(Almost) bought this thing here:

KLE 500

…just needs few more days of bureaucracy

Today I learned something new about the Italian tax system: You can actually decide where a (very, very small) part of your taxes actually goes. There’s 0,8% that goes to a church of your choice, or optionally to the state (for public welfare or something).

And 0,5% goes to an organisation of your choice (welfare, emergency relief, this type of thing).

Done.

So, it’s a while since I posted something here and it’s about time for the first news in this year…

I finally got to sort my digital photo collection and actually put some new ones into the gallery. Now I have to check for a digital print service here in Pisa, to get some on the walls too.

My DSL adventure actually went into a second round as the line deteriorated after a few weeks. It took some phoning with the customer service, and they had to change the lines, but everything seems fine now. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Otherwise, work is going on and I’m still changing between Trento and Pisa. Christmas was a major travelfest, but now things should get a bit quieter until, let’s say, Easter

The Italian is slowly improving, but I hope I can have another course in order to get to the finer points.

This weekend I went to the movies for the first time in Italy. I was actually quite surprised: Even though I didn’t get the more involved dialogues, I was able to follow the plot, more or less…

Actually, the DSL story ended quickly and happily after I asked my boss to call up Tiscali. They claimed that I “hadn’t been there” when the technician arrived.

However, a new technician quickly called in, and after a week two guys showed up in my kitchen with headphones and little black devices. After ten minutes, they left again “looking for the connector box” and disappeared completely, leaving the little black device behind.

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