Hello my name is Conrad and I live in Nottingham, England. Way back in 1982 I was fortunate enough to be posted out to Sardinia with the RAF with my wife and two bambini.
I think it is important we understand any impact on modern day Italy and for that matter anywhere else. I was watching Country File on BBC last night and there was a debate on whether animals not naitive to a country i.e. the minx to the UK , should be culled to protect the native species like the water vole. Does Italy have similar problems with new species being introduced? Welcome back !
Yes Dublin patrizia it's not our fault our jobs and family keep us bound to foreign shores when our hearts lay in Italy !We want all those who blatantly leave us feeling deprived and depressed with their lovely italian homes to feel ashamed of the mental cruelty they inflict which we have to endure everytime we log on ! Ah one day we shall live the dream !
Hi Maralyn .... you lucky lady .... I am green with envyIt's difficult not to fall in love with Italy. Wow that that festa for Santa Giuste experience will be in your mind forever ! I would sell up and move to Italy tomorrow if I could but unfortunately I am a railway engineer and can only specialise in railway systems compatible to the UK. The Italians have a good railway but thier systems of control are very different. Besides which my italian is not good enough to work in a professional capacity over there. So for now I will have to contend with visits and reading about you lucky people who have already settled out there Kind regards to your husband and your goodself.
Yes its not going to be easy. Meanwhile I have to contend with less exciting places. Next week I 've got Tottenham and Altrincham to visit Seriously though I do love the UK. We have a great country but I feel more tuned into the Italian lifestyle.
Hi Sarah and Mark.I live in Eastwood. Moved there a couple of years back. Yes there are alot more shops now at IKEA. Not a bad area to live. I work in Derby ( Railway Signalling Engineer) but prefer living on the Derby / Notts border. Plenty of nice walks for the dogs.I doubt it is as nice as were you are. Le Marche seems to feature more prominently than anywhere else in the forum and it sounds idylic. Maybe I should look at scheduling a visit in the spring of next year to experience it for ourselves!Take care you lucky people
Gerbillo is right about the rancid meat idea but curry has we know it originated in the UK. Certainly Balti originates from the West Midlands. India is synonamous with Curry but many so called Indian Restaurants are usually run by Bangladeshi's.I had an Indian friend who once told me he loved curry, adding "its better than the stuff we get back home "
Listened to your suggestions. Not that I understand the lyrics but it did not seem very romantic. He sounds a bit like Cat Stevens (Yousef Islam). But I guess if I asked a non english speaking Italian to listened to Cat Stevens singing " Wild World" and I told them it's romantic they would probably disagree. I think there is going to be a case of " Lost in translation" A good melody is every thing. Take the childrens' song " Ci vuole un fiore" of which I now have the lyrics and english translation.You don't need to know the words its just catchy. Please continue introducing italian culture to us.grazie !
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Best steer away from this one before matron finds out !
I think it is important we understand any impact on modern day Italy and for that matter anywhere else. I was watching Country File on BBC last night and there was a debate on whether animals not naitive to a country i.e. the minx to the UK , should be culled to protect the native species like the water vole. Does Italy have similar problems with new species being introduced? Welcome back !
Yes Dublin patrizia it's not our fault our jobs and family keep us bound to foreign shores when our hearts lay in Italy !We want all those who blatantly leave us feeling deprived and depressed with their lovely italian homes to feel ashamed of the mental cruelty they inflict which we have to endure everytime we log on !
Ah one day we shall live the dream !
Hi Maralyn .... you lucky lady .... I am green with envy
It's difficult not to fall in love with Italy. Wow that that festa for Santa Giuste experience will be in your mind forever ! I would sell up and move to Italy tomorrow if I could but unfortunately I am a railway engineer and can only specialise in railway systems compatible to the UK. The Italians have a good railway but thier systems of control are very different. Besides which my italian is not good enough to work in a professional capacity over there. So for now I will have to contend with visits and reading about you lucky people who have already settled out there
Kind regards to your husband and your goodself.
Hello ! Made a start. Managed to spend a few hours in Genoa while on a dodgy med cruise! Definetly will be coming back to spend more time
Yes its not going to be easy. Meanwhile I have to contend with less exciting places. Next week I 've got Tottenham and Altrincham to visit
Seriously though I do love the UK. We have a great country but I feel more tuned into the Italian lifestyle.
That can't be easy when you live in Italy
Just joking ...... welcome from someone not italian
Hi Sarah and Mark.I live in Eastwood. Moved there a couple of years back. Yes there are alot more shops now at IKEA. Not a bad area to live. I work in Derby ( Railway Signalling Engineer) but prefer living on the Derby / Notts border. Plenty of nice walks for the dogs.I doubt it is as nice as were you are. Le Marche seems to feature more prominently than anywhere else in the forum and it sounds idylic. Maybe I should look at scheduling a visit in the spring of next year to experience it for ourselves!Take care you lucky people
Gerbillo is right about the rancid meat idea but curry has we know it originated in the UK. Certainly Balti originates from the West Midlands. India is synonamous with Curry but many so called Indian Restaurants are usually run by Bangladeshi's.I had an Indian friend who once told me he loved curry, adding "its better than the stuff we get back home "
Listened to your suggestions. Not that I understand the lyrics but it did not seem very romantic. He sounds a bit like Cat Stevens (Yousef Islam). But I guess if I asked a non english speaking Italian to listened to Cat Stevens singing " Wild World" and I told them it's romantic they would probably disagree. I think there is going to be a case of " Lost in translation" A good melody is every thing. Take the childrens' song " Ci vuole un fiore" of which I now have the lyrics and english translation.You don't need to know the words its just catchy. Please continue introducing italian culture to us.grazie !