Little Italy 26

[Rosa]

Siamo qui ... Ciao a tutti !

Ciao tutti! Hope you'll all be back on here again soon. I've been home for a fortnight and miss Italy like crazy so have to live through you all! :(

Hiya there,

I'm Chiara, (Italian!), 32 and live in Guildford with DP and 3 year old DD. 10 weeks pregnant with DC No. 2 and getting married very soon too!

We're 'trying' to raise DD bilingual as DP is British.

Hope to speak to you all soon!

Ciao!

I'm back from Germany after nearly 2 months and I'll never set foot there again... Aaaaaahhhhhh I'll come back when I calm down......
Hope you're all well x

Hello everybody,
I hope all is well with you all. We came back from Greece 2 days ago and now I am fighting with the laundry... If only I had cJ's washing powder :-D...

Xxx

Buon rientro! How is everyone? Welcome Chiara and congrats on wedding and pregnancy. Lake what was wong with Germany? Did everyone have good summers? We had a lovely time in Follonica, ds had a ball and this week am trying desperately to get back in the swing of real life...

Ps Chiara where are you from in Italy (nosey)? I am a brit with italian DP and ds living in Rome.

Ciaoooo. france when you have surfaced from the washing come and tell us about greece as so want to go. Came back from Cavallino did 9 loads of washing and ironing apart from the sheets then blow me I packed another bag and I am now sitting on the balcony of an apartment looking at the mountains !!!!! Back on Sunday and then thats it - basta I feel very lucky as its been a wonderful summer....
Ciao Chiara come back and tell us more.
lake district babe how bad was Germany ????

Ciao Rosa!
We went to a little island in the small cyclades (see pics on my fb profile). We flew into Mykonos and took a speedy ferry, on our way back we had to spend a night in Mykonos because the ferry was too late in the afternoon to allow us to get our flight.
The island is called koufonissi, it is really small, just one (very nice) village and a handful of beaches. The most popular ones are sandy, but there are also lovely little coves with pebbles. There aren't many cars as tourists are discouraged to take theirs (and there is no benzianio, no idea where they get gas).
The island has become very popular with italians now, but it never really gets too busy, as there aren't many hotels etc.
It's hot, but always windy and the sea is just gorgeous, but a bit on the cold side for me . It's been a lovely holiday, we went with friends.

Have to say that after 2 weeks of peace and quiet, Mykonos was a big shock. Lots of traffic and the beach near our hotel wastoo packed with ombrelloni etc.

Off to stendere!!!

Ciao a tutti, do you mind if I lurk a little? Watching il giovane Montalbano and missing Italy so badly!

Ciao Annunziata and welcome. Where are you from?
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Rosa your summer sounds lovely. Franca your pics look like heaven! Hows the washing and ironing coming on? I have been sooo lazy this weekend.loads to do in house and done nothing! Yesterday for lunch we had take out pomodori con riso and take out pizza in evening! And i spent most of yesterday watching crap tv on netflix. Have to pull finger out but first another caffè beckons.....

OK, first thing first: How did you get Netflix here in Italy???

Ciao Annunziata how are things? Nice to see you!

Gio, well done for being lazy... we have to gather our strengths before the beginning of school, don't we? aaaaah !

I am almost done with the washing and I am also enjoying a few hrs of freedom, having sent the rest of the family to the inlaws... which gave me the time to tidy up but mostly lazying around and enjoying the silence!
A storm is brewing here, I feel nostalgic of England, and I think I will roast some aubergines. So that's my Sunday.

What are you all doing today?

Hi Franca remember ages we chatted on fb re VPNs - same principle basically. have a free trial at the moment and there is no way on God's earth I will ever let it go now I have it :)
Hope the storm holds off. I have convinced DP it would be a fab idea to go for lunch at Nonno's with DS and then take him to the cinema later as a final treat before school and he agreed hurrah. So my day consists of eating cereal and not moving from sofa while watching netflix yay! Next weekend I willl start doing stuff again but sometimes you just need to strike I think.
Enjoy the silence your end.

Oh yes, of course! I should really give it a try, shouldn't I!

Well, you've been amazingly clever with the nonno and cinema trick , have a lovely day!

Buonasera a tutti.

