po&#8217; di biciclette, e partiamo! <\/b><b>Facciamo il giro delle mura della citt\u00e0 e poi lungo il fiume Serchio. <\/b><b>Una mattina di libert\u00e0, sole, cielo azzurro, aria fresca<\/b><b> e <\/b><b>esercizio<\/b><b>:<\/b><b> che meraviglia! &#8220;Beh, questa volta la Guidi non ci pu\u00f2 sgridare, abbiamo seguito il suo consiglio!&#8221; dice<\/b><b> <\/b><b>Massimo <\/b><b>soddisfatto<\/b><b>, quando a mezzogiorno e mezza ci ripresentiamo puntualmente davanti alla scuola.<\/b><br \/>\nWe all agree! We leave our schoolbags at Angelica&#8217;s house, who lives in the building next to the school, get hold of some bicycles, and set off! We cycle around the city walls and then along beside the river Serchio. A morning of freedom, sun, blue sky, fresh air and exercise: wonderful! &#8220;Well, this time Guidi cannot scold us, we have followed her advice!&#8221; says Massimo with satisfaction, when we punctually reappear in front of the school at half past twelve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici-350x261.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/autunno-bici.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Oggi \u00e8 una stupenda mattina di novembre: l&#8217;aria \u00e8 fredda ma il cielo terso \u00e8 di un bellissimo azzurro intenso, e i colori autunnali rallegrano i monti intorno a noi. 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