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May we have another advice? This time regarding primary schools in Le marche. Is it difficult to register, etc and how much to pay? Any recommended key person contacts? Thanks for all your time.
Hi everyone. Hope weather's better wherever you are in Italy. It's chuckin it here oop North. Just wondering if anyone knows of a local clinic who needs an English-speaking nurse.
Greetings to all. Hope you've had a good Christmas and New Year. We're moving to Le Marche in the summer, hoping for a slower pace of life (hurrah!). I thought of posting a message to our fellow Brits now settled in Italy who are having difficulty
At this rate, my van will be up for sale soon, and I'll be out of business. Until recently I'd have laughed at the idea of filling up in France or Austria before piling into Italy. But I do it now. There's a Welsh crew that occasionally runs a Sprinter between Pembrokeshire and South-East France on chip oil, and famously boasted of doing the trip for seven quid. I'm beginning to see the point. Perhaps I should rejig my business plan with the use of an Ape at its core...
Berlusconi and wife Veronica in downtown Rome stop in front of a shop.Belusconi exclaims: " Veronica, my darling, look here. Pants 20 Euro, Shirts 17 Euros, Leather coats 55 Euros. Take a look! Can you believe that they are talking about the inflation and crisis due to the Euro! What inflation? What crisis?
Veronica: "My dear, this is not a clothing store, this is the dry cleaners!" (from LifeinItaly.com)
If you find yourself amongst the mad crowd in Lungomare Nord (Civitanova town), the place to go is a little place called Chalet de San Marco by the beach. They have their own little fishing boats which carry the catch of the day. Hence, if you order something from the menu which their fishermen didn't get, they can't serve it to you. That's how fresh their seafood seems to be. Although most restaurants along the beachfront are pricey, San Marco is good value for dosh. The right time to go is week days. Weekends are difficult. Crowded on the beach and nowhere to park your car. Also, it's worth ringing them up for reservations as they can be full quite quickly. Locals tend to use them as well. Their details: Lungomare nord 62012 - Civitanova marche (MC) italia tel: 0733.775746 Hope you have a nice time. Joy
A seriously foolhardy Mancunian mate of mine is strangely (and possibly fatally) addicted to an allegedly magical liqueur called Strega. He is running short of supplies and has asked for my help. I can't find the damn stuff in the retail outlets of Civitanova Marche. Does anyone among the Marche chapter have a lead?
…have got yourselves sorted. If you haven't, I'll be in the UK between 17th and about 28th Feb, entering at Dover, doing a big loop via Dorset and Herefordshire, the midlands and Yorkshire, then back down whence I came. I'm pretty full on the way up now, but the downward leg has some space on it at the moment. Running similarly during the back end of March, also. Happy packing Phil
Well, we bought softwood for interior use - floor joists, stuff to make doors, that sort of thing. You MUST be able to get tanalised timber here - although Annie Hawes' mates in Liguria would probably coat softwood with diesel and be done with it. I guess the Italian would go something like: legno trattato sotto pressione, contro humidita. That should get the message across. If not, Kingsland Sawmills it is!
I'm the last person who should be saying this, but: look out for a decent legno place, and go wangle a trade discount. Softwood is one thing we've sourced well here (Cellini Arduino, just north of Civitanova Marche for any Marchegiani interested. You need to have the time to have philosophical chats with the gaffer, old Dottore Cellini, but it's worth it for the experience). Shouldn't be any need to ship that out from the UK. It's more the things made out of wood, like gates and fencing etc, that seem to be better sourced oop north. Oh, my client was very happy withthe insulative properties of his higi-tech foil, by the way.
…but if not, my van will be leaving Le Marche on 15th Feb, bound for the UK via France. There's a little space left on the upward leg, and some on the downward run (about 1st March). The next run will be around mid March. Drop me a PM if you need help. Auguri, Phil White.
