Category Archives: Tips & Suggestions

Less than 2 months and it’s Christmas

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Gioia

It always seems strange just how early the world prepares for Christmas. At least in certain parts of the world, it seems like window displays start promoting Christmas as early as the beginning of the fall season! Have you ever … Continue reading →

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One year of Boris Bikes

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Matteo

So last week was one year I’ve been using Boris Bikes. The reminder did not really come in any sexy format, more of a “remember you need to pay” sort of email. Last year I covered briefly my first impressions … Continue reading →

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Andalucia 2011 – Bonus part

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Matteo

Andalusia with fields full of grain I have to see you again and again So you’ve heard about the wonders of our trip to Andalucia (here you can read about Sevilla, Cordoba, Jaen, Granada, Malaga and Sevilla again), but we’d … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Boris Bikes after day 1

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Matteo

Image by Stew Dean via Flickr It’s been a while since the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme has launched in London. For the last few weeks the appropriately-renamed Boris Bikes have been populating pretty much extensively the entire Zone 1 and … Continue reading →

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Call for help from London photographers

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Matteo

Our good friend Mattia is going to be in London for a week in mid-August, ad he would like to spend as much of his time as he possibly can going around and taking pictures. He’d like to shoot “off-the-beaten-track” … Continue reading →

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TalkTalk rubbish, part 2

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Matteo

Image by kevindean via Flickr Yep, the saga is not over. First chapter is here, if you fancy. We were hoping for the situation to be finally solved. We were wrong. We were told the TalkTalk account was now in … Continue reading →

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Avoid TalkTalk like plague

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Matteo

We moved in the flat on December 30th last year. Today is the 12th of April, and the TalkTalk account that was here before and used by the previous tenants *should* be transferred in our name within 48 hours. So … Continue reading →

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We moved house!

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Matteo

Hi everyone, this is the first of a series of “catching up” posts. We’ve been quiet on our end despite quite a few things happening in the last months. First things first: we moved house! The reason We wanted to … Continue reading →

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Short break in Stockholm

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Matteo

As we had anticipated, we took some 5 days in Stockholm, taking advantage of some seriously cheap Ryanair flights. So what are our suggestions to fellow travellers to the Swedish capital city? Here they come.

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TwoExpats joins Blog Action Day 2009

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Matteo

We are joining Blog Action Day 2009 to help raise awareness on climate change. It might seem weird, given that this has been talked about for decades now, but there’s an awful lot to do to help our future children … Continue reading →

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