Geordieborn

Very big decision and very brave of you to face it - good luck, I'm sure there will be great satisfaction for you coming out at the other end.

philat98

Here is an example test. Just another hoop to jump through.

https://www.corriere.it/scuola/secon...incipale.shtml

HADENOUGHPIZZA

I had an UNHAPPY Hour Yesterday when I finally caved in to the B word and handed over my UK driving license at a local driving school . I was really sad about it . they have told me it will takeabout 10/15 days to get the Italian one .

Lorna at Vicenza

This Brexshit is forcing people into all sorts of positions they would never have dreamed of finding themselves in.
Your driving school is optimistic though. It took more than 20 days just for the renewal sticker to arrive for my Italian license.

duffer

To convert my UK licence into an Italian one took 2 months and cost 150 Euro including the medical. I also thought it would only take a week or so did it mid-March when we had the original Brexit date of 31/03/2019 haha!

Lorna at Vicenza

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful time wherever you are. Mine's an Italian Christmas this year (sigh), but on the plus side ......... no sprouts.

Pica

Grazie! Sprouts are available here but they look somewhat tired. We (just the 2 of us) at home salmon & teriyki noodles. Yummy.

philat98

Our Coop sells Japanese food stuffs but when you carefully check the labels they are always made in China. We had cappelletti in brodo made with a home fed chicken.
Next year we can celebrate Brexit Done with one of Trump's chickens.

Geordieborn

Loads of sprouts yummy!

scrubbedexpat077

Learn Italian for Beginners and Travelers - Enjoy Your Trip!

Free course on Udemy, hurry up before code expires.

Lorna at Vicenza

Happy lockdown St. Patrick's Day.
Think I'll pour myself a drink anyway and call my dad, also in lockdown.

philat98

Lorna at Vicenza

It’s my birthday today. Alex got up ten minutes early to bring me a cup of tea in bed and a large gift bag from Tigotà.

After some birthday hugs and oooohing and aaaahing over my lovely gift, I asked him, “did you tell the Tigotà shop girl that you needed a present for an old lady with crappy skin?”

- Don’t be daft Mum. I said I was looking for a present for my mamma and OMG! All the shop girls came to me. ‘Oh that’s so sweet. Aren’t you cute? I love your hair. What does your mamma like? I hope I have a son like you one day. Does your mamma like perfume/cream/make-up? ’ and they wouldn’t leave me alone and they bombarded me with ideas. In the end I did this (throwing hands up in the air) and told them that you like bubble baths in the winter and looking after your skin. Then they started talking about bath oils and bath salts and ammorbidente and ammortizzatori …… so I chose this selection box so you have everything and I could get out of there.

“Ammortizzatori? What do you think I am? An old banger?”

- No. No. What do you call it in English? Oh yeah, moisturiseatore.

And then Cheetah, the stupid cat, started trying to eat the straw in the gift box.

Gotta love kids growing up bilingual

philat98

You didnt get very good weather. Autumn arrived this week.

BEVS

I wil raise two bottles of good plonk and have a stiff few slurps wirh you

Happies