Just watched the qualifiers for the Belgium Grand Prix and Italy are 1st and 2nd - well done Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli. Looking forward to the race tomorrow. Not so good for the Brits though, Jenson's 14th and Lewis 12th!!!
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Here's Jessie at 10 months - she has a new hobby - haystack jumping. Rusty's not too impressed though! Looking forwarfd to their birthday party soon!
Sun, 08/23/2009 - 06:53
Just read about a daycare centre being set up for earthquake-affected children of L'Aquila at last, run by SOS Children's VIllages.
Fri, 08/21/2009 - 08:38
Just wondering if anyone has any helpful advice/ experiences of obtaining an Italian mortgage for a non-resident. Some friends of ours are looking to buy a house and are asking if it is easy process and where is best to try first. Many thanks.
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 06:01
Can anyone tell us if there is such a thing as a booster for an Alice Wireless Modem? We have been told that the range is 100m but there is no signal inside our farmhouse and we are presuming this is because our walls are so thick.This is much le
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 09:27
One of our favourite festas of the summer is coming up very soon - Castrum Sarnani is a magical glimpse into Medieval life in Sarnano and topped off by an amazing stilt-play complete with fireworks, lights and music.
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 07:08
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 04:34
The Le Marche Fundraising Team would like to let you all know that the running profit to date from the total Raffle, BBQ & T-Shirt sales stands at an amazing €1958.57 We would like to thank everyone for their kind support, particularly as we
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 13:09
Thank you so much for your support with the Le Marche Fundraising Team's raffle and BBQ - we are amazed by the response and will inform you of the total raised as soon as possible but it looks like it will be around €2000, which is fantastic new
Thu, 07/16/2009 - 08:41
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Friends of ours found it much cheaper to buy a LHD car in France, take it to the UK first and then when the time came they bought it over to Italy.
You said it A!!!! No we agree. Even Mark who does like salt on his food, very often finds meat far too salty especilly lamb, which is a shame as we hardly ever eat it because it is very expensive. We look forward to a treat every so often,only to find when it arrives, it is very salty. Like Gala says, maybe they are still remembering the days before we had fridges and can't get out of the old habbit. One place we have found recently which doesn't use too much salt, is Trattoria Vittoria in Santa Vittoria in Matenano and it is very cheap too!
We are also looking and asking around and a friend has just very kindly told us about Italsure who cover Uk citizens with cars permently in Italy. Their website is: www.italsure.co.uk. email: insure@italsure.co.uk We have just sent off for a quote so I will let you know as soon as I get it back but I do know car insurance is much more expensive in Italy than in the UK. Hope this helps.
Here's Jessie at 10 months - she has a new hobby - haystack jumping. Rusty's not too impressed though! Can't get the picture thingy to work will try again!
Too right Russ - who's going to suggest it to them? Flop, our adopted dog from L'Aquila still wakes up barking some nights when he feels a tremor, so goodness knows what the people living in the tents feel when another one happens. If it sounds like much of this could have been avoided, then it really is disgusting.
How interesting Anne - thanks for that. Maybe Penny knows who it was that got married on the 8th August ?
Thanks for your comments so far everyone - thought it may be tricky. They are actually from the Netherlands and for now it would be a holiday home. They prefer to try to get a mortgage here in Italy rather than back at home.
Sorry we missed the rugby Andrew - hope you had a good evening and hope to make it to the next one! Spent all afternoon/ evening in or outside Villi's shop in Ascoli. An amazing shop if you need keys cutting/ knives/ beautiful kitchen equipment etc including picnic hampers and old fashioned shaving stuff. The good news is that the key cutting man maganed to eventually get our broken bit of key out of our car ignition after several hours. Thank goodness for that - a new ignition was going to be well over £200! So if anyone gets into a similar situation - go to Villi's in Ascoli. Hopefully see you on the 23rd Andrew!
Hi John and Toni, There is a really useful discussion forum here on Lay My Hat - we exchange tips and links as there are many free listings also, some of which are good and some a total waste of your time filling in all your details! We find Holiday Rentals very good and like Angie, have had people stay this year from Demark, Sweeden, Germany and Holland as well as the UK. As far as advertising in magazines go, I gentrally think that it is very expensive, although your ad would have a longer life than one of the daily papers, which may get thrown away after one day. I will PM you! Good luckSarah and Mark
That will be fun to watch - hope I get my new camera by then! Looking forward to our visit to the library next week - really pleased it is open again. We are always glad of a trip to Lago di Ruffino, one of our favourite places too Angie!