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Escribano
Posts: 6418
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy
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RE: Arrivederci UK (in reply to gerundino63)
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Wow! Simon! Very nice! After Amsterdam and Spain, you settled down in Italy. Amsterdam is my favourite city by far, but it's too noisy to live in the centre. Detached canal houses are built too close together for any sound insulation. There were always the British drunks yelling into the early hours and a lot of underpinning building work going on. Still, I have a lazy Summer (out of work) sitting by the somewhat stinky Reguliersgracht to fondly remember. My Spain was very rural and I loved Andalucia, but **** it got so hot! My wife didn't want to go to Spain as she is a Mexican and doesn't like the fairly basic, everyday food (after Mexico), bullfighting and animal neglect, nor the accent. So we drove 3000 Km around Europe and eventually decided on Italy. I would have gone back to Spain or the South of France in a heartbeat, though. All in all, it was a good choice for us both. With us knowing French and Spanish, we find the language pretty straightforward for most stuff.
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Date May 23 2020 18:22:43
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rombsix
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From: Beirut, Lebanon
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RE: Arrivederci UK (in reply to Escribano)
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If that all fails, I have 4G on the phone if I dangle it from the balcony AT&T just started providing their symmetrical FTTH 1,000 MBPS connection at a promotional price of $50 per month in the USA with no data caps. This is probably one of the best deals in the USA now for this kind of connection of which I know. Unfortunately, if the structure in which you live was not already setup with the infrastructure, you cannot get AT&T to come and setup the hardware for you to get this service even if the entire building with all its occupants are interested in subscribing. The system is so archaic, alas. I used to live in a building that was setup, and that connection at the time was $70 per month and likely the most solid connection I've ever had, but unfortunately I literally moved 0.2 miles (to another building which was NOT setup with the infrastructure) down the street, and now I'm stuck with Comcast and their asymmetrical connection (1,000 MPBS down, but a mere 42 MBPS up). Honestly, this connection works just fine, but it's now going for around $85 per month which is a total ripoff seeing what AT&T is now offering. Oh well, the obsession with fast internet (even though you can't really tap the speeds you get) continues!
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Date May 24 2020 21:34:51
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Richard Jernigan
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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
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RE: Arrivederci UK (in reply to Escribano)
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Congratulations, Simon. The house looks really beautiful. I hope it's trouble free, and you have many pleasant and productive years there. My brother lived for several years in one of the few houses in Galveston that survived the 1900 hurricane. It was big, lovely, and had a historical marker on the front porch. A few years after they bought it, he happened to mention what he paid for it. I told him it sounded like a real bargain. Then he told me what the average annual upkeep cost was. Several years later they sold it and moved to a different house in Galveston, built in the 1930s or 1940s. I knew his wife loved the other house, which she had furnished with antiques. My brother explained that the older generation of carpenters, cabinet makers, plumbers, electricians, etc. were retiring or dying off. The newer ones were not as skilled or reliable, and many were reluctant to take on a job at a historically designated place, with its many restrictions and permit requirements. What a wonderful view! I have what passes for a view in Austin, but it doesn't remotely compare to yours--nor to the one I had for more than 18 years in the Marshall Islands: palm trees, white sand beach, the blue Pacific. Last time we were in Italy we fled with some of Larisa's friends to the Dolomites from hot weather in Venice and Friulia. The scenery was stunning, the hospitality heart warming. I agree with your wife in preferring Italy to Andalucia, though I have an attachment to Spain from my youth. Until Larisa introduced me to Italy I felt like I had two Old World homelands, England and Spain. More than once I have said about Andalucians, "No better friend, no worse enemy." Reminds me of south Texas. About the Italians I have met from the Amalfi coast and Capri to the Dolomites, I will say, "No better friend, no more gracious host." We have had such lovely experiences there as tourists, and spending time with Larisa's friends. I'm old and set in my ways. Austin is culturally attractive. The symphony and the guitar society are wonderful. We get a handful of world class flamenco shows per year. My house is appreciating rapidly (or was until the plague). Having come here for university, and having spent a total of 38 years here at various times, if an Air Force brat can ever have a home, Austin is mine. But if I were younger and in a less attractive setting, I would be strongly tempted to follow your example. RNJ
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Date May 26 2020 2:22:42
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