Month: January 2016

Cool video from “Cosimali”

There will be no final inspection when I go down next week to check the status of the apartment. The construction has been delayed because of the power company Enel who is one month overdue. Hopefully I can make sure that the kitchen is in place and then I can assemble a lot of Ikea furniture … [Read more…]

Today I created a guest book using Gwolle Guest Book WordPress plugin. Very smoothly, took about 10 minutes 🙂  

Codice Fiscale, the Italian equivalent of the social security number is required if one is to buy a property in Italy and it is needed for many other things too. The code can be calculated and it goes like this: The code begins with the first three consonants of the surname (there are exceptions if … [Read more…]

“Sea Sports Capo Vaticano” has posted a nice video on YouTube filmed with a drone.

It has annoyed me that many banks have fees when shopping with credit cards abroad. Now that I often pay large amounts in Italy with my creditcard I decided to do a little market research with the ambition to find a card with no currency surcharges and fees. Furthermore, the travel insurance is very important, specifically the compensation … [Read more…]