May in Milan is a wonderful month. It's when the balmy weather starts to kick in, just before the steaminess of late June, and the just about unbearable heat of July.The temperature hovers around 24 or 25°C in May, and those from northern European nations will find that coats are just not … [Read more...]
Too Much Tweet!
May 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I discovered the joys of Twitter not too long ago, and I thought it might be a fun thing to use it to blast out a barrage of news from Italy updates every evening or so.Wrong! I blasted so hard with my 'tweets', as they are called, that someone told me that all the ammunition I'd been firing off … [Read more...]
An Unexpected Tax Rebate, Possibly?
May 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The former Italian governments' putting Italian tax payers declared incomes on-line has aroused the wrath of the Codacons Italian consumers' association.The Codacons' body has brought charges against the government claiming some 20 billion Euros in damages. This means that each of the 38 million … [Read more...]
Buzz Lightyear!
May 5, 2008 By Leave a Comment
At the real risk of getting a bullet, or a fish in the post, or finding a dead horse's or sheep's head lounging on the bed, I have to say that Andy's recent comparison of Mr Berlusconi to Buzz Lightyear had me in stitches! Fair brightened up a dullish Monday morning.If you've ever seen the first … [Read more...]
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