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Eating Olives With My Dog

http://eatingoliveswithmydog.blogspot.com/

Documenting my ups and downs as I move alone to start a new life in rural Italy with my dog. Growing my own food, trying to find work..getting to know the locals!

• Added on: Oct 4th, 2009
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: coinsky
• Listed in: Womens Dogs
• Tags: italy german shepherd gardening rural emigrating cabin

Recent Posts

• A new addition...

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 06:53

  Hello!I know I haven't updated for ages, mostly because there hasn't really been anything to update. Was still waiting for the planning permission and not much else has been happening. Until this week, and then 2 things happened at once! Firstly, I g...

• Pheasanty fings..

  Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 05:14

  On my walk yesterday, my friends dog Jez killed a pheasant when she shot out from the undergrowth. He killed her outright thankfully but then just left her. Gill and I dithered about what to do..neither of us really wanting to touch it (especially as...

• Everything including the kitchen sink.

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 04:59

  I *may* have got a bit carried away with buying/hoarding stuff to take to Italy..The plan is for me, my aunt and Shilah (and Shilah's bed and toys - and there are a LOT of toys) to go in the Fiat Panda and follow my parents and all my stuff in their ...

• How to get a woodburning stove to Italy...?

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 04:14

  I have always, always, wanted a wood burning stove, and I hope that it will be my main source of heating (with the central heating being used just as back up). My builder said that he would be able to fit the stove for me IF I could get it to him bef...

• Refurbishing on a budget

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 05:58

  I don't need toooo many things for the cabin (not having a TV or washing machine for eg) but I do need some basics. On the last trip to Italy (to sign the final deed for the land) my dad and I spent 2 hours in a furniture shop doing the virtual kitch...

• The teething problems..

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 06:02

  My original plan was to get a cabin 'kit' delivered from England something a bit like this..That would have left me with a nice cushion of money to live off until I found some way of making money in Italy. But it turned out that the cabin kits wouldn...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

stephan

hey i love your beach photos with your dogs! where was that taken? i'm a dog lover from switzerland!
stephan! and lab janosch!

Posted: November 5th, 2009 | Report This Comment

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