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Driving to ItalyÌý

Just driven down.Ìý No longer cheap petrol in SwitzerlandÌý - fill up in France.Ìý

Even ½ûÂþÌìÌà petrol is appreciably cheaper than SwitzerlandÌý

(There was no petrol available in Mulhouse for some reason)

Wed, 09/14/2022 - 06:49

IMU Tax

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Don't forget the first payment is due by 16th June

Sat, 05/14/2022 - 06:35

DRIVING TO ITALY FOR CHRISTMAS

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You've got until Saturday to enter France, before the entry ban for UK citizens comes into place.

Thu, 12/16/2021 - 04:33

European PET Passport.

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Anyone had experience of getting a European Pet Passport for a dog in Italy (or possibly France, whenÌýwe drive down)

Thu, 08/26/2021 - 05:40

As a Brit with a holiday home in Northern Italy, its been over a year since I have been able to visit it.Ìý Last time was in February 2020, when the highlight was a meal out with ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends in a crowded restaurant in Bergamo!Ìý Luckily, no ill

Thu, 05/06/2021 - 04:55

IMU etc Due Soon

just a quick reminder to those not living in Italy,Ìý that the IMU etc on your ½ûÂþÌìÌà property requires payingÌýthis month.

Tue, 12/01/2020 - 14:48

Travelling through France - UK QuarantineÌý

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Looks like people travelling through France to the UK could well be soon required to quarantine themselves for 2 weeks on their entry into the UK.

Fri, 08/07/2020 - 03:27

Are there companies in Italy that just change kitchen units doors and worksurfaces, rather than a complete replacement of the units?

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 17:37

My house has a semi-underground store room that was nice and cool during the recent very hot weather - the dog and I spent a lot of time in it - me reading and him asleep on the floor.Floor is just old concrete slab - lots of dust, and the walls a

Wed, 07/03/2019 - 10:50

Car Driving to [and in] Italy on a UK Licence- post BrexitÌý IF No Deal reached.ÌýI am driving down in March, and have had to plan for a 'No Deal' Brexit, just in case.If No Deal - all UK Driving Licence holders

Tue, 02/26/2019 - 10:34

Comments posted

Mon, 12/07/2009 - 07:19

If you want maximum heating efficiency, and no smoke - a wood burner is the obvious choice. ÌýHowever,ÌýÌý -Ìý If heating efficiency etc are not sacrosanct, there's little to beat a nice roaring open fire. ÌýWe chose the open fire - its a holiday home, not used a great deal in Winter, although we do usually do about 4 weeks in the skiing season.Ìý The open fire is more than enough [after a couple of days warming the walls] to cause the central heating to cut offÌý [it's set at 21C] ÌýYou could always 'mix and match' your options - one room with the feature open fire, and the rest with wood burners.

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 07:27

Thanks - have re-assigned my 'favourite'

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 05:59

I went stright to 'latest activity', Ìý[its set up as one of my 'favourites' on internet ExplorerÌýI then opened your [this] post, read it and thought 'great idea'clicked 'back'it went straight to 'locations', not 'latest activitiy'ÌýStill a bit of tweaking needed, I think

Wed, 12/02/2009 - 09:33

ÌýTry this siteÌýÌýÌýI particularly like the “Maurice, The Car Chicken Coopâ€ÌýAlso – see;-ÌýÌý

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 05:24

The report in the Grauniad this morning says that the police were on there way back from giving a talk to students on 'Road safety'

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 10:48

ÌýÌý[The O2 card seems the free one]

Sat, 11/28/2009 - 05:54

.......it could be 90 - mathematically, if a line is normal to another, its at right angles - but that doesn't explain the '(F)'ÌýCould it be musical?

Fri, 11/27/2009 - 13:39

Beggared if I can sort this one - I agree it shouldn't be body temperature [as the value is not constant]ÌýÌýWill think on ..................

Fri, 11/27/2009 - 13:37

The Walrus and the CarpenterWere walking close at hand;They wept like anything to seeSuch quantities of sand:"If this were only cleared away,"They said, "it would be grand!"Ìý"If seven maids with seven mopsSwept it for half a year.Do you suppose," the Walrus said,"That they could get it clear?""I doubt it," said the Carpenter,And shed a bitter tear.Ìý

Fri, 11/27/2009 - 04:58

this website -

Ìý and found it under "Giardino Barbecue"

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[I googled Gala'sÌý "spiedo girarrosto"]Ìý