Wind Mill Diaries

On Saturday 18th of April was Giulia's 28th birthday. This is how we celebrated it:

MENORCA SUMMER 2020

Italians Abroad Easter Lunch Smashed Potatoes Pie Rice Timbale Yogumisù Easter Monday Barbecue Home Edition Fried Bread Balls Caramelised Onions Fried Sobrasada                  

The lockdown has been extended till the 26th of April and it will probably last even more.  Since recreational activities for children (including Casal ones) are, rightly, suspended, Molí de Baix has created an online magazine addressed to children and teenagers suggesting activities to do at home. The magazine is titled I ara que fem?  ("And now what?!"), it's out online once a week and it collects recipes, handicrafts, physical exercises and ideas from Casal workers and Casal users as well. I'm handling the section of games and puzzles, with comic strips, labyrinths, word search puzzles and "spot the differences" drawings. Here the first volume, at Molí de Baix Facebook page. Kids are decorating windows and terraces with drawing rainbows  with the hashtags #istayathome and #everythingisgonnabefine [Picture from the web]

On the 18th of March a picture of a long queue of army trucks leaving the Italian city of Bergamo has been spread all around the world, showing for the first time how sirious the coronavirus emergency had become. The army trucks were carrying away dead bodies to be cremated in other city because the city crematory was insufficient for the number of daily deaths. Bergamo is my home town, my family live there, and this impressive image struck me very hard. Just after seeing it I realized how bad was the situation there and I started to be worried for the people I know. I feel deeply powerless for beeing far away, but even if I was there, it would be impossible to take care of ill relatives and friends. When someone dies, he/she dies alone, without farewells, hugs, funeral. Hope this will finish soon, everywhere. Bergamo, Italy, 18/03/2020