Banana my parents are Sicilian but I was born and brought up in Scotland :)

Things are alright, thank you Franca. My sister had her baby but decided she couldn't look after her, so we are adopting her now. I am so happy being a mamma again, but it's hard. How are your lot? Your holiday sounds lovely!

Baci!

Oh how lovely Annunziata, a brand new baby! I love babies! Congratulations!

Hi all, hi annuziata and congrats on the adoption hope it all goes well. lake district babe was in Scotland for a while ...I think she must still be suffering from germanitis as she hasn't come back yet.
Fantastic few days up in the mountains dds discovrered those adventure playgrounds that you need helmets and harness and you do this percorso in the woods really good idea it was only ?5 and you could stay all day if you liked.
Needless to say surrounded by washing / ironing and caos totale.
Franca Greece sounds / looks beautiful really magical.
I am soooooo angry . just been on dds school site and saw a letter ( dated 9/9 ....) not sent by email btw just posted on the web saying that the mensa will start on 23/9 . We have a new system for the buoni all electronic and we had to fill in forms etc in June ..they have had 3 effin months to sort it all - communicate more in full with genitori etc but no,they need longer I feel so sorry for all the working parents who haven't got nonni/ babysitters who can step in.
I have yet to see if minirosa is the same ..seeing as she has the same system and the food comes from the same kitchen.
They have an incontro on Friday in the afternoon explaining the new system its the other side of the city and they have asked if we can avoid bringing children ( space reasons) wtf??????
I have suggested we send 1 genitore and the others babysit - however many should be working as its durante working hours.

that is shocking Rosa. I know my friend in Follonica has the same issue - no mensa til end of Sept. She works fulltime so has had a nightmare sorting out what to do with her ds. Ridiculous! Those adventure playgrounds are fab arent they. We went a couple of times to one in the woods near Rome and ds absolutely loved it.
Annunziata what lovely news re the baby. Congratulations!

! That is very late! Here the mensa starts back next monday (school starts on wednesday)..., I still wonder why they can't offer the service when school starts? Boh.
Btw, ds is starting medie and he'll come back every day for lunch, at 2 o'clock. Uffa!

Parchi avventura are wonderful, mine have been a few times now, every time I want to try and then I chicken out!

Grazie mille, she is blowing you all a raspberry kiss each

That sounds awful with the lunches, I hope it all gets sorted soon! My lot have been back at school for nearly a month now, you are so lucky to have such long holidays.

Awww, bless her! Annu, don't make me broody

noooo sloppy kisses . I can't get broody I don't have the space !
Well minirosa has lunch as normal on Monday and dd1 a week later - I am not questioning the logic.
My Gap order arrived for dd and the sweatshirt I ordered is a fleece one damm. Ok it won't go unused but she really needed a cotton tracksuit one and she really wanted GAP - my fault but I might just have to get another when they do another offer! Also her tummy is a bit tight in a shirt so thats a next size one as well!!
My ironing pile is bigger than dd1 its scary but it is going to have to wait until Thursday or Friday !

They have gone to school - thought I would be happy but its sooooo quiet. Might have to put Disney jnr on !!!! Also need to sort out this huge mess of a house . Maybe have a coffee then .........

Rosa, you have reminded me that I should by new winter trousers and jumpers for both my dc... everything looks small!

Yesterday it was ds first day at scuola media, I was emotionally drained at the end of the day. He is happy that he is in the same sezione as some of his friends, and it looks like he has some decent professori. Fingers crossed!
Now, I only have to get used to waking up at 6.45...

Buona sera tutti! If you want to stop feeling broody, she has not slept all week....

I laughed at putting Disney jr on when you are in by yourself

6.45, that is an early start! Hope you got through the week okay, I think it is worse for us than it is for them, they suddenly look so young (and wait until they go to uni!)

Lackof sleep and 6.45 ... i can joinin. Dh went to the loo at 5 am and at 5.30 he was called to work. So the phone went off big time woke me the dds and probably the neighbours,
The other night his snoring was an all time high. Then mini rosa ( who by the way is well into being a mediarosa as she has grown so much this summer) woke and took ages to settle .
How old is she ???
If it makes you feel better minirosa started sleeping through regularly at 4.... From when I was 6 mths pg with her I diddn't know what a full nights sleep was any more..
I forgot medie start at 8 does ds have to go far ?? Does he go alone or do you have to take him?
palestra starts monday - will be hell...