It's a quarter to two in the morning and I've just finished adding the finishing touches to an urgent (aren't they always!) translation dealing with Italian real estate. At least my commercial property background is proving useful.Off to bed. Interesting day ahead. … [Read more...]
The most interesting places in Italy
July 2, 2007 By 1 Comment
That's a difficult one, but if I was pressed, I would say first Venice and then, Pompei. There are also a million and one other things that will take your breath away, and I could go on for ages, but I won't. Not this time anyway. … [Read more...]
Teaching by not teaching
July 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment
While drifting around the www looking for information on flash photography I came across this quote:"The trick to education, is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late."The person who uttered these wonderful words was the late Harold Eugene … [Read more...]
Thank you Mr Prodi, once more.
July 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I'll have to call Prodi the 'stealth' prime minister. He seems to do some quite good things without telling anyone about them.Indeed, as a result of a recent change in the law here, I now know longer have to wait in a long queue to renew my pretty unnecessary Permesso di Soggiorno - Permission to … [Read more...]
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