As some of you may know, Italy introduced a new law which effectively bans people from smoking in bars and restaurants. I say effectively because it is possible to circumvent the effects of the ban by equipping bars and restaurants with well ventilated smokers zones, but this is just not practicable … [Read more...]
Pumping out the scams
March 12, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The local news here in Lombardy has just reported that the Guardia di Finanza, the Financial police, have uncovered a large scale scam involving quite a few service stations, 24 in all. This was a high-tech attempt at fiddling. What the unscrupulous were doing was hacking in to the software on the … [Read more...]
Cheese
February 1, 2005 By 5 Comments
On the subject of food, a subject which is very close to my heart, because I like food, as the size of my stomach can bear testament, today a quick entry about cheese.Italy has an enormous variety of cheeses. You've got the famous Parmesan, ricotta and marscapone cheeses, which just about … [Read more...]
Food time!
January 5, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Lunchtime, baby is sleeping - dozed off while we were searching for x-ray copies and doing a bit of shopping. Well, this is Italy, so what am I having? You guessed it . Pasta! This pasta is called 'radiatori' radiators! They go well with the duck ragu which I mixed in with the pasta - simple quick … [Read more...]
First blog
January 4, 2005 By 1 Comment
Introductory ramblings Well, I've been in Italy for quite a while now. It's almost ten years since I decided to try a different life and set off from the UK for a new place. I ended up in northern Italy, Milan to be exact. I didn't really intend to be here for such a long time, but … [Read more...]
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