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Summer Arrives with a Bang in Italy

Technically, summer has not yet started in Italy, only it has. Summer pounced on Italy a little over a week ago and the transition from cool to sweltering took a matter of days. The transformation really was phenomenally rapid. A mere week into summer and temperatures have already been soaring towards 40°c in some parts of Italy. […]

Cesare Cremonini – GreyGoose – a Summer Hit for 2014?

Vogue Italia thinks the song named after a brand of vodka GreyGoose by Italian singer Cesare Cremonini may be a major summer hit in Italy. Despite, or maybe because of, the vodka connection, GreyGoose is quite a catchy little number and will no doubt at all lead to an increase in the number of Italian mums and […]

Boy, Is it Hot!

It took me a good few years to become just about used to the intense heat of Italy’s often long and torrid summers. Coming from the UK, where I relished the prospect of the temperature rising above 20 degrees centigrade, Italy with its heat hitting well over 30 degrees was something of a shock to […]

How To Survive the Heat, Scorpions and Mosquitoes in Italy

I've Yet to See a Scorpion on an Ice Cream in Italy

The summer heat has finally hit Italy.  Milan, where I live, is hot and very sweaty.  The rest of Italy is becoming an oven too.  If you find the heat a little too much to bear and you want to avoid being cooked, here are some tips on how to survive the heat in Italy. […]

Italy Map plus YouTube Videos

If you are looking to while away a few minutes, perhaps while waiting for an important phone call or suchlike, and you are thinking about coming to Italy for a summer holiday, then this Italy map link might prove fun.

What’s Daily Life in Italy in Summer Like?

If you have ever wondered just what daily life in Italy is like in summer, this post may interest you. Once the warm weather hitsItaly, the routine in the north, where I live, does change a little. First of all, most of the schools in Italy close for summer at the end of June, which […]

Is Italy too hot in August?

A couple of people have ended up on Italy Chronicles as a result of searching for information about the heat in Italy in August. