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Ciao from Italy!

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  • Ciao to all, :)
    I'm Sara, I write from Trieste, Italy, a town east of Venice where I live with my fiancee … and Biagio, our year-and-a-half male basenji.. (by the way in Italy Saint Biagio protect and support those suffering from sore throat! ;) )

    We chose to take Biagio home after visiting a sort of pet shop where he was kept alone in a box, and was destined to an ugly end because he was nearly 3 months old at that time and had his nose completely pink, yet. :mad:

    He is absolutely sweet and easy going with most other dogs and cats, and, eventually, his nose is almost totally black (last summer he got sunburnt during a boat trip since it was still pink!)

    Sorry for my English, I will certainly read as much as I can of the forum, but it would be more difficult for me to reply or to tell my stories.. :rolleyes:

    Anyway, happy to be get to know this community!!

    I'm not sure if it is right to write it here, but for those of you who knows a little bit of Italian... take a look here (we're a lively community and loooooove to host new guests from around the world!)

    http://basenji.hyperboards.com/index.php

    Sara

  • Welcome!! I have never been to Italy but that is where my boyfriend has said he wanted to get married when we met so It must be beautiful!!

  • Hello and welcome…Italy is a beautiful country...I have several items in my home purchased there...your English is great...

  • Buongiorno Sara!! Sono Americana pero io amo Italia!! Mio preferito posto per visitare :) Non parlare bene Italiano :D :D

  • Welcome! I'd love to go to Italy, maybe one day. Your english is very good. And jys you're italian is great!

  • Hello and welcome! I hope you can post pictures soon!

  • Welcome! Welcome! I can't wait to visit Italy someday. I am hoping that i will get to go there on my honeymoon, whenever I get married anyways. That was a very touching story about how you got your puppy. I can't wait to see pictures. :)

  • Hello and Welcome to the Forum.

  • Greeting from Europe ( Poland):) :) :)

  • Welcome! Here's a toast to Leonardo! You didn't know Mona Lisa had a Basenji did you.

  • Wilkommen! :) Yeah I know it's German, but I'm from Germany (while living in America) teehee

    I loved Pompeii and Capri (went to Italy last year with my mom)

    Glad to see you guys here with your B!

  • Welcome to the forum, it is a great place to share Basenji information and make new friends! Since you are Italian, you know the meaning of my Basenji girl's name… Bella Bambino Biamondi (she is a girl... my Italian is limited to a few words and I found out later it should have been Bambina). The Biamondi is similar to my great-granparents last name whe they came to America from Italy! :D :D :D :D I dream of someday traveling to Italy!!! Hopefully my dream will come true...

  • @nobarkus:

    Welcome! Here's a toast to Leonardo! You didn't know Mona Lisa had a Basenji did you.

    errr.. no I didn't actually!

    I need a little time to understand how to post some pics,
    I'll try!

    Thanks to all for your welcome, now I take a ride (;) ) in thw threads.. and read something more about your experiences! :)

    Sara

  • @bellabasenji:

    Welcome to the forum, it is a great place to share Basenji information and make new friends! Since you are Italian, you know the meaning of my Basenji girl's name… Bella Bambino Biamondi (she is a girl... my Italian is limited to a few words and I found out later it should have been Bambina). The Biamondi is similar to my great-granparents last name whe they came to America from Italy! :D :D :D :D I dream of someday traveling to Italy!!! Hopefully my dream will come true...

    well English speaking you have less problems with gender!!! Anyway, Bella Bambino is a real good name!
    this reminds me there was a mare (I think at the beginning of the XIX cent., in England), a pure bred, called Signorina (=miss) who never won a race, and her owner had no money to find a famous stallion for her, but she fell in love at first sight with a stalion, not a real winner… Signorinetta (little signorina) arrived eleven months later and she became a very super star and won lots of races!!! that's the power of love!

    Sorry, I like this true story so much I wanted to tell you! :)

    Sara

  • Thank you for sharing your story. It is nice :) :)

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