{"id":176,"date":"2006-07-07T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sararosso.com\/wordpress\/2006\/07\/07\/saying-goodbye-to-pavia\/"},"modified":"2006-08-18T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2006-08-18T19:45:16","slug":"saying-goodbye-to-pavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/07\/saying-goodbye-to-pavia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying goodbye to Pavia"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>See the Italy-Germany goals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corriere.it\/Speciali\/Extra\/2006\/Germania2006\/articoli\/pop_telecronache.shtml\">broadcast in Arabic, Chinese, and other languages.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hilarious Public Service Announcement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noticeyournuts.com\/main.html\">viral video for testicular cancer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A wonderful,  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inventables.com\/Product\/ConceptStudio.asp?i=11&amp;t=4\">minimalist toaster<\/a> that I love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We had grand plans for leaving Pavia &#8211; we were going to make the rounds at all of our favorite places,  have a nice dinner (with real tablecloths!) out, eat a big ice cream at one of the best gelaterias in Italy, and go for leisurely bike rides to remember the green countryside and beautiful sunsets.<\/p>\n<p>What happened is a frantic stuffing of items into boxes, grining and bearing it through countless train delays, braving the mosquitoes to get a pizza a portar via (to go) or to watch the game in the few minutes we were still awake before collapsing into bed. Needless to say, it wasn&#8217;t the most beautiful way to say goodbye to a home we lived in for over a year and a half.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I&#8217;ve decided to do a virtual goodbye tour through Pavia, with some highlights and addresses that you can use if you ever decide to go there, which I&#8217;ll post soon.<\/p>\n<p>But first, I&#8217;ll leave you with a view of what happens when the suoceri (SWOH-chair-ee) from Puglia come into town for the weekend. This must have been one of the most expensive home-delivered meals ever. La Melanzane Parmiggiana (Eggplant parmesan) Notice our little mozarella nodini, little knots, in the background.<\/p>\n<div>Buon weekend a tutti!\n<\/div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.sararosso.com\/images\/parmigiana.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See the Italy-Germany goals broadcast in Arabic, Chinese, and other languages. Hilarious Public Service Announcement viral video for testicular cancer. A wonderful, minimalist toaster that I love. We had grand plans for leaving Pavia &#8211; we were going to make the rounds at all of our favorite places, have a nice dinner (with real tablecloths!)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/07\/saying-goodbye-to-pavia\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,2,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-food","category-italy","category-pavia","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-2Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/29\/pavia-the-last-frontier\/","url_meta":{"origin":176,"position":0},"title":"Pavia: the Last Frontier","author":"Sara, Ms Adventures in Italy","date":"November 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"So, last weekend (19\/20th) being such a beautiful weekend, I decided to bring my camera around with us as we went on our bikes around town. 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