I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July. I travel through Switzerland as its a convenient route to the Lake Maggiore/Lake Orta area.
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I logged on this morning to my local webcam, to look at the snow on the ski slopes. [When I'm in UK I like to see something of what its like at my place in the hills]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14995588
Loved the note about changing the locks!
I have just got back from my latest trip to Italy, and thought some of you might be interested to hear about a Swiss hotel that we stayed in on the way down.
For many years now I have used the likes of 'mappy', 'via michelin' etc for calculating different routes down to Italy - for us its a part of our holiday, so we don't always want to take the quickest/shortest route down. We prefer to vary t
Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre. The relevant portion is;-
I've just driven down and back for a [much too] short holiday, and feel that an update on how fuel prices look on the way down would be useful to fellow travellers
P&O have introduced a new ferry on the Dover - Calais route - its called the Spirit of Britain.
They seem to have a special offer on at the moment [on this ship only]
Does Tomato soup exist in Italy?
We were feeling a bit under the weather when we went out to Italy 2 weeks ago.
The route/timings for next years Giro d'Italia have been posted
http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/
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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