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We don't have a jokes section here, so apologies if I'm disrupting anything - but I thought the following was rather fine and I've shoe-horned it into this forum by giving it the above title"It is the month of August;in a resort town sits next to
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 07:52
The Monte San Martino Trust newsletter includes a report on this event:http://msmtrust.org.uk/home/index.php?option=com_content&
Wed, 08/19/2009 - 13:05
Sorry if I've got my regions wrong! Anyway, at least it's not Marche...http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/aug/15/unusual-hotel-italy-cave-
Mon, 08/17/2009 - 09:06
This piece in yesterday's Guardian sounds more optimistic than it seems on the ground currently:http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?se
Sun, 08/09/2009 - 16:34
Lazy Sunday morning meant catching this: http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/WishYouWereHere/Week/Pisa/default.htmlDon't know if Susan Daghe is a poster, but
Sun, 07/05/2009 - 08:41
I see we have a Restaurant Review procedure - but could we have all the reviews as their own topic so it's quick and easy to see what's been recommended. Currently on a search I have to wade through all the other food stuff. Or am I doing someth
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:38
When I try to create a post I get this message:Error: The TEXTAREA with id or name set to "edit-field-website-0-value" was not foundAnd where are everyone's reviews - or has noone posted one yet?
Wed, 06/17/2009 - 19:19
Yesterday a German friend was telling me about an English friend of hers who wanted to get "closer" to a French woman of his acquaintance. So he decided to invite her out for a meal. But of course to the English, anything too lavish on a first d
Mon, 06/15/2009 - 19:54
Who does this remind you of???http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8072619.stm
Fri, 05/29/2009 - 14:40
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It looks awful - those poor people whose homes and workshops have been filled with stinking mud. Not the sunny Italy of the holiday brochures!
Thanks Fillide - I feel better about shelling out for TI now! I presume you know about their "free calls to Europe" for E10 a month
Agree re the woodburner. Pellet stoves are fine if you've got somewhere to store the pellets and don't mind the noise of the fan - I wouldn't use one in a "quiet" area
Not for the purist maybe - but they ARE very pretty bottles http://www.justminiatures.co.uk/campari-soda-ready-to-drink-10cl-miniature-p-5093.html?currency=GBP
Agree with all of the above (especially the maps). From personal experience I'd suggest you look at the following: Drive to Foce (nice little restaurant) and take off from there on foot up to Lago di Pilato Drive up to Castellucio and take your pick. In fact, just before you go round the corner of M Vettore and Castellucio comes into view there are two routes - on the left takes you past a Refuge and along a track to a Belvedere. It's even been concreted for the disabled, though now in advanced disrepair. Go right and you'll get up onto the ridge of M Vettore You can't miss where I mean, there's a map on the roadside and always cars parked (usually some of them belonging to paragliders) I'm not a real mountain walker, so these may seem too easy for you. But if you just want somewhere to start I hope that helps
You couldn't be more wrong Fillide. Can't be bothered to put you right but you could always try reading his book
So long as he goes I'm happy. Not an Italian but I feel for the country as Raggio describes. Just the briefest of accquaintance with its sufferings (malaria; WW2 rastrellamenti; the mezzadria - never mind organised crime) shows it deserves so much better Forza donne Italiane!!
I agree Lotan, why use a few words when you could ramble on for ever. Whoever said that brevity was the soul of wit was obviously a fool. And I think you confuse the words "debate" and "lecture". I don't think, Fillide, that your "4 yr old on the subway" example proves anything either way. After all, in the Middle Ages when Britain was totally monocultural (leaving aside the fact that the country had already been colonised many times by different races) they burnt old women whom it was decided were witches. Just because two things happen at the same time doesn't mean there's any link.
I always thought that multiculturalism was just a preparedness to allow room for different ways of living. Can't see that a desire for Marmite really offends against that. And I'm always suspicious of any claims that the country you've left behind is all bad. Sounds like special pleading to me. Italy isn't the promised land and the UK isn't the epitome of evil. People arrive and leave for many reasons. If it doesn't work out it's no disgrace. “Whingeing” is annoying but hardly a crime. I agree that if you move to a country you should be sensitive to its ways. But you don't have to slavishly accept everything. And suggesting that Italy is somehow above criticism is just condescension Just my view of course...
An old article giving the history of Fidoka http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1862006.ece