Well, Mr Gates may be pleased to know that his latest creation, Vista, has at least one fan here in Italy. My other half got a new PC at work, after the previous anonymous grey box kept crashing. Anyway, she likes the way Vista, remembers the functions you use most often and only presents you … [Read more...]
Italy’s policy on the kidnapping of Italian nationals
May 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
As you may know, Italy has been getting itself into some trouble over its tactics for dealing with the kidnapping of Italians in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and now, Nigeria. The Italian government's policy generally seems to be to pay a ransom to the kidnappers in order to secure the release … [Read more...]
Is it raining in Spain?
May 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Nope? Well, it is tipping it down here in not so sunny Milan today. Just as well really, it hardly ever seems to rain here these days. In fact, oddly enough the north of Italy has been suffering from a water shortage, whereas the normally drier south seems to have plenty of H2O. When I first … [Read more...]
Short Holiday
May 3, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Last week we hopped on the train and headed for the La Francesca tourist village down on the coat not far from Genova and quite near to Le Cinque Terre. We stayed in a wee appartment which had a wonderful terrace - about as big as the appartment - and the view from the terrace was terrific. In … [Read more...]
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