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.Ìý We prefer to vary the rou
Wed, 06/01/2011 - 09:25
Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre.Ìý 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 likeÌýÌý
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.Ìý As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket.Ìý 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 Ìý My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from
Sat, 11/06/2010 - 07:04
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Try googling something like -
"part load to Italy".
Throws up lots of options for getting quotes
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I doubt whether many ½ûÂþÌìÌÃs would regularly feed a neighbours cat - they seem to have a different view on cats to Brits, in most cases.
You could try the expat forum(s) for your area - you might get an offer of help.
Good luck
If you are going back to the UK by ferry, you will have to quarantine on your return- only Eurotunnel travellers can avoid it, by non-stopping in France.
Although you can fill up with fuel etc in france, if you don't mix with others whilst you do.
I seeÌýthat Ferry companies are complaining as only Eurotunnel users can avoid quarantine, and ferry users [even if they "non-stop"] have to quarantine.
We bought without a lawyer - following very very strong advice from our ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends.Ìý
My advice is that it's much more important to have a good translator present at the signing.
Austria ( and Croatia) on the EnglandÌýquarantine list.
Switzerland on the Scottish quarantine list
If they have tastesÌýlike mice, milk chocolate is a fantastically effective bait
I don't think you necessarily need to non-stopÌý through France on the way to italy, only on the way back to the UK to avoid quarantine.
Don't think there are any restrictions on entry into italy from France or SwitzerlandÌý
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If things stay as they are now, you can avoid quarantine by staying out of France.Ìý ÌýIf you drive from Switzerland into Germany, and up to Aachen on the German/Belgium border.Ìý From there it is less than 4 hrs non-stop drive to Calais across Belgium.Ìý By non-stopping, you don't have to quarantine on your return.Ìý It only adds about 2 hrs to the total journey time,Ìý and about 120 miles to the overall distance.i