Sounds like a good collective noun. But there's definitely something going on. When I hover over the "Community Home - La Piazza" it turns into "Country Homes - restored". I think elicat has got at it already!!!
Trying to upload something, so have chosen my description of my train trip to Ancona, previously published in the old forum. Don't know if it will work, as I've had to use the "video" button as that seems to be the only upload at the momentA
I've clicked on ~"create a post", then given it a title. I've highlighted the topics "Introductions" and "Weddings", just to see where it ends up. I've put in my location, and tagged it "testing" and "posting".
Heeello - anybody there? I seem to be able to post even though my request to join is pending. A glitch, a back door, or my c*ck up?? Anyway, hope I'm in and I'll check back tomorrowAnne
Not sure if this is the right place for this but anyway..... I've managed to subscribe to posts and am now getting masses of emails. I can't find how to unsubscribe again. Can someone talk me through it?
For reading in Italian I'd recommend Io Non Ho Paura by Niccolo Ammaniti It's very much a grown up book, but written from the point of view of a child, and therefore simple prose.Iris Origo wrote a fascinating book "The Merchant of Prato" . To quote Amazon: "Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who forms the subject of the Marchesa Origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later-Middle Ages. In 1870 the whole astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light. The Marchesa Origo has drawn on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance."
Have you contacted this lot - http://www.portedelpassato.com/index.htm ?I've never been there but they look to me the nearest that you'll find, though I don't like to think of the cost!I'd be interested to know how you get on. We actually bought some hand-made thumb-latches throughEbay. They came from India and turned out to be quite large, but were certainly rustic! good luck Anne
As I've said before - last time I was there there was even someone practising their accordion skills on the steps of their farmhouse. it could have been 100 years ago, whilst the restaurant itself easily exceeds modern standards
More than one Italian has said to me the "La grammatica e piu facile, ma la pronuncia!!!!"I don't even know what they are called grammatically, but at least the "i,you,he, we, you(plural), they " are easy in EnglishAnd tenses - we just stick a "was", "have" or "had" in front of the ?past participle? and get on with it!I'm told by those without a "th" sound in their native vocab that tree, three and free are also difficult. Serves 'em right I say, for expecting us to master the Conditional Pluperfect
Oh Serge - if only you'd talked dirty like that instead of spending a fortune at "upmarket" London restaurants, you'd have had them falling at your feet!
..I love Castellucio - it's just the most surprising thing as you turn the corner of Monte Vettore and the Piano Grande opens out with Castellucio like something out of Lord of the Rings popping up in the middle. I've yet to time my visit with the best of the wildflowers, but the landscape is worth it anyway. And of course there's always the Italy-shaped tree plantation
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A great night, Sarah and Mark, and many thanks for use of your lovely house. Congrats and thanks also to all those who put in so much effort
For reading in Italian I'd recommend Io Non Ho Paura by Niccolo Ammaniti It's very much a grown up book, but written from the point of view of a child, and therefore simple prose.Iris Origo wrote a fascinating book "The Merchant of Prato" . To quote Amazon: "Francesco di Marco Datini, the 14th-century Tuscan merchant who forms the subject of the Marchesa Origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later-Middle Ages. In 1870 the whole astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light. The Marchesa Origo has drawn on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance."
Alternatively - using the towel as shown in this video, you could fly there yourself
Have you contacted this lot - http://www.portedelpassato.com/index.htm ?I've never been there but they look to me the nearest that you'll find, though I don't like to think of the cost!I'd be interested to know how you get on. We actually bought some hand-made thumb-latches throughEbay. They came from India and turned out to be quite large, but were certainly rustic! good luck Anne
As I've said before - last time I was there there was even someone practising their accordion skills on the steps of their farmhouse. it could have been 100 years ago, whilst the restaurant itself easily exceeds modern standards
More than one Italian has said to me the "La grammatica e piu facile, ma la pronuncia!!!!"I don't even know what they are called grammatically, but at least the "i,you,he, we, you(plural), they " are easy in EnglishAnd tenses - we just stick a "was", "have" or "had" in front of the ?past participle? and get on with it!I'm told by those without a "th" sound in their native vocab that tree, three and free are also difficult. Serves 'em right I say, for expecting us to master the Conditional Pluperfect
Oh Serge - if only you'd talked dirty like that instead of spending a fortune at "upmarket" London restaurants, you'd have had them falling at your feet!
.. and Sprostini, you're an example to us all
..I love Castellucio - it's just the most surprising thing as you turn the corner of Monte Vettore and the Piano Grande opens out with Castellucio like something out of Lord of the Rings popping up in the middle. I've yet to time my visit with the best of the wildflowers, but the landscape is worth it anyway. And of course there's always the Italy-shaped tree plantation