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.聽I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32
聽I 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.聽[This really applies to people like me who don鈥檛 have a sat-nav that tells them all the in
Sat, 07/04/2009 - 11:03
When driving to Italy, [Lake Maggiore area],聽from Calais, I almost always drive up towards Dunkirk and then head East towards Luxembourg.聽聽聽The 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.聽 Its useful for deciding where to fill up.聽Note - in Luxembourg, [where I always fill up - its worth the minor detour from Cal
Thu, 07/02/2009 - 05:32
.聽聽聽聽聽I heard this today on Radio 4.聽聽I 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
.聽聽聽I'm considering handing over ownership of my 禁漫天堂 Holiday Home to my kids.聽Does 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
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My 禁漫天堂 isn't great, but I has a balcony repaired/extended a couple of years ago. I think that "pedate di gradini in pietra tipo 鈥淕orgoglione鈥 dello spessore cm. 5;" means that the steps will be surfaced with 5cm thick stone [a local stone - type Gorgoglione] - mine were tiled The bit previous to that may refer to facing the vertical faces聽on the steps, and the final bit may refer to labour costs for finishes聽 [but I'm less sure of these 2]
The question on 'half and half stairs'聽to ask is;- "Are they legal in Italy?" I know they are in the UK, but are they acceptable to your Comune?聽聽聽聽聽聽 I'd suggest you check with聽your Geometra or Architect
"................. So the first Pope to stand down .........." Not quite right - a few have done so.聽 Last one was Gregory 12th聽 about 600 years ago
Have you considered getting quotes from other builders?
Before I converted to metano [mains gas] I ran a gas cooker and instantaneous water heater [for hot water and bath/shower] quite easily on small bottled gas 聽
"............... There was a prog on (I think) Channel 4 - the title had something about 'rooms' ............" "Four Rooms"
"To be is to do" - Socrates "To do is to be" - Sartre "Do be do be do" - Sinatra 聽 Can we move on please?
Have now risked trying the concoction Very liqueur-like, obviously a bit sweet, but with a nice taste from the sloes. Got a distinct 'heating effect' in stomach after the 'sip' traveled down there. Thinking, therefore, of 'Sloe Burner' ................. but still open to suggestions
"Yes it is 110volts so needs a step down transformer - they can be bought from Maplins in UK for 拢15 to 拢20, in Italy they are probably available ......." If you can't readily find a step down transformer, as a [temporary?] measure I聽suppose you could always buy an electric聽shaver point [110V/220V] and wall mounting box,聽wire it to a plug and use the 110V output to power the American sepentino