With Italy's complex employment laws and fiddly bureaucracy setting up a restaurant and making it successful appears to be no easy task.My other half was involved in the closure of a mixed bar stroke restaurant here in Milan and the business just was not making any real money. Why? … [Read more...]
Photo Yellow Pages of Italy

Wow, this is excellent! How about a 3d, sort of, yellow pages of Italy? Well, one exists, and appears to cover a reasonable amount of the Living Museum - it is still a beta (trial) version.I can even see a photo of my house on the map!Take a trip on the virtual side! … [Read more...]
Chaplin Bed and Breakfast Rome

Perfectly located in a safe and quiet but extremely central Rome neighborhood, the Chaplin Bed and Breakfast Rome is the ideal base for your Roman holiday.Accommodation in Rome, one of the most popular tourist towns of Europe, is usually not cheap. The Chaplin Hostel B&B, despite its central … [Read more...]
Bella Baita Bed and Breakfast, Piedmont, Italy

Are you looking for unique “off the beaten path” homey accommodation which offers a balance between independence and feeling a part of the family?Somewhere you can experience an authentic Piedmont Italian Alps holiday?If so, whether a short break or longer stay is what you desire, … [Read more...]
One Casualty of Many, I Fear
An Italian teacher of English left this comment yesterday. It's a sad story which paints a bleak picture of the teacher's lot in Italy today.Perhaps Italy was better when it had governments which lasted 6 months or so. At least the politicians never had time to really mess things up, even if … [Read more...]




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