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In hospital
And then things all went wrong all of a sudden…… I sent my bi-annual poo test in an envelope, thinking nothing of it, as always.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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Italy illegally limits the personal freedom of its citizens
The text in this analysis of Italy’s post-fascist (and now communist?) constitution shows that our current limitations of personal freedom and restrictions of movements are
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Grumpy Tales
Shopping Corona-style
So if you think only my good friend Glenn Colin de Kavanagh-Norman can write adventure stories….. think again… . ‘Operation Spesa’ was successful. Today I
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Italian Blog
Visiting Model Expo in Verona
I had read about this model fair months before and planned on visiting, if only to understand the size of the scale model market in
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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The Christmas tree at Gubbio
Gubbio boasts to have the biggest Christmas tree in the WORLD ! Well, duh….. it is a tree made out of 500 lights, posted on
Sunday, December 24, 2017
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An Italian mobile phone number
Alright, it took me a year of contemplating, several weeks of googling, and these past two days hours and hours of internet ‘work’ PLUS not
Monday, August 17, 2015
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Ik ben een cultuurbarbaar
Ik heb geen geduld (meer) voor muziek, ben 3 keer in mijn leven naar het Concertgebouw geweest, krimp in elkaar bij opera, vind Picasso een
Sunday, March 29, 2015
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Cotto, the local stones
Good, another step. We have found the hand-made tiles that will go onto our terrace….. the family business at the company below has a great
Thursday, March 19, 2015
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Italian traffic regulations
I am now thoroughly convinced that there is an Italian traffic rule that I was not aware of. As a foreigner here, you would never
Monday, February 23, 2015
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Bureaucracy ad infinito…..
Italy’s bureaucracy: one step forward, 2 backwards 6 months ago we tried to get Nina admitted as resident, but at the town hall they told
Saturday, February 14, 2015
General
Fire !
Never a dull day here in our new place in Italy. Today, while I was cutting down some trees in our ‘garden’, suddenly a black
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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Watch the arms !
One of the things here in Italy you have to watch out for, is not hurt ladies’ hands while driving through the streets of your
Saturday, February 7, 2015
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Far and few between
…. blog posts that is. Let me tell you, working and living in two countries doesn’t leave much time to blog on top of it.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
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Italian Blog…. will it ever get filled?
Because, you see, in spite of all my good intentions and living in Italy for a month I haven’t been able to update my site
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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We’re moving
Well, we have STARTED to move at least. Just had news from our friends and neighbors in Umbria that the gas/heating system has been fixed…..
Friday, May 2, 2014
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Stuff that needs sorting
When moving into another place there are many things to be taken care of. When moving into another country, there are many MORE! When we
Sunday, April 20, 2014
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How it all started
It is now way up to the end of March 2014 and we have bought a house in Italy. But as the first ‘post’ in
Sunday, March 30, 2014
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