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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

Answer to: house build
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 04:21

"but i was wondering if we go to court can I freeze there assets?" " ....ÌýÌýask your lawyer - that's what he's there for" - that's what you pay him for

Answer to: house build
Sun, 01/30/2011 - 08:49

" ..... can I freeze their assets till it goes to court?" I doubt it - but ask your lawyer - thats what he's there for

Sun, 01/30/2011 - 04:33

Didn't think the offer would last long - glad I got it though [that sounds selfish - probably is!] --------------- "Ìý......... hope the queuing system works efficiently - and that roads from the ports don't get clogged with the drive-off traffic." There will definitely be a case for turning left at the docks exit onto the road up the [steepish] hill and back to London on the old A2, thus avoiding the crush through Dover itself

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 05:33

Jet2 website says they are flying LeedsBradford to Rome Fiumicino, from about £50 each way, and daily flights from Manchester [from £22 each way]

Answer to: Tomato Soup
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:19

Surely a small handful of roughly chopped Basil added a couple of minutes before serving would add to the flavour?

Answer to: Tomato Soup
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 13:03

"very few soups to be found in supermarkets around here in Marche" Up around Lakes Orta & Maggiore there appear to be numerous packets of soups - mainly minestrone, vegetable and lentil/bean/pulses - there must have been 20+ varieties on the shelves - but no tomato

Answer to: coffee machines?
Fri, 01/21/2011 - 17:23

Wed, 01/05/2011 - 14:43

"I like the brazier idea!" Watch out for 'noxious' fumes on the first few 'burnings - and don't breathe them in!

Tue, 01/04/2011 - 09:37

Have you asked at your Comune?

Thu, 12/30/2010 - 08:01

"I'd be thinking about lining the walls with something that didn't get so cold." The normal solution would be to either line the walls with insulated plasterboard or construct a 'stud' wall against the existing walls Either method would usually involve using professionals and would knock up to about 100mm/wall off of the size of the room -and things like power points and switches will need moving. If its just a 'small' wall that is the problem, you could cover it with dense cork floor tiles [and make it a pin board!]