As we are not in Italy all year round it is not economic that we subscribe to the more expensive Sky monthly package so we have the basic and have purchased a Sky Pass to view football matches - from UK and Champions League etc. Our problem is th
We had problems in the summer with our electric current going off in a storm and then the electric pump to pump water away from the drain outside our semi underground garage did not work so our garage got flooded. This was all in our absence so w
Hi everyoneThose in Italy have the hot weather - us at present in England have the Bank holiday! Does anyone know of a site which gives the proposed timetable for broadband coverage in Italy by comune please? When in Italy we are in northern Laz
I like the new format. Well done to all.Can anyone advise please as to whether ICI have been abolished for A2 category prima casa if the person paying is registered as resident at the anagrafe - or is there just a fixed amount deduction. Thank
Hi Maria and welcome. I'm glad you have got some contacts now. When in Italy we are in Northern Lazio by the Lago di Bolsena, a bit of a distance from you. I hope that you find the Community helpful - I certainly have.
Like you pamela, I hope not. I'm in England at present and we too had demos in London today and the weather was sunny!! Not warm enough to swim though. Regarding winning the vote of confidence - I do not understand Italian politics. Perhaps others can comment.
I am pleased for you Bobbys Girl. Thank you also for the information. I am waiting for another carrier from Stansted or possibly from Southend to Rome!
I agree that there are very few posts but members must still be looking at the posts as the original post timed at 9.20am today (35 mins ago) has already had 15 reads - including mine.
A friend told me that they had booked Ryanair flights to Spain through Travel Republic to avoid the £6 each way per person admin charge. Has anyone else used Travel Republic to book Ryanair flights and was it ok? I did some research a couple of days ago on flights for 4 people from Stansted to Rome at the end of September and coming back about a week later. The flights I chose had no taxes either way. The price of the flights via the Ryanair website was the same as booking them through the Travel Republic website ie £242.94. On top of that Ryanair would then charge £6 each way per person admin charge - an additional £48. However, on the Travel Republic website they charge 1.25% of the total cost if paying by debit card and 2.5% if paying by credit card. My maths is not brilliant but I make it an additional £3.04 if paying by debit card and an additional £6.07 if paying by credit card. Quite a saving. I phoned Travel Republic and asked if Ryanair accepted bookings through them and they said that they did and sold a lot of Ryanair flights. They take the booking on their site and Ryanair send the customer the confirmation email. Has anyone any experience of booking Ryanair flights through this or a similar company? It sounds a good deal.
I used this recipe to make grape jelly last year though my grapes (grown in sunny Herts) are small black ones rather than white. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7606/grape-jelly I don't see why it would not work with white grapes but am not an expert. Perhaps you could research recipes for white grape jelly? One batch of my grape jelly did not set so I included a sachet of Silver Spoon Pectin (1.3g for each 1kg of sugar). The grape jelly is more like jam and is delicious. I have requests to make more this year but sadly there are not as many grapes. I also made grape juice by completing stage 1 only of the recipe and that was very nice instead of the ususal orange juice. I stored it in jars with lids in the fridge and it was fine for the 5 or so days it lasted before we had drunk it. By the way, I was too impatient to wait overnight for the grape juice so after cooking the grapes I put small quantities into a metal sieve and pressed the juice out of the grapes with the back of a wooden spoon. It seemed to work ok.
Hi Carolina I hope all goes well with your move back to Norwich - "A Fine City" as they say! I used to know it well as I lived in Norfolk for many years and still visit at least once a week when I am in the UK as my mother lives just outside Norwich. Do let us know how you get on with the removal as the info would probably be of help to other community members. Best wishes.
Thanks for the link Annec. Just as well they are self-cleaning! Apparently they have sold many to the UK at the equivalent of £240 a jumper. The 2nd series is going to be shown this autumn, according to the Times.
Thanks also to the above members for their advice since my last thanks. All very helpful. And, Annec, yes, more suspects .... but will Lund change her jumper? As the series is supposed to film consecutive days' action does she ever wash it? Possibly, as she did appear in another jumper in an earlier episode, I think. Does it matter? On Thursday all will be revealed!!
