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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

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:27

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

 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

    .     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

    Comments posted

    Mon, 06/21/2010 - 18:31

    Talk to a geomtra about any permissions required

    Wed, 06/16/2010 - 18:13

    I PM'ed Ronald and Valentina about this shortly before your post - hopefully something will be done.

    Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:21

    "They .......... have a pasta party for every Italian game" What happens after the first round is finished?

    Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:19

    But I have a suspicion that when the Spanish, Portuguese and possibly Italian economies got 't*ts up', the Euro could drop further against the pound [although both will probably plummet against the dollar]

    Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:19

    But I have a suspicion that when the Spanish, Portuguese and possibly Italian economies got 't*ts up', the Euro could drop further against the pound [although both will probably plummet against the dollar]

    Answer to: Baby equipment
    Tue, 06/08/2010 - 04:53

    Italian ebay.  ---------- I found this [for the Umbria region - Childrens articles] http://annunci.ebay.it/tutto-per-i-bambini/annunci-umbria/

    Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:42

    To PM someone - just double click on their name at the top of their post, where it says "Submitted by XXXXX on", and on the page that appears, double click on "Send this user a message"

    Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:34

    "Every time we sit on a ryanair  plane my wife looks at me and says we promised we wouldn't do this and here we are again....."   Try sitting in it next time  [a lot less draughty]