I have been having a spring clean and I have some boxes of books that I am willing to give away free to anyone who would meet me close to my home to pick them up.
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We are having to travel to the UK by car in the next week. Does anybody know if we can buy the 2 breathalysers from one of the garages in Switzerland near the border? Or if not, do you know where we can buy them before we get into France?
Mon, 09/24/2012 - 07:19
Ok, so I have got the modified F24 form, and I have got the printout of my rendita cadastale from the comune, and I have done the calculations. But I am now stuck. What do I put in the following boxes - Sezione, cod. tributo and codice ente????
Sat, 06/09/2012 - 04:53
I have an old house, over 150 years old that I have owned for more than five years. I want to put it on the market but I need to know if I need a certicato agibilita or anything about the energy rating.
Sat, 03/10/2012 - 12:05
We are getting ready to put our house on the market, but I need some serious advice. The house is an old farmhouse, about 150 years old. I have owned it for more than five years and only renovated inside.
Sat, 03/10/2012 - 11:55
Could someone please tell me if I am entitled to have a reduction in my rubbish tax, and if I am, how do I go about it? We have a house outside a village which we use in the summer and an apartment which we use for the winter.
Sat, 09/03/2011 - 05:32
My husband has just reminded me that if you have a car that is over twenty years old you can get very cheap insurance and reduced road tax.
Thu, 10/07/2010 - 11:38
After many years of staying here in Italy, we have decided to make a grand pilgrimage to the UK this winter for Christmas, visiting new grandchildren etc.
Mon, 10/04/2010 - 06:27
Well it is THAT time of year again and I have to renew the car insurance. Up till now I have always used Direct Line because it was the cheapest, but to me it was always extortionate!
Fri, 10/01/2010 - 15:36
We have an Italian dog who is fully vaccinated, microchipped and got his pet passport. Normally, when we go to the Uk we leave him in kennels, but this autumn we intend to go to the UK for some time and are taking him with us.
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:22
Comments posted
Thanks Andiamo, Badger and Alan - as always, the "old faithful" for answering my questions! Yes, I think coming off the motorway and finding a supermarket is the way to go both in Italy and in France. Thank you for the link Andiamo about Carrefour. I shall study that! Is there a link showing petrol stations for something more Italian like Auchan? Or has anybody got another supermarket they can suggest? It is difficult to just take off from a junction if you don't know where you are going! At least it is when I am driving! Glad to hear that the Basel route is working well Alan! I agree with you about American tourists. They just have no idea about British grit in the face of danger!It certainly isn't going to put us off!
Popped into Ikea two days ago, and looked at Carrefour while we were there. Could not believe the cheapness of the fuel! Unfortunately had an almost full tank! However, that will definitely be the place to fill up as we go past. Do you know if they are open at night? We were thinking of leaving in the wee small hours of the morning.
I thought it might be! That is really great. We can manage that, and now that is one less thing to worry about!
Thanks for that Bunterboy. Yes our vet in Passo San Ginesio seems to charge 25 Euros for almost everything, so I am sure it will be the same! We will do that with our dog, and then drive to Calais for the ferry. However, as you have obviously done this, what do you have to do when you come back from the UK? Did you have to go through the whole process again with a UK vet, or does it carry over? We are thinking of staying in the UK for at least a month??
I flew back to Italy from the UK a few weeks ago and although I was well sorted with everything in my hand luggage or wearing on my body, pockets etc, there was a very smart Italian lady who was distraught because she had a designer handbag as her hand luggage and had bought a bottle of whisky to take home to her husband and the ryanair person was giving her grief and telling her that if she could not get the bottle in her handbag it would be 35 Euros. I saved the day by lending her my spare Marks and Spencer cloth carrier bag which happily took handbag and bottle inside! I got a full blown glare from ryanair, but the lady was very grateful! She was watched all the time that she was on the plane to make sure she did not take everything out of the bag and was only able to give it back to me when we had gone past passport control at Ancona!You would think they got a bonus payment for every excess charge they extracted out of people!
We have a lot of this available in December only in San Benedetto, Southern Marche. Here it is called Fristingo. It is just like cold Christmas pudding, but lovely! Very expensive though!!
I joined this on the 5 Euros a month through paypal and it all worked really well. We could not be more pleased with it!
Hey Badger, you are really great! i have done it and have just enjoyed watching gavin and Stacey, the new series, episode 1! I never knew I could have so much enjoyment from an internet connection! You have made my year! thank you!
I am connected to the portal, but when I went on the BBC site it said I couldn't see anything because I live in Italy!!
I was very excited by this Badger, and fololowing your link I have registered, BUT I now can't seem to get any further and actually see anything! I know i am being totally thick but what do you do once you have an icon on your computer and it says, yes you have registered?????