My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur
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I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways. I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32
Tue, 07/14/2009 - 13:45
I thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy. [This really applies to people like me who don’t have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:03
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area], from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg. The reasons for doing so is simple:-
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:52
If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe. Its useful for deciding where to fill up. Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 05:32
Terrible accident in Viareggio. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8125644.stm
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 04:50
. I heard this today on Radio 4. I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!
Sat, 06/20/2009 - 16:58
. I'm considering handing over ownership of my Italian Holiday Home to my kids. Does anyone know
- How easy this is to do, and how costly?
- Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 04:54
Egypt 1 - Italy 0 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8103869.stm .
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 18:08
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"I do not know what happens with my links... Sometimes they do not work" Its not just you - everytime I tried to copy that link it seemed to add an extra http// when trying to open [so it always failed]
L'Aquila: A successful story of restoration of monuments in an emergency situation at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on Weds 10th march at 6.30pm go to http://www.icilondon.esteri.it/IIC_Londra Look in events section for details
Is Mr. Lynn the same person who [in the last Millennium] allegedly did a survey that showed the IQ in Ireland was very low - because anyone with any sense had emigrated years ago!? It seems to be of a similar standard [I've just seen - Mr Lynn comes from Ulster - seems to bear out the first survey]
for those who haven't seen it yet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl7_OMqOZbo
" ............ the group of "PIGS" is made of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain. ..........." Lets hope they don't get similar problems in Croatia, Rumania, Austria and Poland
Don't forget the third option......... Sell the garage contents in the UK and buy furniture [new or second hand] in Italy The cash flow [including savings on transport costs] should be looked at, just to make sure its not worth it
Postmac said;- Whether you like them or not- If you intend to sell your house at any stage to an Italian they will want one so you'd be foolish not to install one. I entirely agree - when I was getting my new bathroom fitted - everyone [Brits as well as Italians] said that if I ever wanted to sell [to italians] it must have a bidet
Totally agree - and what about posting it as a new thread such as 'The Friday joke' and kick start an old tradition [and for the newcomers - Friday. in this context, grew, as the last 'Friday Thread' developed, to mean any day of the week]
Could be a winner with the Welsh
By leaving a few clean sweet potatoes in a container of peat, kept damp and left in the warm in March April, "slips" will emerge from the surface. When they are over 20cm from the soil, trim them off and pot into 1 litre pots and allow to grow on. In late May, after the last frost has finished, remove the potted plants and place them rooted into the soil. Being a semi tropical plants they require at least 110 days to mature. They are vigorous, and once they start growing, will readily spread. They are hardy and unlikely to suffer any foliar problems and should out compete any weeds, once the soil has initially been made weed free. In late September, carefully dig them up. Once dug, you will need to leave them to mature a further week in the warmest area you have in the house, this allows the skins to set and the flavour to sweeten and become true to type.
Footnote - I've just got back from Christmas in East Africa - where sweet potatoes are a staple part of the diet. Over there, once planted and growing, the plants spread out over the soil, and where they touch the ground they tend to form new roots - these rooted bits are what they re-plant for the next crop - but I don't know if things are right for sucha propogation method in Italy