One consideration worth factoring in is the impact of foil insulation on internet and phone signals. I delivered a massive table and chairs recently to a chap who had just restored a lovely old chalet near Chamonix. As we were letting the table down a snow-covered slope and hoisting it through the dining room window he was telling me how brilliant the foil insulation he had wrapped the house with was at keeping the Alpine winter out. Unfortunately it also repels Vodafone signals with amazing effectiveness, so he gets very chilly when he has to go outside and make a call. Oops.
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At this rate, my van will be up for sale soon, and I'll be out of business. Until recently I'd have laughed at the idea of filling up in France or Austria before piling into Italy. But I do it now. There's a Welsh crew that occasionally runs a Sprinter between Pembrokeshire and South-East France on chip oil, and famously boasted of doing the trip for seven quid. I'm beginning to see the point. Perhaps I should rejig my business plan with the use of an Ape at its core...
Berlusconi and wife Veronica in downtown Rome stop in front of a shop. Belusconi exclaims: " Veronica, my darling, look here. Pants 20 Euro, Shirts 17 Euros, Leather coats 55 Euros. Take a look! Can you believe that they are talking about the inflation and crisis due to the Euro! What inflation? What crisis?
If you find yourself amongst the mad crowd in Lungomare Nord (Civitanova town), the place to go is a little place called Chalet de San Marco by the beach. They have their own little fishing boats which carry the catch of the day. Hence, if you order something from the menu which their fishermen didn't get, they can't serve it to you. That's how fresh their seafood seems to be. Although most restaurants along the beachfront are pricey, San Marco is good value for dosh. The right time to go is week days. Weekends are difficult. Crowded on the beach and nowhere to park your car. Also, it's worth ringing them up for reservations as they can be full quite quickly. Locals tend to use them as well. Their details: Lungomare nord 62012 - Civitanova marche (MC) italia tel: 0733.775746 Hope you have a nice time. Joy
Hurrah for ItalyMag. Teresa has been in touch and we are back on track. We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Int' t'Internet brillyant…
A seriously foolhardy Mancunian mate of mine is strangely (and possibly fatally) addicted to an allegedly magical liqueur called Strega. He is running short of supplies and has asked for my help. I can't find the damn stuff in the retail outlets of Civitanova Marche. Does anyone among the Marche chapter have a lead?
…have got yourselves sorted. If you haven't, I'll be in the UK between 17th and about 28th Feb, entering at Dover, doing a big loop via Dorset and Herefordshire, the midlands and Yorkshire, then back down whence I came. I'm pretty full on the way up now, but the downward leg has some space on it at the moment. Running similarly during the back end of March, also. Happy packing Phil
Well, we bought softwood for interior use - floor joists, stuff to make doors, that sort of thing. You MUST be able to get tanalised timber here - although Annie Hawes' mates in Liguria would probably coat softwood with diesel and be done with it. I guess the Italian would go something like: legno trattato sotto pressione, contro humidita. That should get the message across. If not, Kingsland Sawmills it is!
I'm the last person who should be saying this, but: look out for a decent legno place, and go wangle a trade discount. Softwood is one thing we've sourced well here (Cellini Arduino, just north of Civitanova Marche for any Marchegiani interested. You need to have the time to have philosophical chats with the gaffer, old Dottore Cellini, but it's worth it for the experience). Shouldn't be any need to ship that out from the UK. It's more the things made out of wood, like gates and fencing etc, that seem to be better sourced oop north. Oh, my client was very happy withthe insulative properties of his higi-tech foil, by the way.
…but if not, my van will be leaving Le Marche on 15th Feb, bound for the UK via France. There's a little space left on the upward leg, and some on the downward run (about 1st March). The next run will be around mid March. Drop me a PM if you need help. Auguri, Phil White.
One consideration worth factoring in is the impact of foil insulation on internet and phone signals. I delivered a massive table and chairs recently to a chap who had just restored a lovely old chalet near Chamonix. As we were letting the table down a snow-covered slope and hoisting it through the dining room window he was telling me how brilliant the foil insulation he had wrapped the house with was at keeping the Alpine winter out. Unfortunately it also repels Vodafone signals with amazing effectiveness, so he gets very chilly when he has to go outside and make a call. Oops.