Little Italy 26

[Rosa]

Siamo qui ... Ciao a tutti !

I left my heart in Northern Spain, what a wonderful place!

Oh so you're off Gio! Have a lovely time and enjoy the take away! (mind you, I discovered a chinese restaurant here in milan that is delicious)

I can't wait to go to the Uk, I miss it quite a lot!

Buone vacanze Gio (have you seen Marino's giunta? It looks good, I hope he makes some changes)

Its not warm IMO about 16/17 here and I have a huge cold ..I hope it goes before the weekend as I want to party!!!! Flight (s) up were fine , both full- strange for a Tuesday but dds behaved and fell asleep on the second leg !!!!
I have never been to Benidorm , managed Nerja and then the Canaries and some areas there are concrete and not my cuppa.
Love Abruzzo , not seen as much as I would like to but what I have seen I liked. Am a fan of Le Marche though lived on the coast for a season and liked the small hill tops inland. All round fave for me is Southern Tuscany on the Umbrian border but I am biased as have people there I adore and would go at a drop of a hat.
Going for a bracing walk on the beach domani to try and clear this cold ...no aerosols here!!!!
Chinese next week when the cold has gone and I get my taste buds back!!!!

I think because there isn't an abundance of ex-pats, english-speakers, food etc this has kept Italy safe from being Benidormed!

Yes, I think you are right Abruzzen ! are you spending August in Itly?

Rosa, glad to hear you arrived smoothly. It is not warm here either. We had a big storm (think monsoons) and now it must be around 18 degrees. We went out for pizza with friends and I wore a wool jumper!

Enjoy yourself in good old England!

I used to get these amazing medicines when I had one of my 1.000 colds in the Uk, contact 400 I think it was called, not sure if it's still available

I have some Boots decongestant tablets but am contemplating using Dds doricum drops in my nose right now!!!!!
There are some eyesors or is it eyesores in some beach resorts in italy. jesolo have thankfully knocked a few down and making the place more presentable.Some Rivieras need to do the same !!
Yes DH said it was a bit cooler today as well and apparently its been snowing in the alps!!!!

Abb bear. When I worked in Chianti donkeys years ago ( like about 22) when Greve was Greve in Chianti and not Greve in Berkshire I recall seeing a solitary box of british tea bags in the deli in the square ... I grabbed it and when I paid the man apologised for the cost he had got them as some British people had joked that Italan tea was naff ...this I have to agree. However it had cost him a fortune to buy and he had to by 5 minimum. It was only about 4 or 5,000 lire . I returned 10 years later and he had tea, kellogs , digestives etc etc...his proscuitto was still pretty good though!!!!

Oh gosh yes, some bits of the Italian coast have been totally ruined by the speculazione edilizia, sadly. italians are perfectly capable of ruining their own landscapes without no one else's intervention. Depressing.

Yes, it has snowed! Friends of ours wanted to go to the mountains but they were told it was 8 degrees!

I can't stand italian tea, what's its name, te' infre'

LittleAbruzzen, province of Siena is full of so many British expats that it is easier to hear someone speaking Italian in UK than there LOL

The fact that much of the landscape is not ruined yet is that many buildings and landscapes are protected, many buildings are listed, and you can't build 'eyesores' on the Tuscan coast.
One of the few reasons why the skyscraper in Follonica is constantly under the fire because they wanted to bring it down....

I never tasted the Italian tea... thank God! :) My mum always bought the earl grey all her life so I've been brought up with that and never changed it

Rosa, where are you going in UK? Which area?

Only 13 days and then I will say bye bye... I'll come back at the end of August ladies

@Rosa, you already arrived!! And it is quite cold now too :(
So sorry!
Last week we had two wonderful days, hope you could enjoy a bit of sunshine when you arrived!

Italy is to tea what England is to coffee - ie should just leave alone. I take a stock of PG tips back every time I go and visitors are expected to add to my stock. Weak, dishwater tea is my idea of hell, needs to be a builders brew - strong, sugar and milk.
In the UK, overcast but so far dry. Where are you off to Lake? Hate that skyscraper in Follonica- is such an eyesore. Lucky that isnt the norm.

We're going over at the end of July for two and a half weeks Franca. Cannot wait!

I can only find that Lipton's tea in Italy. Hideous stuff. We do love coffee, but sometimes only tea will do and like banana, I like my tea strong!

We arrived in Paris this afternoon and it was hotter than Milan!
Yesterday we had a lovely day in Milan going for a long walk and we saw the gay pride which was fun and the new skyscrapers, which are quite cool.

I hink Lake is going to Germany, no?

Abruzzen, not long now! I always ask people to bring me pg tips from the uk or i buy twinings Breakfast tea.

Tomorrow, I will take the dc to see la tour eiffel

Enjoy Paris Franca. I love Paris, sigh.....

Yeah off to Germany in 14 days... It is for a training, not a holiday so ugh... sightseeing time will be very limited... Hope to visit Berlin and Hannover though... never been to Germany before...

I love Paris!! I lived there for a while, such a magic place... but it was years ago, so who knows now...

Its not hot in the west country FGS..... Blazing in London. have a wonderful time in Paris.. Haven't been since my youth. DH is not that keen on the French ...like he isn't keen on Southern Italy ..but he has never been!!! ( Arrggghhh)well at least its not raining .....yet. Had a great party at the weekend and I loved my dress even though a friend on Fb asked me if it was for Carnevale.... Now we have to concentrate on the GPs and I am doing a deep clean of the house to help. The oven scares me and they don't like the Lakeland cleaner so think it will be elbow grease and steamer. i should have brought my Marsiglia Chant eclair stuff!!!!
Germany - have fun and drink lots of beer!!!

Perfect temperature here in Paris, but rain is forecasted for tomorrow and drop of temp.

, I always take the chante claire with me!

Rosa, wow a big party! I bet you had a grat time!

Party was great ...Made me realise how much I miss dancing ...But it was a family atmposphere so music was all fun stuff.
Took the girls to a bird/ animal park today been every year since they were small ...really had a lovely day , fed animals, stroked penguins, watched bird flying shows and then there was a huge indoor play area . They both went down a death drop slide even minirosa age4!!!!! Weather is due to get better next week so planning beach,beach, and beach I guess.

That's my kind of party!
I hope the weather improves and you can have lovely dys t the beach!

Can the dc travel o the uk with just the carta d'identita'?
I cant rmember!

Yes but you need the birth certificate in lungo that you get from the comune to go with it it is in several languages - mine are always checked going out of Italy and on arrival in the UK.

Hi to all! I am envious/ as DH is off to our house for three days tomorrow. He is strimming the land, gardening and doing some maintenance to get it ready for our arrival in a two and a half week's time. At least the weather is reasonable here so will be slightly less painful.

I will take the passports then!

Buon viaggio to your dh, Abruzzen. I've just read good weather is expected in the Uk for next week, I am sure it will be lovely.
I saw a Marks and Spencer today in Paris, but i will wait until we are in the uk!

Hope you're enjoying Paris Franca?