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The number of views since I switched to Wordpress last year is now over 20,000. Total spam blocked now over 11,000 and growing.  My most popular post concerns traffic fines in Italy, with over 1,700 views.

I know I write about a range of subjects, but really I just waffle on about things that catch my eye.  Blogging is quite a good way of getting things off your chest too, I reckon.   I think my writing is getting slightly better as a result of all my scribblings, which pleases me.

And to all of you out there that read the posts here: Thanks.

This blog will shortly be going into a summer recess, but normalish service will be resumed in September.

In you need to use Italian, you might find this site useful.

My written Italian is not that wonderful, (it is getting better, but it is not yet perfect…) and I tend to have problems remembering certain Italian verb conjugations. This means that I find this site is very handy indeed: http://italianverbs.googlepages.com/index.htm

It has become one of my permanent bookmarks.  You know, one of those that live in the Firefox bar which sits directly above the web pages you are looking at.   So, if you find yourself needing to write in Italian, check it out.  The site is totally in Italian, but if you are writing in the language you presumably already know more than a few basics.  Alternatively, if you are learning the language of the Living Museum, you may find it to be a very useful reference.  Enjoy.

Gold fever.

Nope, sorry, gold has not been found in Milan, so please don’t rush here.  However, gold is certainly on the streets.  Gold seems to be the in-colour for  quite a few Milanese women at the moment.  There are gold coloured handbags, shoes, belts, and tops.  Should you wish to demonstrate the Midas touch, you will be able to find gold coloured everything in Milan’s shops.  And it’s sale time, so you can go for gold, without spending a fortune.  You can even dress your little ones in gold too, if that takes your fancy.

I’ve yet to see a gold family, but sooner or later, I will, well, mother and daughter.  If I happen to have my camera with me at the time, I’ll post the photos here.

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