British Expats - Any advice?

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but not a march. Dammit. Am slightly concerned though about the picture of the Clarkson on your profile pic.

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Originally Posted by modicasa (Post 11382968)

Am slightly concerned though about the picture of the Clarkson on your profile pic.

That's always disturbed me too.

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Originally Posted by modicasa (Post 11382968)

but not a march. Dammit. Am slightly concerned though about the picture of the Clarkson on your profile pic.

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Originally Posted by bakedbean (Post 11383296)

That's always disturbed me too.

Clarkson is my doppelganger, ..... almost. :unsure:

I didn't realise it was Jeremy Clarkson , I thought it was you

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Originally Posted by HADENOUGHPIZZA (Post 11383320)

I didn't realise it was Jeremy Clarkson , I thought it was you.

An understandable mistake. :)

another life blighted by CLarkson!!!

Just a comment - the OP isn't exactly chatty.

Someone scared her off?

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Originally Posted by sunnysider (Post 11384814)

Just a comment - the OP isn't exactly chatty.

Someone scared her off?

IME any mention of residency rights, visas, and work permits often does that. :unsure:

Maybe it was '' that '' photo that scared her off ?

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Originally Posted by HADENOUGHPIZZA (Post 11384881)

Maybe it was '' that '' photo that scared her off ?

http://www.blogcdn.com/cars.aol.co.u...1296377046.jpg

:eek:that's pretty scarey

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Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11384885)

http://www.blogcdn.com/cars.aol.co.u...1296377046.jpg

She has probably worked that it is better to stay in Canada

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Originally Posted by fleetwoodmac1975 (Post 11376938)

I have never met so many expats that are unhappy with their location, one wonders why some still live in Italy.
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you should read what they write on the Middle East forum about Doha... :-)

to be honest, I think that many of the BEs in the forum love Italy and would like that the country could be better. Italy has many potentialities and many things that happen there (I am in Doha now) are a real shame. Nobody can deny it.

this is the impression I got, as an Italian. I wrote, in a PM to a member, that we Italians don't appreciate when someone else express bad opinions about Italy, even if they are right, because it is as if someone would say something bad about our mother. We know the defects of our mother, but we don't like that others remind them to us. Right? :-)

Said that, I don't know if our canadian friend is following the forum anymore, maybe we scared her! :-)
I suggest to go back to the suggestions about Sicily. I too would start from elsewhere for the first time in Italy...and take a trip around all the country.

ciao, Primula

About Tuscan Regional Cousine, I have this book at home and it is just fantastic!

Titolo La cucina toscana in oltre 450 ricette
Autore Righi Parenti Giovanni
Editore Newton Compton (collana Cucina italiana Newton)

It is not easy to read and it is not systematic, but it tells stories about the recipes and really shows typical and old traditional recipes. It explains that the famous French dish "canard a l'orange" is actually an ancient Tuscan recipe (papero alla melarancia) which was imported to France by Caterina dei Medici, who was the wife of the French king Henry II and then Queen of France. It has I don't know how many different versions of the "ricciarelli" from Siena.

here is a review, in Italian. Sorry I could not bring it with me in Doha, but I copied some recipes :-)

Ribollita, acqua cotta, pappa col pomodoro, fagioli all'uccelletto, panunto, zuppa di cavolo, pastasciutta "all'intrugliona", "pane co' Santi", minestra della "sciorna", fagiani, anatre selvatiche, chiocciole e rane, carne e pesce preparati nelle maniere piÃ¹ succulente, fino ai "melatelli", alla "ficattola", al "panepazzo" e agli umilissimi "necci" di farina di castagne: raccolte con amore e raccontate con vivacitÃ , le ricette tipiche della cucina toscana vengono dettagliatamente analizzate in queste pagine, provincia per provincia, da un celebre gastronomo alla ricerca delle pietanze autentiche e genuine di una volta. Inno gioioso al peccato di gola, sullo sfondo di un paesaggio incantevole, questo volume Ã¨ ricco di riferimenti storici e aneddoti particolarmente "gustosi", preciso e minuzioso nella descrizione delle varie ricette e delle loro origini. Si avvale inoltre di un'appendice sui vini e sulle "ricette da credenza" che sapranno ravvivare nel lettore il ricordo di sapori antichi e dimenticati.

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Originally Posted by primularossa (Post 11388173)

this is the impression I got, as an Italian. I wrote, in a PM to a member, that we Italians don't appreciate when someone else express bad opinions about Italy, even if they are right, because it is as if someone would say something bad about our mother. We know the defects of our mother, but we don't like that others remind them to us. Right? :-)

This is very true. Of course the same thing is present to a degree in human nature generally but it is I think more pronounced vis a vis Italy because Italy has so many issues, some even related to the very concept/existence of Italy.

The folks on here know Italy very well and have moved beyond the initial stages of the love affair.

My aunty thinks Italy is the best country in the world. She told me so recently.

Mind you she's never been. A little light questioning revealed that this impression is entirely based on a brief affair (I'm not even sure if it was consummated) with a young Italian* in Blackburn who took her back to see his family which she really warmed to. Sometime in the 60s I would imagine.

* The Italian was quite possibly born British but just of Italian extraction.

I did offer to lend her a small selection of books on Italy but she declined.

She prefers the dream.

{edited for typo}