Little Italy 26

[Rosa]

Siamo qui ... Ciao a tutti !

[Francagoestohollywood]

So envious of you ladies who are good enough to make gnocchi! yummie!

Good luck with exams etc, school breaks on the 6th of june here!

[Rosa]

I can't make Gnocchi but I can make cake !!! Its all go and everybody is asking me for cakes for those with birthdays in the summer. I haven't got enough time so have said yes to 3 and thats it !!! however 2 are in one week which is a bugger . One is this weekend and hopefully on Friday I should be able to do it !
June 6th is just round the corner can't believe it to be honest . Minirosa is going into prima in September !!!! Oh well must get the hair coloured to cover the grey.
Am doing 32 km in under a month and expect to not be able to sit down afterwards for a good few days as well as being unable to lift anything so I will just have to lie in the sun and be waited on ( yeah right).
Annu good luck with the exam hell my sister has 1 doing GCSE and one doing finals but at Uni .....

[Francagoestohollywood]

Minirosa already in prima!!!!! Oh my goodness, Rosa, seems like yesterday we met and you were still pregnant!

We want to see pics of your cakes rosa, you know that. I have dc's birthday party in 2 weeks time and will have to think about cakes. I make good cakes, though not very good at decorating them. I was also thinking of making sweets kebabs.

Very impressed by your 32 km, I have been lazy recently and haven't hit the gym for weeks.

Lots of thoughts to those supporting their children during exam time, I wonder whether I'll be able to handle it!

[iklboo]

Mini hijack if I can please? We're going to Jesolo next month on a half board basis wondered if anyone could give me an idea of prices for pint / bottle of beer, glass / bottle of wine and price for a decentish lunch (not McLunch or Brits Abroad n chips) for me, DH & DS - who will eat pretty much everything.

Thanks v much.

[Annunziata]

Buonasera!

Gnocchi is easy! I am even teaching my boys I'm not a baker though, what sort of cakes do you make?

You think the exams are bad and then you are waiting on the results, eeek. 3 out of 6 dc have finished up now, thank goodness. And baby can say 1, 2, 3! We are all very proud

I am sorry, I haven't been to Jesolo ikiboo, but I hope you have a lovely holiday.

[Rosa]

Annu mainly birthday cakes but pretty much turn my hand to most cakes... thing is I just don't have the time right now but I need to find time ...That is the problem !
Well done for 123 clever baby !!

ikiboo - it is pretty reasonable in Jesolo and most places display prices outside in order to get you in . You can eat snack style or juts a plate of pasta again for pretty reasonable . ( I don't really drink beer and wine when out so not sure of the exact prices !!!) The Black Cat not far from Piazza Mazzini is a bit of a Brit abroad but the food is good !!
Also Tempini which is further up is good and reasonable if you fancy a bit more than a snack !
Hope you get good weather ! Its nice here now but due to change soon !

[Annunziata]

So quiet on here, I hope everyone is okay?

We have a busy weekend planned! Tomorrow DH and I are going to see nurseries for the baby, and then on Saturday DS, la fidanzata, her mum and I are all going to see a wedding venue. And then it is prom night on Monday!

[Francagoestohollywood]

Ciao a tutte, it's been very busy for me lately, sorry I disappeared!

Wow annu, wedding venues! How exciting! And at nurseries. Mine went to a lovely one in the UK, they really enjoyed it.

I have just made myself one of the worst pasta dishes ever. I had some pasta di riso and quinoa left from god know which occasion and it is not nice at all. Imo, of course.

So disappointed.

Rosa how's the training going?

[Annunziata]

I hate when that happens Franca :( But I think you always make better meals after a disaster because you try harder?

The nursery was lovely, with a wee garden and they set the table for their snack time :) Hopefully she'll start 1 or 2 days a week after the summer, I think playing with other babies would be good for her.

Wedding venues were so expensive. They don't know what to do, what they could spend on a wedding could help them get a mortgage!

[Francagoestohollywood]

Yes, and one thing I will never do again is to buy rice and quinoa pasta. Never again!!!

Awwwww, my dc had a lovely time at nursery. I volunteered in a nursery for 3 yrs and I think they really benefit from interacting with other babies, well, most of them do !

I know wedding venues are OTT. Very expensive here too.

It's scorching hot, but we are all in a good mood because school's out until september!

Have a great summer

[Bananagio]

hi all just popping in to say I haven't abandoned you, am just taking a MN break due to various RL issues. Hope you all have lovely summers and that you are all well.

[Francagoestohollywood]

Hope all is well, Gio. Have a good summer!

[Rosa]

Popping in just to say hi.... Been in the Uk - wonderful but very very hard . Df is worse mentally and dm having a hard time generally with it all and everything else that is going on. I wanted to stay more to do more but as it is I came back exhausted!
Now in spiaggia with sun, then rain, sun , temporale very mixed up. Uk was better. We will be here for rest of the summer so trying to spread out treats etc and not condense into the usual month.
Rowing was fantastic think my Fb pages showed that and i really want to try and get into it more in the autumn.. Now I am slobbing and all my muscle has vanished!
Bacioni to you all for the summer and annu hope the little one is doing well

[alexpolistigers]

I know this thread has died and practically gone to heaven, but I was thinking of you all recently. I hope everyone is well and not hit too badly by the recession!

[spaghettina]

Well it seems this is now a zombie thread but I was dropping in to say hello and apologise for disappearing for the best part of two years since Our move down to Puglia ... Anyone still around? I've thought of this group often but not had the mental energy to post. It's been a busy couple of years!

[brianzagirl]

HI All

I probably found this site a few years too late!
As my nickname says I'm in Brianza, have been here 15 years!!! Have 2 kids 11 and 7, this thread seems to have died but if there is anyone out there would be great to hear from you!

[Mustbeinsane1984]

Hi Brianza, you sound like me and think I've found it a little too late too! But I'm here! Where are you in Italy? I'm in Verona area.

[brianzagirl]

Hi Mustbeinsane.! Love the name by the way I am just outside Milan close to Monza,
How long have you been here are you enjoying life here?