Revisione

Submitted by sprostoni on

Afetr 4 years of 'bliss' (!?!) here in Le Marche, I recently took my four year old car for it's first revisione. A few hours later, I got back the paperwork, with an appropriate stamp. paid the due fees (65euros ?) and off I went.
I then thought, what is it that they actually check? There appears to be some lights and brakes wording, but in the UK (I KNOW I am not there !), it was very much spelt out what would be checked. Is there a list somewhere here that I can check for next time (2 years !),

Thanks in advance,

S

Homes needed for Labrador puppies

Submitted by LEAF on

Our chocolate labrador 'Ruby' recently had five beautiful puppies. They will be 4 weeks old tomorrow and we are hoping to re-home four of them after they reach 8 weeks.

There are 3 females (2 black, 1 chocolate) and 2 males (both chocolate).

We are in the Campania region. It is most important that we find good, happy homes for each pup. If you are interested please send me a message. Photo's of the pups are available.

Many thanks.

Nettles

Submitted by pamela on

While picking wild asparagus here in Sardinia yesterday I came across a very large patch of vigorous dark 'nettles' in and around an old ruined building. However they appear to have no stinging hairs on the leaves so I wondered - are these nettles or something else? Could I use them for cooking? Don't want to poison us... Anybody know? I will ask local people as well but they tend to be conservative in their foodstuffs and may not use nettles traditionally, although they do use wild finocchio, asparagi, bietole.

Help with research and finding contacts

Hi I'm from Norfolk in the UK and I'm researching a RAF 148 Squadron that was based at Brindisi and dropped supplies and agents to partisan in Northern Italy.
I've join the forum to try and get a better understanding of Italy and hopefully make some contacts with Italian researchers/historians or partisan veterans.
I am in particular trying to find information on an Italian female agent who parachuted from the plane my friend was a crew member of.