Sausage evening shots

It was busy:

A photo of Chris, a regular, at the 442, with a friend called Valentina:

Yours truly with Chris, although I have to admit that he looks happier to be in Valentina’s company. Can’t imagine why:

Stop reading, start speaking

Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.

The lovely Martina, just one of the charming young ladies who work at the 442. My son thinks Martina is pretty cool, and she very kindly looked after Marty while his dad was talking bangers:

Yep, it was a fun evening.

Good place, good people, good beer, and bangers. What more could an ex-pat in Italy wish for?

Guess where I’ll be this evening?

Yep, I’ll be making more sausages! Got you! But then I’ll be off to the 442, so you were half right!

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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