With some Christmas money I bought myself a bread maker. The results have been lovely, with fresh bread ready each morning for breakfast when we come downstairs.
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I've had this problem Try a new key, a very light, light touch. Maybe get someone else to have a go. My friend got it open whereas I had tried time and time again.
Sat, 07/30/2011 - 15:21
On Friday 10 June we were in the La Spezia area and it happened that Il Presidenti di Italia was there too. The police were out in force, the roads had blocs, and the traffic lights remained red. It was the first day of our 8 day stay and my 84
Thu, 06/16/2011 - 16:26
I'm Looking forward to seeing more good weather in Italy when we arrive later this week. It's been wonderful here in England just recently. I remember the hot days in early summer last year and our thwarted attempts to visit the olympic-sized pu
Sun, 05/08/2011 - 18:54
Last year in Pisa we parked the car in a disabled parking space and displayed my 84 year old mother's UK disabled parking badge on the dashboard of our hired car. A notice beside the disabled space gave a telephone number to use in case of any dif
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 08:35
The local hair salon just down the road from our Italian apartment looks a very traditional place. It has photos of ladies sporting boufant hair dos as well others with stylish cut and blow dries. Behind the net curtains I can see old fashioned
Mon, 04/26/2010 - 16:35
I have just read about someone else who has had trouble with work concerned with a waterproof membrane being fitted incorrectly. We are going to have to pay out approximately E5000 to our condominium administrator for our share of relaying our p
Mon, 11/16/2009 - 20:31
We got back from a week in our new appartamento in Lunigiana last night. Didn't see much sun in Italy, but the weather was mild, and when we threw open the kitchen window shutters on the second morning of our holiday it was to see snow had fallen
Thu, 11/12/2009 - 18:26
There is an idea buzzing around in my head that I might like to set up and try out a market stall in our local town in Italy, selling some of my own, personal, ‘collectible’ items such as glassware (less than 75 years old, not antique), pottery, p
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 10:08
Anyone looking to furnish their property quickly and for a reasonable price could try Mondo Convenienza http://www.mondoconv.it/ As well as stores in many areas they have an online catalogue.
Wed, 09/30/2009 - 09:42
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Thank you everybody for the suggestions to progress my breadmaking in my Christmas Panasonic bread machine. I have been making a new type of loaf every day, and can't help cutting each one in half and passing it on to a member of my family to try. All recipes have come out extremely satisfactorily, with the exception of the Panettoni recipe given in the Panasonic book. I followed the instructions closely, but the result was nothing like the Italian-made Panetone I have enjoyed. In fact, I ended up throwing most of it in the bin. I did not realise how much butter went into making Panettoni - nice, but so unhealthy, just like cake! I have decided to buy a basic bread machine for the apartment in Italy for use when our lovely shop bought Italian bread has dried up and there is no time to run down to the bakery. Having read the bread machine blog on the old forum, I will remember to take out some dried yeast with me for the store cupboard.
Yes, my machine is Panasonic too. I use the Italian option and the bread is very good and crisp. (My machine has a crisper crust button). What I like about the bread I buy in Italy is the lovely, crunchy, thick crust, and the lightness of the bread inside. I suppose I could make the crust of my bread machine bread even more crisp by placing the cooked loaf in the oven to finish off, but that defeats the convenience of having a bread maker. I suppose what I was wondering about is the kinds of flour that are available in the supermarkets in Italy and how they might produce different texture breads. Do they vary from the flour types available in the UK? I have never looked at flour types when shopping in Italy. Here I use wheat strong white, strong brown, wholemeal, granary, and seeded.
Sorry, it was. Best ignored anyway. Apparently, my key was not stuck in the lock (my husband says), just it would not engage when turned. A different key did the trick.
I purchased my Kindle from Amazon UK and took it with me last time I visted Italy. We don't have wi-fi in our Italian flat, but the Kindle signed onto the internet using the free Amazon Whispernet over the mobile telephone system. I found I could access the Amazon bookshop. I can't remember if I downloaded anything then, but I will be in Italy this week and I will give downloading a try. If you are worried about an Italian Kindle being different, why not buy it from the Amazon UK bookshop?
http://www.valkarana.com/en/index.htm Loc. Lu Lioni, 07030 Sant'Antonio di Gallura, Sardinia, Italy We stayed in this place when it first opened in 2006. After reading the recommendations on http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk the hotel has fulfilled its promise. A beautiful new hotel set on a hillside overlooking the lake, in a fabulous, very quiet setting, ideal for exploring the island. If you search around booking sites it seems you can get rooms for £75 per night with b&b for a week's stay - although for their superior chalets with private garden, patio, and lake views, it is considerably more (but worth it). We were amongst the first guests in 2006 and took our pick of the chalets at something like 50 euros per night! Lucky us!
Prosecco for me every time - and all those tasty bits and pieces they present with it too!
We have got to get around to booking our Dover/Calais/Dover ferry crossings for August, so I had a look at the P&O site and their offer for Spirit of Britain you refer to. Between my first search a couple of hours ago and my second search just now, the site has changed, and the offer now applies up until the end of March only. Earlier today the site had said 40,000 any-time crossings were on offer, so I assume that quota has now been used up. This new ship is huge. I hope the queuing system works efficiently - and that roads from the ports don't get clogged with the drive-off traffic.
http://ciaolunigiana.com/2010/12/focus/
When we bought our property in Lunigiana a while ago, the Italian estate agent told us not to be apprehensive of the way Italian agents work; she said it is some of the English agents in the area we need to be wary of. At the time we didn't know who she might be referring to although we had heard odd rumours ..... now we know!
Well I had good luck both ways. I enjoyed the hot weather in Italy last week sitting in my garden there, whilst in England, the rain refreshed my hanging baskets and brought the sunflowers along a treat! Only problem was that my English lawn flourished a bit too much and now needs a good mowing.
Take some sachets of PathClear too, it helps to keep down the weeds in the important areas where you want to sit or relax. PathClear equivalent is expensive in Italy we found.