Author Archives: David Green

Doctors and Common Sense

Posted on January 13, 2013

Over Christmas our little boy was ill. Nothing makes you feel further away from home than being in a foreign country with a poorly child. As if our first Christmas outside the UK wasn’t making us homesick enough! In the … Continue reading →

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Summer is Over

Posted on September 28, 2012

So summer is officially over in Italy. 21st September has passed. That’s it: summer is finished! How do I know? Well, besides the calendar – which I didn’t know was a reliable way of identifying seasons, until moving here. But then … Continue reading →

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Kiddy Fodder

Posted on August 23, 2012

We moved to Italy just before my son turned six months old. Since we planned to follow Baby Led Weaning we didn’t start until we’d arrived in Italy. So his first experiences of solid food were while we lived in the … Continue reading →

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Technical issues

Posted on July 28, 2012

There are many things to love about living in Italy: the great weather, the great food, the great people. But there comes a time, no matter where you live, where you have to phone Technical Support. Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading →

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Homesick

Posted on June 4, 2012

Christ, I can’t believe it’s four months since my last post. Things have been busy here in Italy. We’ve moved into our new house, unpacked and we’ve bought a car. But more of all that another time. Yesterday we had … Continue reading →

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Snow

Posted on February 3, 2012

So turns out it snows in Italy. Who knew? Why wasn’t I told? Pretty sure that wasn’t in the job description when we moved out here. Slip sliding around The first day of snow was pretty cool. I mean, driving … Continue reading →

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Italian Plug Sockets

Posted on January 15, 2012

All I wanted was a God damned cup of tea. How hard can it be to get a God damned cup of tea in a country of coffee drinkers? It is an Englishman’s right, wherever he is in the world, to drink tea. We are only one cup of tea from anarchy, don’t make me break out the anarchy. Continue reading →

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Operation relocation: delayed

Posted on January 9, 2012

Welcome to the Italian way of doing things: if it wasn’t for the last minute, when else could things go wrong? The plan for the last few months has been for the removal people to arrive tomorrow (Tuesday) to pack … Continue reading →

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