I have been scouring the online weather forecasts and they seem to be forecasting a lot of snow particularly around central Italy. Is there any in Marche?
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When we opened up our house at the beginning of August we found a number of rather unsavoury looking large caterpillars with black leathery backs and which had a habit of curling up and hiding under curtains.No idea how they got in but does anyon
Thu, 09/08/2011 - 06:28
We have a rather ugly 1960's style street lamp attached to the corner of our house which tends to attract all sorts of undesirable bugs in the evening which have a habit of flying in through any open windows nearby!We should have thought about it
Wed, 08/17/2011 - 12:55
We would love to go walking/hiking in the Sibillinis when we next visit Le Marche in April but our problem seems to be that we can never find where you can readily access the mountains on foot. We even visited the Sibillini tourist office to get s
Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:05
We are lucky enough to be in Le Marche for new year's eve this year and were wondering what to expect in terms of local celebrations etc. Are we likely to be dancing in the piazzas till the early hours or safely tucked up in bed?
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 07:58
Friends of ours are planning on staying in and around Assisi/Perugia next summer and have asked if anyone has details of any decent agriturismos in the area?
Wed, 11/18/2009 - 08:02
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I had to "laugh" when I saw this thread. When our builder was carrying out the exercise he was also digging down to get rid of the traces of cattle urine etc as it was an old stable on the gound floor. He hurriedly called us over to Italy one weekend to show us that the walls of the house ended up finishing about 3 feet above the level he had dug down to and with no foundations although I couldnt understand his surprise bearing in mind it was at least 100 years old! Inevitably this resulted in great deal of time and expense underpinning the walls and inserting a seismic "skirt" around the perimiter. So be warned!
Funnily enough on the blue directional sign for the nearby hamlet of "Aliforni" someone deftly changed this to "California" last summer! Was a very professional job!
We came across a family of 5 when returning one evening to our house - amazing to see.They seem to be mainly nocturnal creatures but I didn't know they shot at you! What I find most odd is the fact that outside Africa ( I believe) they can only be found in Italy! I am guessing the Romans introduced them to the country but I find it odd they didnt spread into other countries.Would be fascinated to know the story..!
Allan I never was muchgood at physics! It does seem odd that some types are better than others. We also have one of those halogen type heaters which seems to be all glow and no heat but I guess it is possibly more down to the method of heating the air rather than the output ie a convector throws the heat straight up whereas others are a bit more subtle!
I tend to agree with Fillide on this - in our house we rely on the stuffa for heating the downstairs but electric heating upstairs. We have a motley collection of fan, oil filled and convector heaters and find the fan is best for a quick fix but is noisy, that the oil filled are pretty hopeless and dont seem to do much at all but that the convectors give of a very evident warmth which tends to keep the room at a decent constant temperature even if on the lowest 750w watt setting. I dont know if everybody else finds the same? I am often amazed when I go into a shop to see them with the oil filled radiatior as they seem to make no difference at all! And on the subject of 1kw creating the same output regardless I am not sure this is right! Having tested my daughter recently on GCSE physics it is all apparently down to the efficiency of the unit. A fan heater for example uses some of the 1kw to overcome the friction to turn the fan ane even the noise given off by it is a form of dissipation of some of the energy. Similarly an electric bar heater uses some of its energy to create the orange glow not to heat. Surely someone somewhere must have done a study to establish the most efficient form of heater in this eco conscious world!
To you all for your input - I will follow up on the maps/books and will try the drives too!
Thanks for all the helpful comments - will probably head into San Sev (we are about 10 minutes away) to see what is going on but am interested to see the restaurants seem to be charging as much as in the UK for an evening out which does mount up if there are 5 of you!
All I would say is to leave a fairly large contibgency in as well. The problem I found with the prices quoted from the Geometra's book is that it relies upon him specifying absolutely everything that might have to be done in terms of labour and materials to complete the job. We found that despite being told by the geometra that ours covered "tutti" , on day 1 of works the builder came up with a list of other things that the geometra hadn't included!
Thanks for the info - I am sure they will read with interest!
Doesn't appear to be any dress code - the locals seem to go to town and dress up for the evening but have seen some in shorts and teeshirts - all fairly relaxed overall! I would say the dress code is determined by the price of your seats as much as anything else - some fabulous outfits in the stalls but more casual in the boxes.You can take refreshments in with you - saw several with coolboxes and bottles of wine but again can only speak of our experience in the boxes. There is a small crush bar which is worth a visit in the intervals just to savour the experience of being packed in with hundreds of Italians all after a quick caffe!