We headed off for Genova at the weekend and we had quite an interesting train journey. Sitting opposite, as remarked upon by my three year old, were no less than three English speakers. I sat quietly and listened in on their conversation. It turned out that the three people were a couple of … [Read more...]
Chocolate pasta
October 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I forgot to mention that at the Paolo Sarpi street fair we picked up a bag of 'cocoa' flavoured pasta. It's brown, as you would expect and is real pasta, not just chocolate dressed up to look like pasta.We have not tried it yet, but apparently it goes very will with 'salsa di noci', which I … [Read more...]
The mind of a three year old
October 24, 2006 By Leave a Comment
My little one asked me, in Italian, why I don't speak to him in Italian. I replied that it was because I am English and that it is important and useful for him to know another language. He seemed to accept this, but his progress with English is not promising, not to me, at least. I guess that … [Read more...]
Belated post – Sarpi street fair
October 19, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Sorry I have not got round to this sooner - I've been busy, and when I wasn't busy I was tired.Anyway, the Sarpi street fair here in Milan was up to its usual good standards, even if there weren't as many stands as last year.We got some porcini mushrooms, which were promptly turned into a … [Read more...]
Done!
October 11, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Almost an hour and over 10 signatures later I find myself with a shiney new bank account for business purposes. I have noted that both accounts are accessible via the same home banking log-on, which is a mixed blessing - they both have the same name, so I'll just have to be careful that I don't do … [Read more...]
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