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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I have two grandchildren with mixed English, Italian, Turkish and Philippine blood. The children are 16 months and 6 years, and communicate and understand in all languages with the help of plenty of smiles, hand-signs and eyebrow movements! The Philippine language is called Tagalog.
Hello Malty - I have just read your post and immediately looked up the Valvori website to see where it is. Looks a lovely little place. How lucky you are to have an Italian speaking wife and family living in the area. It will make things so much easier when you come to relocate one day. We are buying a small place in the Lunigiana area, and should complete in a few weeks. We are learning everything along the way, and I can only say, if we had had previous experience of the Italian way of buying, or guidance on the ground, it would have been far simpler, and certainly we would have saved money in costs knowing what is important and what is not. Never mind. We decided that having a place in Italy would be a project to keep us entertained in retirement - learning the Italian way of doing things. We have had an introduction to the deep end! Enjoy your holiday. We are just waiting to hear when we will have to come to Italy to doing the signing up (and they paying!).
I see that Gromit has changed his picture and just like me has 2 on display. My original photo remains on the main post, but the replacement photo comes up everywhere else.
We've got our EasyJet cards - now I'll have to spend lots of money to ensure that I get plenty of airmiles!!!
Believe it or not, in Nice. That's why I want to get rid of the photo. At the time I joined it was the only picture I had to hand. The eye picture is representative of "keeping my eye on all things Italian" going on on this site. I think it is confusing having two pictures of one user running on different parts of the site, I hope the administrator can sort it out soon. Otherwise I am thrilled to bits to have so much information so easily accessible, and I have already had a very helpful private reply to my appeal for an English speaking surveyor.
I have been fiddling about trying to get rid of the old picture and replace it with the new. What I get is the old picture (of me) in Community Activity, and then when I click on the post link, I get the new picture (of an "eye"). Is this a bug to be ironed out, or am I going about it in the wrong way please?
Many thanks for your comments. For the moment we are still pursuing our enquires through the condominium administrator, If we are still unhappy, then maybe this will be our next step.
Yes, I see your point, although now we have decided to go ahead with the purchase anyway, without a report. I hope we don't live to regret it! Our avvocato would be able to do a translation of an Italian report, but the problems are so obscure I think we would need to be present/or on the phone, to explain the situation to a surveyor, and say what we were specifically concerned about. A full general report is not what we need. I do hope someone can make a helpful suggestion.
Thank you what a good tip. I will look into the EasyJet card straight away,
I have to say we are not anxious about buying in Italy or the unknown ..... all that makes for an exciting project. Our concerns at the moment involve flooded garages, crumbling balconies, leaking terraces, out of order lift, and costs hard to pin down. Otherwise the apartment is lovely ...... we really like it!!!! A bargain!