In Bellavista

I always thought that ‘bellavista’ was used by Italians admiring a splendid view. Funnily enough past festive month I was literally inundated by folders from supermarkets showing pictures of food all ‘in bellavista’. How about the arragosta...

Young lawyers

Two ladies in my swimming club who have been working as lawyers for years have set up shop on their own. In Italy it is usance to have young people working for you to let them gain work experience. They are a source of cheap labour since in most cases they work for...

Bones.

We have some very good sniffer dogs here. Recently found out that this one might be a cockapoo. A crossing between a poodle and a cocker spaniel. She is chewing on a jaw of a cinghiale she found. Cinghiale is all the rage for dogs at this time of the year.

Mud slides Umbria

Yesterday I wrote about floods hitting our area. Today we could asses the damage. This morning a digger made a new road on the back of what we call now ‘the dangerous house. It is impossible to remove the mud and trees from the roads as it might cause the...
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