My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur
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I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways.ÌýI did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32
ÌýI thought it might help people not break the law [or get caught breaking it] to some info on speed cameras they might come across in driving down to Italy.Ìý[This really applies to people like me who don’t have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:03
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area],Ìýfrom Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg.ÌýÌýÌýThe reasons for doing so is simple:-
Fri, 07/03/2009 - 12:52
If you are driving down to Italy, this regularly updated AA site gives you the latest info on fuel prices across Europe.Ìý Its useful for deciding where to fill up.ÌýNote - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 05:32
.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýI heard this today on Radio 4.ÌýÌýI take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough?Others may stumble, but not you,On hiccough, thorough, lough** and through.Well done!
Sat, 06/20/2009 - 16:58
.ÌýÌýÌýI'm considering handing over ownership of my ½ûÂþÌìÌà Holiday Home to my kids.ÌýDoes anyone know
- How easy this is to do, and how costly?
- Whether this can be done in the UK - or do I have to do it in Italy?
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 04:54
Egypt 1 - Italy 0ÌýÌýÌýÌý.
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 18:08
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Bus - yes there is but it seems to take a couple of hours [plus changes]Ìý seeÌý ÌýÌýFor train detail [pretty regular service from Verona] see
I thought about leaving a car at the holiday house for general use.It would have been a UK car - from this and other forum responses, getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà car would have been 'difficult'. [although I did consider getting an ½ûÂþÌìÌà to buy, tax and insure a car in Italy]I had considered insurance - I would have used Saga [or similar] for the annual 'use abroad' facilityI'd considered the MOT problem - the car would be new [or nearly new] so wouldn't needÌýan MOT for 3 years, when it would be returned to the UK and replacedÌý- it would be a small/cheap car to keep costs down -Ìýsomething like the Ford Ka that I bought brand new about 18 months ago for under £5kThe downfall of the proposal was what you did with the car when I wasn't there - if I left it at the airport, there were charges and security to consider.Ìý if I left it at the house, I had to pay for transport to and from the airport.All in all - the costs didn't stack up - so I hire
Ìý"Point well made I did mean FENCES!" .ÌýÌýBeing at a loose end, I Googled 'Fenching' - wish I hadn't...................
"but when it comes down to legal transactions such as buying houses and cars etc there should be a common understanding".ÌýÌýÌýLike common house buying rules in England and Scotland?
try a PM to Ronald or Valentina?
MBK - thanks for the warning - it at least made me aware there probably would be a problem.Ìý As i'd booked the overnight stop already - we still went ahead withÌýthe route anywayÌýBoth sides of the dual carriageway were 'singled' in places, with contraflow as well.Ìý It wasn't too much of a problem going from Dunkirk, as we were not having to get to a ferry by a set time, and a later arrival at the hotel didn'tÌý really matter [only in lost drinking time!].Ìý But we didn't want to risk missing the ferry on the way back.
It literally sounds like two stones being knocked together,ÌýÌý.ÌýPerhaps its just that - a local scaring the birds away as he goes out to work in the morning
I'd avoid the property like the plague - tax dodge, plus charges against it etc etc - run like h*ell