A Close Shave - Scooting About Milan
Whilst on the way the Gaetano’s house on the back of Gaetano’s trusty scooter to take some photos for a little real estate experiment I’m cooking up, a twerp decided, at the last minute, that he needed petrol and pulled right across us. Gaetano pulled up rather sharply and we both ended up resting against the wing of said twerp’s black Merc.
It could have been worse, and certainly was not one of those ‘life flashing before your eyes’ incidents (…and I’ve had a few…), and luckily neither the scooter, Merc, nor us were any the worse for the experience.
Now, I’d love to tear around Milan on a (motor) bike, but I don’t think it would be a great idea. Many moons past I used to tear around in the civilised traffic back in the UK on a bike, and I had a few close shaves. However, if I got up to my old tricks here, I’d most probably end up eating the asphalt, or worse.
Much safer to throw money at camera gear, I suppose.
Who says Technology is Anti-Social?
Admittedly being stuck in front of a screen typing away would not appear to be a particularly social thing to do, but, as a result of tapping away, I’ve got to meet, both virtually, and in reality, some great people.
The other evening after exchanging a few emails, after being put in touch with with Antezeta’s Sean Carlos by Italophile Chris Bright (another blogging contact!) , Sean and I finally met up down at my favourite watering hole, the good old 442 pub.
Sean is an interesting guy, and although we did chat about such geeky things as SEO, we also chatted a little about life, the universe and everything. Good stuff!
Apparently my blog has been interfering with Sean’s productivity a little, and he’s been dropping in the follow my prolific blathering rather more than perhaps he should! Still, it’s good to hear that what I go on about interests a few people. Blog from Italy appears to have a small but loyal following, and when I meet up with people I know they will often mention that they read something or other on this blog. This is nice. I guess all (aspiring) writers need to know that they have an audinence.
Anyway, back to Sean, who, I have to say, has put me on to a couple of interesting stories. One will appear here, in the Good Italian Things category, once I’ve done so more digging around the web and checked out the stuff Mr Antezeta sent me this evening. And the other story will appear on another little project I’ve been working on.
Oh, and if anyone is looking for an SEO specialist to head up an Italy (or Germany) related SEO project, then Sean Carlos should be on his or her list, and putting him at the top would not be a bad idea either. I don’t imagine there are that many people in Italy who have such an in-depth understanding of SEO issues relating to the Italian market. You’d be doing yourself, and your web based business, a favour by getting in touch with him.
So much for blogging being anti-social. Another dodgy stereotype hits the dust!
Well, I do do a little bit of everything
My friend and Blog from Italy researcher, Gaetano Salvo wants to sell his house, so I’m going to put an on-line brochure for it here on my blog for all the web to see.
I’ve seen Gaetano’s place. It’s a sort of semi-detached style house and it is not half bad. As Italian places go, it’s pretty spacious too, at around 200 square metres (c 2,150 square feet) , and his annual running costs (service charge) are a fraction of ours at a mere 700 Euros a year. The house is in a nice quiet area called Buccinasco - which is a suburb of Milan.
With a little luck I’ll be posting about the house, with photos, around Thursday this week. The guide price is around €650,000 - but this is negotiable. The transaction will be private, which will mean quite a saving on exhorbitant Italian real estate agent fees.
As I’ve never seen Italian real estate/property details that I’ve liked, because they are so darned brief and non-descript, the details I’ll be posting will include photos, room dimensions and finshes, plus enough information to give potential purchasers a feel for the place.
If you are thinking of buying an appartment in Italy, then you may find my ‘So, you want to buy an appartment in Italy post?‘ quite interesting.
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