Just arrived...

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:29 am

..from Italy !

Hi to everybody!

I joined this forum because I would like to refresh my poor english..

:wah:

There are so many interesting topics here.

I really hope that you will help me..

Ciao to all of you

Paola

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:34 am

Welcome Paola to the ForumGarden. It's great to meet you. This is a great place with lots of friendly people. Where in Italy do you live????

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:38 am

Welcome to FG Paola.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:58 am

Welcome to the garden! Watch out for the women here, some really like to flirt.

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:00 am

Thanks to everybody for your welcome.

I live in a village not far from Milano.

The weather is nice but cold for being in september: I largely prefer warm than cold.

(I am so rusty that I was doubtfull on the word "warm": for a second I was thinking to write "worm", that is not exactly what I meant...)

I like reading, gardening, drawing (this one when I was younger, so many years ago..)

In this moment I'm at my job: so I have few time to reply.

Ciao a tutti

Paola

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:34 am

Welcome to the garden. My family is Sicilian..from Catania. My grandparents came over many years ago.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:33 am

Ciao, welcome to FG! Oh, I used to have a student named Paola! It is such a beautiful name.

:)

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:41 am

Hamster wrote: Welcome to FG Paola...Just let us know how we can help?? :wah:
I mean, when I make mistakes in writing or explaining when I don't understand the sense of the words..

I do not speak or write in English from a number of years: when I started, I use to

work in the italian subsidiary of an american company, so I learnt quite a comprehensive english - american, because I have to get in touch daily with my overseas colleagues.

I remember when at the beginning I had to call in Boston: when the call ended, my heart was running like a Ferrari, because I was afraid to say nonsense or not to understand or not to make me understood...

Now I work in an Italian company, less than few contacts abroad.

I try to see movies in original language, but anyway so many phrases are missed, because I don't know the meaning of the "way of saying"

Have a nice week-end

Paola

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:45 pm

ACCADUE wrote: I remember when at the beginning I had to call in Boston

Hello Paola!

I am from Boston, born and bred

It's nice to meet you

and I hope we see more of you in our Garden :-6

MoreThanALover · Post by **MoreThanALover** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:53 pm

Welcome to FG Paola! You're going to be a great addition to the Garden:D

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:59 pm

Welcome to ACCADUE! How'd you choose that name? I love Italy and I love Italian food and I love Italians!:) :-6

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:10 pm

Benvenuto Paola I hope you enjoy the GARDEN...!!

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:17 pm

Salve Paolo,

Piacere di conoscerla (hope I said that right). I lived in La Maddelana, Sardinia for three years but that was 20 years ago and I have forgotten more Italiano than I ever knew but I will never forget my wonderful experiences in your beautiful country. I hope we will see you often in the Garden. A presto, ciao!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:32 am

Paola ... Milano - the fashion capital of the world. WOW!!! Or is that Sydney, Australia? Yes, of course it is, but Milano comes a close second. Grin. I've never yet managed to see the city, but did, in May do some walking in the Cinque Terre region of Liguria. Not that far away. I have two children now living in London and they joined me for a stay in Greve, in Toscana too. Their first time not only in Italy, but in any non-English speaking country. They were both totally bowled over, loved the country, loved the people, loved the lifestyle, the food, everything. Both are now learning Italian. Grin. I speak Italian reasonably well, and it looks like there may be a few bi lingual conversations happening in the Forum Garden in future. GREAT !!!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:36 am

Welcome to the garden Paola, enjoy your stay. :-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:53 am

Hi, Paolo and welcome to FG. I hope you enjoy it here.

I will try and help you out with your English. Just bear in mind that there are members here who's English and spelling is worse than yours (which, if I may say, is very good).

Good luck.

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:52 am

Thanks, thanks a lot for your great welcome...

- Cherandbuster: "Born and bred" ? - that is born and living.. ?

- Zapata: Accadue has no meaning. It is similar to the one I have for an italian gardening forum

- Adam: sure I do know "la Maddalena" What did you do there?

- Aussipam: Le Cinque terre. Ah! I spent few day for summer holidays five years ago. They are wonderful ...(and so expensive, too)

Great for a few bilingual forum, why not ?!

I have a daughter and a son.

My son went on January - with my brother - to New York.

For my son, it was the very first time on an airplane and - of course - to NY.

When he came back, he was felt in love with this city.

He adores the big size of the cars, (he says that my car may be recovered in their baggage car) pancakes, maple syrup, hot dogs, the streets...and a lot of other things..

Ciao

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:23 pm

Welcome to FG ACCA.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:30 pm

Hi Paola! Would you like us to call you Paola or Accadue?

I think you will like it here- Forum Garden is full of nice people!

Maybe you and Adam Zapple could teach us some Italian!

Welcome!!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:21 am

ACCADUE wrote: Thanks, thanks a lot for your great welcome...

- Cherandbuster: "Born and bred" ? - that is born and living.. ?

- Zapata: Accadue has no meaning. It is similar to the one I have for an italian gardening forum

- Adam: sure I do know "la Maddalena" What did you do there?

- Aussipam: Le Cinque terre. Ah! I spent few day for summer holidays five years ago. They are wonderful ...(and so expensive, too)

Great for a few bilingual forum, why not ?!

I have a daughter and a son.

My son went on January - with my brother - to New York.

