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.
Loved the note about changing the locks!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Any chance of buying an 'old banger' and driving?
Try the 8.55 or 10.55 trainsÌýfrom Genoa to Paris via Nice Then Eurostar [who are running extra Trains] to London This siteÌý Ìý will enable you to sort out routing optionsÌý [but probably won't have the extra Eurostars].Ìý Look atÌý Ìý
Get a couple of quotes, from your architect and a geometra, for filling the form in and submitting it
[I posted this on Patz 'bill' thread - but it may assist you also] Ìý According to the Finance Ministry website ÌýThe ICI must be paid in two installments:
The website has a fair amount about ICI – [its in ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, but my Google bar translated it for me], and although it may not help on how to pay, it could help with the calculations and the [relatively small] charges for late paymentÌý [I paid late last year – cost me about 6 Euros extra] The website isÌýÌý
According to the Finance Ministry website ÌýThe ICI must be paid in two installments:
The website has a fair amount about ICI – [its in ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, but my Google bar translated it for me], and although it may not help on how to pay, it could help with the calculations and the [relatively small] charges for late paymentÌý [I paid late last year – cost me about 6 Euros extra] The website isÌýÌý
"I've just got a red bill from the comune for ICI 2008 which is forÌýover €1000 and includes interest owed even though this is the first time they have sent the bill." My Commune never sends a bill out to me - I have to look at their website for the rate, calculate the ICI and pay it by the 'due date'Ìý [bit of a bummer with a holiday home that isn't visited that much - off thereÌýin May to hopefully pay it]
found this;- Hope it helps
Some people say you should always use a solicitor. My ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends say you would be mad to use one I didn't use oneÌý [but lots of Brits do - they feel safer doing so] I don't regret it