I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July.
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I logged on this morning to my local webcam, to look at the snow on the ski slopes.
Thu, 01/05/2012 - 04:47
Loved the note about changing the locks!
Wed, 09/21/2011 - 09:20
Mon, 07/25/2011 - 05:21
For many years now I have used the likes of 'mappy', 'via michelin' etc for calculating different routes down to Italy - for us its a part of our holiday, so we don't always want to take the quickest/shortest route down. We prefer to vary the rou
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 09:25
Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre. The relevant portion is;- "The GBP price for a Vignette will increase from 01 June 2011 and we wanted to give you the opportunity to purchase this years’ Vignette before the pric
Mon, 05/23/2011 - 09:45
I've just driven down and back for a [much too] short holiday, and feel that an update on how fuel prices look on the way down would be useful to fellow travellers The following is a good site for seeing what prices have been like Â
Mon, 04/04/2011 - 05:02
P&O have introduced a new ferry on the Dover - Calais route - its called the Spirit of Britain. They seem to have a special offer on at the moment [on this ship only] I've just booked a return crossing [car + 2] for £60 - significantly less th
Sat, 01/29/2011 - 06:08
Does Tomato soup exist in Italy? We were feeling a bit under the weather when we went out to Italy 2 weeks ago. As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket. There were lots of different soups, but I rea
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 08:29
The route/timings for next years Giro d'Italia have been posted  My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from
Sat, 11/06/2010 - 07:04
Comments posted
" is there an ½ûÂþÌìÌà equivalent of Ley lines?" It depends on how gullible ½ûÂþÌìÌÃs are[even the 'spell checker' doesn't recognise them!]
"Under ½ûÂþÌìÌà law, is this likely to be complicated to sort this out?" Under italian law - everythiong is complicated!
Obviously Saga do insurance for the chronologically challenged
How many spuds are you looking to store?- if its just a bag from the shop, I'd bung them in the fridge, as some people recommend a storage temp of about 40F [5C] which a fridge givesIf its a lot - You need somewhere cool and reasonably well ventilated - ideally a cellar, or perhaps a garage [if its reasonably cool]
From where?  - to where?
There aren't any!                 [Including Twining's] Try to get someone to mail you some from the UK
There are several direct trains that go each day from Rome to Venice - depending on what time you want to leave.The direct train takes about 4hrs 16mins I suggest you use  : to plan the trip Â
Charlie, It might help if you told us which commune you want to deal with - there may be someone local on the forum
 for general info
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