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Hi Maria and welcome. I'm glad you have got some contacts now. When in Italy we are in Northern Lazio by the Lago di Bolsena, a bit of a distance from you. I hope that you find the Community helpful - I certainly have.
Hi Mick chick I found these after some digging. Hope they are of help. Sorry that they don't highlight so you can just click on them (well, they don't on my screen before posting, anyway), so you may have to copy them and paste them into your browser. Short version - http://censimentopopolazione.istat.it/_res/doc/pdf/multilanguage/short/English.pdf Long version - http://censimentopopolazione.istat.it/_res/doc/pdf/multilanguage/long/English.pdf In fact, after posting they worked ok by just clicking on the link!!!
Like you pamela, I hope not. I'm in England at present and we too had demos in London today and the weather was sunny!! Not warm enough to swim though. Regarding winning the vote of confidence - I do not understand Italian politics. Perhaps others can comment.
I am pleased for you Bobbys Girl. Thank you also for the information. I am waiting for another carrier from Stansted or possibly from Southend to Rome!
I agree that there are very few posts but members must still be looking at the posts as the original post timed at 9.20am today (35 mins ago) has already had 15 reads - including mine.
A friend told me that they had booked Ryanair flights to Spain through Travel Republic to avoid the £6 each way per person admin charge. Has anyone else used Travel Republic to book Ryanair flights and was it ok? I did some research a couple of days ago on flights for 4 people from Stansted to Rome at the end of September and coming back about a week later. The flights I chose had no taxes either way. The price of the flights via the Ryanair website was the same as booking them through the Travel Republic website ie £242.94. On top of that Ryanair would then charge £6 each way per person admin charge - an additional £48. However, on the Travel Republic website they charge 1.25% of the total cost if paying by debit card and 2.5% if paying by credit card. My maths is not brilliant but I make it an additional £3.04 if paying by debit card and an additional £6.07 if paying by credit card. Quite a saving. I phoned Travel Republic and asked if Ryanair accepted bookings through them and they said that they did and sold a lot of Ryanair flights. They take the booking on their site and Ryanair send the customer the confirmation email. Has anyone any experience of booking Ryanair flights through this or a similar company? It sounds a good deal.
I used this recipe to make grape jelly last year though my grapes (grown in sunny Herts) are small black ones rather than white. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7606/grape-jelly I don't see why it would not work with white grapes but am not an expert. Perhaps you could research recipes for white grape jelly? One batch of my grape jelly did not set so I included a sachet of Silver Spoon Pectin (1.3g for each 1kg of sugar). The grape jelly is more like jam and is delicious. I have requests to make more this year but sadly there are not as many grapes. I also made grape juice by completing stage 1 only of the recipe and that was very nice instead of the ususal orange juice. I stored it in jars with lids in the fridge and it was fine for the 5 or so days it lasted before we had drunk it. By the way, I was too impatient to wait overnight for the grape juice so after cooking the grapes I put small quantities into a metal sieve and pressed the juice out of the grapes with the back of a wooden spoon. It seemed to work ok.
Hi Carolina I hope all goes well with your move back to Norwich - "A Fine City" as they say! I used to know it well as I lived in Norfolk for many years and still visit at least once a week when I am in the UK as my mother lives just outside Norwich. Do let us know how you get on with the removal as the info would probably be of help to other community members. Best wishes.
Thanks for the link Annec. Just as well they are self-cleaning! Apparently they have sold many to the UK at the equivalent of £240 a jumper. The 2nd series is going to be shown this autumn, according to the Times.
Thanks also to the above members for their advice since my last thanks. All very helpful. And, Annec, yes, more suspects .... but will Lund change her jumper? As the series is supposed to film consecutive days' action does she ever wash it? Possibly, as she did appear in another jumper in an earlier episode, I think. Does it matter? On Thursday all will be revealed!!