I've had 2 weeks in Italy!!

[Tinseltoes]

We have got back from our holiday in Italy, and it was wonderful. We stayed in Bolsena for the first week which is by a large lake. The weather was warm and sunny. The second week was spent in Rome.

I have fallen in love with this city. I always thought London was amazing, but Rome makes London look boring. We went to the Colliseium, Trivi Fountain, Pantheon and a load of other places too. My 2 year old daughter really loved all the fountains. She would take her shoes and socks off and we would hold her so that she could paddle her feet in the water!!

Also, the Itailian people are so friendly, and they really like children. They seem to make a special effort to be helpful, and thoughtful towards you. I can't speak to highly of them.

I so want to go back there again and visit the Vatican City. Not for religious reasons, but to see all the beautiful things. A week with 2 small children just isn't enough.......I need longer!

So, back down the treacle mine to earn some more money for next years holiday to the Vatican City. Yeh!

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Tinseltoes

We have got back from our holiday in Italy, and it was wonderful. We stayed in Bolsena for the first week which is by a large lake. The weather was warm and sunny. The second week was spent in Rome.

I have fallen in love with this city. I always thought London was amazing, but Rome makes London look boring. We went to the Colliseium, Trivi Fountain, Pantheon and a load of other places too. My 2 year old daughter really loved all the fountains. She would take her shoes and socks off and we would hold her so that she could paddle her feet in the water!!

Also, the Itailian people are so friendly, and they really like children. They seem to make a special effort to be helpful, and thoughtful towards you. I can't speak to highly of them.

I so want to go back there again and visit the Vatican City. Not for religious reasons, but to see all the beautiful things. A week with 2 small children just isn't enough.......I need longer!

So, back down the treacle mine to earn some more money for next years holiday to the Vatican City. Yeh!

Did you drop 3 coins in the fountain for luck

[Tinseltoes]

I didn't realise it was three coins, I only dropped in one! I did throw it over my left shoulder though, just like everyone else was doing, and really wished hard that I would get to go there again. Hopefully the fountain fairy's will be kind to me!

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Tinseltoes

I didn't realise it was three coins, I only dropped in one! I did throw it over my left shoulder though, just like everyone else was doing, and really wished hard that I would get to go there again. Hopefully the fountain fairy's will be kind to me!

Keep your eyes on the Lotto

[Tinseltoes]

I will do, or perhaps you could get me some of that free electricity you mentioned in another post. That would help with the savings.

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Tinseltoes

I will do, or perhaps you could get me some of that free electricity you mentioned in another post. That would help with the savings.

Come over and get your own. Only 37,000 of English now enjoying the benifits.

[Rapunzel]

My parents have moved back to Galway to live. Before they left they told everyone how cheap it was there and how they got free peat, free tv license, free bus pass, free goat (just KIDding! hehehehehe) now they complain about the increased cost of food etc and how they've been stung for car tax and car insurance, etc.

I did try to tell them that life was swings and roundabouts and it probably wouldn't be the land of milk and honey that they expected. On top of which, our phone bills are outrageous!

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Rapunzel

My parents have moved back to Galway to live. Before they left they told everyone how cheap it was there and how they got free peat, free tv license, free bus pass, free goat (just KIDding! hehehehehe) now they complain about the increased cost of food etc and how they've been stung for car tax and car insurance, etc.

I did try to tell them that life was swings and roundabouts and it probably wouldn't be the land of milk and honey that they expected. On top of which, our phone bills are outrageous!

Blame that on the EU Its time the Irish people had a chance to say NO. NO More.

[Rapunzel]

Capt. can I ask you a question?

I believe people who were born, bred, lived and worked in Ireland, can claim an Irish pension if they return? My father lived there til he was 30 and worked on his fathers farm from boyhood. Yet his father, my grandfather, never paid him a penny. Ever! So now he says he cannot claim a pension because he never paid for a stamp. However, his father paid his stamp and taxes and when my dad finally decided he had had enough of the aggro and beatings, he upped and left and moved to England. A year later my grandfather sold his land and farm for a pittance, kept the money and turned up on my fathers doorstep demanding that as he was his only son it was his duty to look after and care for him. My father looked after him for 20 years until he died, when he left all of his money to one of his daughters!

My question is: as he worked the land and looked after his father, even though he was unpaid, can he claim on his fathers stamp in order to claim a pension? or not?

Thanks for any help.

[capt_buzzard]

Originally Posted by Rapunzel

Capt. can I ask you a question?

I believe people who were born, bred, lived and worked in Ireland, can claim an Irish pension if they return? My father lived there til he was 30 and worked on his fathers farm from boyhood. Yet his father, my grandfather, never paid him a penny. Ever! So now he says he cannot claim a pension because he never paid for a stamp. However, his father paid his stamp and taxes and when my dad finally decided he had had enough of the aggro and beatings, he upped and left and moved to England. A year later my grandfather sold his land and farm for a pittance, kept the money and turned up on my fathers doorstep demanding that as he was his only son it was his duty to look after and care for him. My father looked after him for 20 years until he died, when he left all of his money to one of his daughters!

My question is: as he worked the land and looked after his father, even though he was unpaid, can he claim on his fathers stamp in order to claim a pension? or not?

Thanks for any help.

Do check out this site or telephone further inFo www.welfare.ie