For my son, it was the very first time on an airplane and - of course - to NY.

When he came back, he was felt in love with this city.

He adores the big size of the cars, (he says that my car may be recovered in their baggage car) pancakes, maple syrup, hot dogs, the streets...and a lot of other things..

Ciao

Hi Paola. Or, as Red Glitter asks, would you prefer us to call you Accadue? 'Born and bred' means born and grew up.. somewhere. It doesn't necessarily mean you are still living there.

I found the Cinque Terre villages really pretty. A little crowded in places, though I was there really early in the season. I stayed in Levanto and caught the train to the start point of each walk. Swam in the sea. Rode some boats. Climbed a lot of hills. Tasted the local sweet wine and ate a lot of wonderful seafood. I had a little trouble understanding the regional dialect.. grin. The local people were very hospitable and friendly.

I took one of my daughters to New York. She fell in love with the city too and hopes to work there one day. She works at present in MTV in London and the head office is in NYC.

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:47 am

Paola is my name, so pls call me so..

I made the same when I was in 5terre fo summer holydays..and yes, food is good, wine too - we bought honey, wine, olive oil, "pesto" (do you know? for spaghetti)..

My husband and me were in Monterosso, very very nice and we visited all the villages around and Portovenere - the boat driver was a little drunk (is it correct?)

so some passengers were sick..

Aussipam: what does your daughter do ?

Years ago, I met a young man coming from Australia (he used to work for the same company I worked, but located in Australia)

I remember that he said: In Australia there are more rabbits than people...

My brother - who travels a lot - went to Australia some years ago and he loves so much those days..

Sarei molto felice di scrivere anche in italiano - (I would be very happy to write in italian, too...)

ciao a tutti

paola

woppy71 · Post by **woppy71** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:14 am

Hello Paola! Welcome to FG. You have a wonderful way of saying things:).

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:58 am

thanks, Woppy.

I have a big problem.

It mainly hit me during USA thanksgiving day.

Where accidenti do you caught those monstrous turkeys I saw in tv movies ?

Are they really turkeys? Or - perhaps - ostrich ?

And how is it stuffed ? It needs a whole container of stuff ...., I suppose...

Thanks for your clarification.

I hope to be able to sleep, then...

Paola

Adam Zapple · Post by **Adam Zapple** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:36 am

Paola,

My apologies for calling you Paolo earlier. I was in the U.S. Navy and our ship was stationed at Santo Stefano. Most of us lived in either La Maddalena or Palau, both were beautiful. I am anxious to return some day. For those of you interested, this is where the Navy forced me to live for 3 yrs. It was tough duty but somebody had to do it.

http://www.lamaddalena.com/panorami/index.php3?l=e&

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:12 am

Oh, Adam, never mind..

I have a far relative .. far because he is the husband of the daughter...oh, ok, it is too much difficult to explain.. anyway, he was a naval officier at La Maddalena, too, some years ago. May be you have met him, who knows?

ciao

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:43 am

Benvenuto, Paola. We're good people here and we hope you enjoy a pleasant place.

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:30 pm

ACCADUE wrote:

I made the same when I was in 5terre fo summer holydays..and yes, food is good, wine too - we bought honey, wine, olive oil, "pesto" (do you know? for spaghetti)..

My husband and me were in Monterosso, very very nice and we visited all the villages around and Portovenere - the boat driver was a little drunk (is it correct?)

so some passengers were sick..

Aussipam: what does your daughter do ?

Years ago, I met a young man coming from Australia (he used to work for the same company I worked, but located in Australia)

I remember that he said: In Australia there are more rabbits than people...

My brother - who travels a lot - went to Australia some years ago and he loves so much those days..

Sarei molto felice di scrivere anche in italiano - (I would be very happy to write in italian, too...)

ciao a tutti

paola

G'day Paola - I liked Monterosso and also Portovenere. Got to try my first sciacchetrà (? spelling) in Monterosso. I got lost from the group I was with on my way to Portovenere but joined up with a German group which was fun. Arrived in the end. I swam amongst meduse at S Fruttuoso and then got a boat back to Camogli. Very nice village.

My daughter works in MTV. She explains to me regularly what she does, well kind of, but it's high tech and a bit over my head. She called at 7am my time this morning to tell me she'd just got a promotion. I am so pleased for her. My son works in CNBC at night and makes films (to change the world) during the day.. grin. What it is to be 23!!

More rabbits than people. That could be true. I don't know. Rabbits were introduced to Australia (so were foxes) for the first wave of settler hunters and, without natural predators, bred themselves to plague proportions. A bit like the introduction of deer into New Zealand.

Since mxyomatosis, the rabbit population has declined. But I have no idea of numbers. Australia has a relatively small human population. The country is the same size as the USA, but much of it is uninhabitable. Most of the population is in the East Coast main cities.

Better to write in English in the open forum, so everyone can understand you. Grin.

Take care!!

Appen arrivata ma già ben amata.. :yh_flower

ACCADUE · Post by **ACCADUE** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:55 am

AussiePam:

would you like to know something funny?

When we were in 5 terre, we met - a night, in a restaurant - a married couple (abt 50-60 years old) coming from Australia.

Unfortunately, we spoke few words and I do not remember where exactly they came from.

Nice to know so much people!! :-4

Hope to be able to write fluently in the future, so to better express my thought.

bye

Paola