Ciao a tutti! I’m wondering if anyone has ever driven to Italy with dogs and cats in their car? I’m moving over to Molise in about 4 months time and right now my main concern is how to get my little gang over there.
Has anyone else noticed a problem with items being posted from the UK to Southern Italy? My friend lives in Molise and usually when I post something it takes about 7 days at the most (this has been the case for the last 5 years or more). Now how
Has anyone heard about possible strike action at Stansted? I've just been watching the ITV news, they were talking about the proposed strike action by BAA then threw in the line 'that coupled with possible strike action at Stansted' but didn't go
Yes, I've tried that but I need to get to Molise so the drive is a drag, about 4 and a half hours and what with the crazy drivers on the autostrada and the fees (much more expensive than paying the M6 toll!) it's easier to fly from Stansted. Plus for my return flight I have to leave Molise at about 5am to get to Rome in time. I've also tried getting the bus from Rome but you have to get a bus or taxi to the bus and then change half way so it takes forever! It's only a 40 minute drive from Pescara to my destination and I'd much rather drive on roads in the UK, at least I'm used to our crazy drivers! When we had the Liverpool to Ancona flight I could easily jump a train from Ancona to Termoli. Flying Easyjet Liverpool to Napoli is no better either, the drive is longer than from Rome.Who knows, now that Ryanair have stopped flying from Manchester maybe they'll add more flights from Liverpool and if we're really lucky they might at least bring back Ancona............................
I live in the North West and travel to Pescara 3 or 4 times a year from Stansted. Even with the 3 and a half hour drive from Liverpool to Stansted and car parking charges, it's still cheaper than other airlines. With Ryanair you get what you pay for, I don't agree that there are 'hidden costs' they're there for everyone to see, plus it's easy enough to get an Electron card (I have a Co-op one) to avoid the credit/debit card fees. The simple fact is people can't expect to pay Ryanair fees but get a 4* service. In the past I've griped about the excess baggage charges but even with this, I'm capable of weighing my own case and it's my fault if I turn up with an overweight bag when I know how strict they are.My one complaint is that they don't offer enough flights from the North West. My dream would be a Liverpool-Pescara flight but I'd be equally happy if they brought back the Liverpool-Ancona flight. It's a particular puzzle to me because they run a lot of flights out of Liverpool, even when they were flying from Manchester and Liverpool they still couldn't manage one flight from the North West of England to Southern Italy. Oh well, maybe one day.........................
Carolina, I was just wondering if you had any news about Alfie? Unfortunately I don't live it Italy, if I did I'd take him in a heartbeat, he's so gorgeous! I really hope you're successful in finding him a new home.
I've been studying Italian for about 20 months and try to practice whenever I can. When my 6 year old nephew first heard me say a few phrases he was fascinated (he's had a few Spanish lessons in school and loved them). Now it's 'how do you say this in Italian? How do you say that in Italian?' all the time We're going on a family holiday together soon and I've been thinking about buying a book suitable for his age. I'd like to teach him a few words/phrases and this looks ideal as I particularly wanted an illustrated book. I think he'd find it lots of fun and no doubt I'll pick up a few new words too. Thanks for the recommendation Alan!Colette
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Yes, I've tried that but I need to get to Molise so the drive is a drag, about 4 and a half hours and what with the crazy drivers on the autostrada and the fees (much more expensive than paying the M6 toll!) it's easier to fly from Stansted. Plus for my return flight I have to leave Molise at about 5am to get to Rome in time. I've also tried getting the bus from Rome but you have to get a bus or taxi to the bus and then change half way so it takes forever! It's only a 40 minute drive from Pescara to my destination and I'd much rather drive on roads in the UK, at least I'm used to our crazy drivers! When we had the Liverpool to Ancona flight I could easily jump a train from Ancona to Termoli. Flying Easyjet Liverpool to Napoli is no better either, the drive is longer than from Rome.Who knows, now that Ryanair have stopped flying from Manchester maybe they'll add more flights from Liverpool and if we're really lucky they might at least bring back Ancona............................
I live in the North West and travel to Pescara 3 or 4 times a year from Stansted. Even with the 3 and a half hour drive from Liverpool to Stansted and car parking charges, it's still cheaper than other airlines. With Ryanair you get what you pay for, I don't agree that there are 'hidden costs' they're there for everyone to see, plus it's easy enough to get an Electron card (I have a Co-op one) to avoid the credit/debit card fees. The simple fact is people can't expect to pay Ryanair fees but get a 4* service. In the past I've griped about the excess baggage charges but even with this, I'm capable of weighing my own case and it's my fault if I turn up with an overweight bag when I know how strict they are.My one complaint is that they don't offer enough flights from the North West. My dream would be a Liverpool-Pescara flight but I'd be equally happy if they brought back the Liverpool-Ancona flight. It's a particular puzzle to me because they run a lot of flights out of Liverpool, even when they were flying from Manchester and Liverpool they still couldn't manage one flight from the North West of England to Southern Italy. Oh well, maybe one day.........................
Hi there,This is a good one:http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/This one has loads of podcasts that you can download for free, great for burning to CD and listening to in the car etc:http://www.learnitalianpod.com/This is good for learning verb pronunciation:http://www.learnverbs.com/verbots_italian_pronunciation.phpRai TV is great for watching Italian programmes:http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/homeTv.htmlThis one is good for hearing how words are pronounced:http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?clientsAnd finally my favourite, Word Reference, it has a great dictionary and also offers support from natives and other students of Italian:www.wordreference.comI hope these help!Farfalla x
Carolina, I was just wondering if you had any news about Alfie? Unfortunately I don't live it Italy, if I did I'd take him in a heartbeat, he's so gorgeous! I really hope you're successful in finding him a new home.
I've been studying Italian for about 20 months and try to practice whenever I can. When my 6 year old nephew first heard me say a few phrases he was fascinated (he's had a few Spanish lessons in school and loved them). Now it's 'how do you say this in Italian? How do you say that in Italian?' all the time
We're going on a family holiday together soon and I've been thinking about buying a book suitable for his age. I'd like to teach him a few words/phrases and this looks ideal as I particularly wanted an illustrated book. I think he'd find it lots of fun and no doubt I'll pick up a few new words too. Thanks for the recommendation Alan!Colette