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Driving to Italy 

Just driven down.  No longer cheap petrol in Switzerland  - fill up in France. 

Even Italian petrol is appreciably cheaper than Switzerland 

IMU Tax

 

Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June

DRIVING TO ITALY FOR CHRISTMAS

 

You've got until Saturday to enter France, before the entry ban for UK citizens comes into place.

European PET Passport.

 

Anyone had experience of getting a European Pet Passport for a dog in Italy (or possibly France, when we drive down)

As a Brit with a holiday home in Northern Italy, its been over a year since I have been able to visit it.  Last time was in February 2020, when the highlight was a meal out with Italian friends in a crowded restaurant in Bergamo!  Luckil

IMU etc Due Soon

just a quick reminder to those not living in Italy,  that the IMU etc on your Italian property requires paying this month.

Travelling through France - UK Quarantine 

 

Looks like people travelling through France to the UK could well be soon required to quarantine themselves for 2 weeks on their entry into the UK.

Are there companies in Italy that just change kitchen units doors and worksurfaces, rather than a complete replacement of the units?

My house has a semi-underground store room that was nice and cool during the recent very hot weather - the dog and I spent a lot of time in it - me reading and him asleep on the floor.

Car Driving to [and in] Italy on a UK Licence- post Brexit  IF No Deal reached.

 

I am driving down in March, and have had to plan for a 'No Deal' Brexit, just in case.

Comments posted

According to my online translation 

"pipemiere"  means "pipe smith"  - hence my link to possible tobacco pipe making

"pipe miere" means "mine pipes" - hence possible link to mining.

 

But - who knows?????

Alternatively,  he may have worked making pipes (for smoking tobacco)  - apparently it was quite an industry at the end of 19th/early 20th Century in Lombardia.

Alternatively,  he may have worked making pipes (for smoking tobacco)  - apparently it was quite an industry at the end of 19th/early 20th Century in Lombardia.

I found .....

circondario di Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi era uno dei tre circondari in cui era suddivisa la provincia di Avellino, esistito dal 1861 al 1926.

..The District of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi He was one of the three. Surroundings In which the Avellino Province, existed from the 1861 the 1926.

On ....https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circondario_di_Sant%27Angelo_dei_Lombar…

Hope it helpd

 

You could try Googling  "Chieti, Abruzzo. Forum" to get local forums

Someone who regularly responds on 'legal matters'

https://www.italymagazine.com/users/ugo

Hopefully Ugo will be able to advise you. 

I don't know about going through Germany/Austria,  but have you looked at going farther West, through the Simplon Pass? 

The Simplon is always open, and doesn't have the 'flow restriction' that tunnels such as the Gotthard Tunnel does have.  I use it more often than the Gotthard route.

 

I'd play safe and get a photo driving licence.  It's pretty easy to do.

You can do it online.

https://www.gov.uk/exchange-paper-driving-licence

What I do when making a new contact by email is simple.

1.  Write (type) the email in English.

2. Copy what you've written and paste it on Google Translate (other online translation services exist).  Copy the 'translation into Italian', and paste it below the English version on your email.

3.  Send the email