UPDATE: Free Beer! After having a chat with Alessandro, the landlord, today, he agreed to offer readers of this blog the first two pints of beer ordered for the price of one. Not bad, eh?There is a catch. Isn't there always? This catch, not a big one, is that this offer is only open to the first … [Read more...]
Windows Vista
June 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Some time ago I posted this about the then new Windows Vista operating system. So this article made me chuckle. Sometimes, you've got to trust those gut feelings. … [Read more...]
Italian university degrees
June 28, 2007 By 1 Comment
If you know anything about the Italian university system you will know that up until relatively recently a degree course lasted five years. Italians start university when they are about 19 0r 20. However, the five year degree courses often took (take, they still exist) more than five years to … [Read more...]
The battle
June 28, 2007 By Leave a Comment
We have a sort of disco on our doorstep and its thumping bass manages to keep us awake many nights. It's worse during the summer because we leave the bedroom window open.Fortunately, the Italian law concerning noise levels has recently changed in our favour, and a few people have won cases … [Read more...]
Miffed, I am.
June 27, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I got the 'we want to do more speaking' comment from my students today.Yet they make no attempt to try using English while working in pairs or groups as they do one of the activities I have set them. This is despite my repeatedly telling them that they need to speak in English.It's no good, … [Read more...]
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