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
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How was it? [Italy, not the honeymoon]
We leave at the house everything that is 'long life', that can wait for the next time we're there, [paper, metal, glass, plastic etc - we also have 5 or six collections a week] Everything that is 'perishable' we put in a plastic bag and drop off in the service station rubbish bins - its usually a very small amount. [We have a mental map of where suitable bins are - depending on the route we take]
"....... They then offered the return with an empty tank @ €1.74 a litre for a 56 litre tank, which on reflection was a resonable rate compared to the prices at the nearest Autostrada garage that happened to be 10.6 km from the rental place. ......." Did you only pay for the fuel used to top up the tank - or did they charge you for all 56 litres, however much you'd left in it?
"...... I'll see if I can attach a picture although I can't see how to do it! ...." Not sure you can attach photos. but you can create a 'New Photo Gallery' using the 'Create Content' button. At least we could then view them
Go on your comuunes website - it should have details of how to pay from abroad. And they'll have an IMU calculator, all you need is your 'rendita' value  Just done mine with internet banking - relatively simple - 2 payments, 1 to comune bank account and 1 to the state bank account, and send copies of payment details via email to comune. And repeat in December
"I think the breathalyser comes into force on 1st July in France...............I HEAR that you should carry TWO !!!" Quite right - but the police won't levy fines until November - so should have time to find a Pharmacist as soon as we get off the boat without too much of a worry. Will then pass it on to family members for when they drive down Or - E-bay - £4.99 + 1.39 postage
Already got an italian friend working on helping me. His response this morning was;- "I´m not surprised you found info on how much to pay but not how! That´s typical ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ..... However, for your info we are still waiting for our fiscal adviser to come back to us telling us how much to pay and how!!! Furthermore, just for your info, the new law has been drawn in such terrible way that, even if you pay with a 12 months delay, the maximum fine should be in the region of about 5 Euro!!! I will update you before the 16th ....." He has found something on my comune's website - apparently as a foreigner I must pay by bank transfer - [2 payments, one, for half,to the government and another half to the comune], and probably can only pay half of the total in June and another half in December [4 Transfer charges!] He's getting clarification from the comune [if the respond] Hey Ho!
Have calculated the IMU for my holiday home - but how do I pay from the UK?
"what do the English pay to their government when they sell or buy a car?" If it's a private sale - Nothing.             Selling to a dealer/garage - Nothing.            Buying through a dealer/garage - nothing, but the dealer/garage pays tax
Dover Dunkirk by DFDS seaways - the cheapest - as low as around £60 return Dunkirk - lille - Belguim [Charleroi, Namur] - Luxemburg - Metz - Nancy [All free motorways, and cheap petrol in Lux.]    Only about 15 miles longer than the 'pay as you go' french motorway Normal road to Mulhouse [great scenery] On to German autobahn and turn left before Basel to avoid jams [search 'Basle Bypass on this site] Lucerne, Gotthard Tunnel [or pass] Only cost swiss carnet for all of Swiss motorways - then on into italy