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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, 02/07/2022 - 06:11

Don't give up.Ìý ÌýTalk to the Comune if the limits in modicasa's post below are being exceeded . That's what I would do.Ìý

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Thu, 02/03/2022 - 13:55

Not sure - it could be.

Sad to say that when I have a question like that, I talk to my bilingual italian friend.Ìý

He understands the '½ûÂþÌìÌà Mentality' and can deal with such things for me.

Wed, 02/02/2022 - 11:14

The comune is the local council.

If you are in Bergamo -Ìýhttps://www.comune.bergamo.it/

Wed, 02/02/2022 - 07:52

Talk to the Comune

Wed, 01/12/2022 - 11:46

Looks like French travel restrictions on UK residents may be lifted this weekend.Ìý (We live in hope!)

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-news-latest-france-updates-b1991369.html%3famp

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Sun, 01/02/2022 - 06:39

Not sure you can do it in February, the French suspension of the transit rule could well be time limited - "over the New Year period " according to Sky News

Thu, 12/30/2021 - 16:32

France appears to be softening its stance on transit journeys

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59832076

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Thu, 12/30/2021 - 09:10

Apparently the French Foreign Ministry say there is no ban on UK citizens who are resident in the EU from transiting FranceÌý but people have been turned back by French Border Staff at Folkestone (Eurotunnel).

Could be miscommunication with Border Staff ....Ìý Ìý or just the French having a go at bashing the BritsÌý as there is an election coming up in 2022

Thu, 12/30/2021 - 03:07

Double posting

Thu, 12/30/2021 - 03:07

Hope you made the trip.

BBC announced today that France is preventing Brits that live in EU from driving through France.

Seems to be about EU Brits not be allowed back into France from uk.

Details a bit confused at presentÌý (08.00am GMT)