For e-mailing I use a combination of the desktop client Thunderbird and my email provider, a company called Fastmail.fm which is based in Australia and offers a primarily IMAP based service. IMAP, if you do not know, is an email system which leaves a copy of your mail on a separate server, unlike … [Read more...]
Rain, again.
September 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It's raining even more heavily, real 'cats and dogs' style, today. This means than Milan will flood, it always does. Not that the whole city begins to resemble lake Como, but there will be a series of 'ponds' hampering the progress of trams and cars alike. Of course the number of silly little … [Read more...]
Bi-lingual???
September 15, 2006 By Leave a Comment
My son is making some progress with English but still tends to use Italian as the predominant language. As I may have mentioned before, he understands English very well, however he continues to demand to see DVD's in Italian. This is probably because he understands more Italian than English and … [Read more...]
Dampness
September 14, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It's raining in Milan today. This could mean an end to the fantastic September weather which we had been having. Shame, but at least I'll stop overheating. … [Read more...]
Speeding, and other traffic fines in Italy
September 14, 2006 By 758 Comments
PLEASE READ THIS:I would like to underline that I do not suggest or condone the non-payment of fines. If I did, I would probably end up in big trouble here in Italy, and seeing as I live, work and have family here, I would like to avoid such a situation. If, by chance, someone has read this … [Read more...]
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