Life in the Living Museum
I was out and about at Café Bistrot, an arty bar a stone's throw from my home in Milan, last night. Aside from being a friendly place, this bar is also rather photogenic and live music can often be heard there. Owner Carlotta is a down to earth lass and her presence undoubtedly adds to the … [Read more...]
The price of headache pills in Italy is nothing short of extortionate. A packet of 20 Aspirina 500mg aspirin based headache tablets can cost you as much as €4.50 in Italy's pharmacies (€3.85 with a discount). In the United Kingdom, you can buy a packet of 16 500mg paracetamol tablets for 39 … [Read more...]
Our son returned to school after his three month summer break on Monday this week. He's now in his second year of elementary school in Italy, and we were happy with the school and his progress. Year two is not off to a great start thanks to the reforms of Italy's education minister Mariastella … [Read more...]
Our son started primary school in Italy this year, and he seems to be loving it. Our six year old's appetite for knowledge seems insatiable, I'm happy to say. His progress has been, well, one could say, 'colourful'.In fact he seems to be demolishing coloured pencils at an alarming rate. If … [Read more...]
Although it may sound from the title of this post that I'm about to talk about birds, this is not the case, no. PEC stands for 'Posta Elettronica Certificata', which is the Italian for 'certified electronic mail'.Basically, PEC is supposed to replace, or at least offer, a legally valid … [Read more...]
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