It must be very obvious to those of you who live in Italy and are used to supermarket shopping, but for me, new to food-shopping in Italy, I was puzzled why I could not find ordinary salt anywhere on the shelves.We spent the first few short days i
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Does anyone have any suggestions for small gifts from England that might be welcomed by our new Italian neighbours? We are trying to improve our Italian and want to be friendly with these new condominium neighbours who have been very welcoming.
Sat, 08/08/2009 - 15:41
If you are looking for a UK based dual qualified Italian Avvocato and English Solicitor you can try Laura Protti. Laura is a the founder of LEP Law . She was in charge of the Italian Department at Howells, London, but has set up independently wi
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 17:40
I have two avatars on display and I want to get rid of the first one (of me) which appears every time I make a new posting. The second avatar (of an eye) is the one I want to keep, and this one shows on everything except new postings. I have trie
Fri, 07/31/2009 - 08:13
Just back from Italy after completing on the purchase of our new garden appartamento in Lunigiana. We are thrilled to bits, the neighbours have been very welcoming, introducing themselves over the hedge and from the balconies, and passing over bo
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 17:14
Has anyone experience of making a property/contents claim from any of the following insurance companies?
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 09:13
I have just read this article, it was published on the web at the end of May 2009. Following complaints about bed-bugs and ticks on their trains, Trenitalia reacted by withdrawing 508 carriages from circulation.
Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:03
Please can someone recommend a mobile broadband provider with good coverage in Villafranca in Lunigiana? We will only be there on holiday trips and so would prefer a pay-as-you-go contract.I have been trying to understand all the information cont
Thu, 06/25/2009 - 16:11
This community is wonderful. In the last few days since I registered as a new member I have had posts from people giving replies to my earlier questions, and in particular I want to say a public thank you to Lila who sent me a private message giv
Sun, 06/14/2009 - 14:47
I have deleted my current photo and uploaded a new one. However, on old posts I see the old photo. Will this remain and the new photo only display on new posts? Ideally, I just want to use the new photo please.
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 08:28
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Once our contract was signed by all parties, the vendor was out of the door with his witness and the agent, the translator hung back because nobody had told us this was the time to pay her the cash sum, and the notaio told us as he departed ahead of us, we could stay all night in his office if we wanted to (joke?). We were left to find our own way down the stairs to the street, and we emerged somewhat baffled that the proceedings had ended so suddenly without explanation after 4 hours of what seemed to us, Bedlam..
We have just taken posession of our newly purchased groundfloor appartamento and it has a fantastic electric canopy which extends over the kitchen patio doors and continues over the window of the room next door. I had not appreciated the cost our vendor must have paid for it. I have one question though - it is attached to the underside of the long balcony of our neighbour above. Presumably our vendor had permission from the neighbour to fix it there - what are the legal implications if it causes damage to their balcony? I expect we will be responsible even though it was not us who ordered/carried out the work in the first place.
Well Al, looks like we got off lightly. Fortunately, we got out of the notaio's office just in time to go to the supermarket which shuts at 8pm (we started our appointment at 3.30pm) to buy a bottle to celebrate as soon as we gained entrance to the appartamento. (And yes, we remembered to bring a bottle-opener & plastic glasses from England). Cheers!
Russ - thank you for the offer. I will have to contact you at a later date as I am off to Italy tomorrow!
Our holiday apartment is in North Tuscany, Lunigiana. We have read reviews of good places to eat in the area, Bagnone, Filetto, Crespiano etc, and have tried some of them. Sometimes there has not been a menu and we have been offered beef/pork/chicken etc, and it has come just like that , grilled or roasted, not as part of a particular dish. I think that's what we are looking for, local dishes. We have tried the chestnut specialities of Lunigiana (quite nice) but again, the same thing is offered every time in every place. We want what mama cooks at home please.
Most of our visits to Italy have been short breaks in many, many locations. We always look forward to the food and do enjoy it. However, after a few days we start to find the menus repetitious. Is it true we need to find good local restaurants and then give them notice of our next visit so a more elaborate meal can be prepared? I read this tip in an Annie Hawes book. The trouble has been that we have not been around in any area long enough to do this. It will all change soon, as we are coming to Italy on Friday to sign the Rogito and, hopefully, get the keys to our new apartment. We will still be holidaying in Italy, but our location will be more fixed from now on. Looking forward to trying good local menus.
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Just went to pick up cup of tea at work and heard BBC newsflash that G8 delegates are getting nervous because of the number of tremors. They have helicopters standing by to airlift visitors out!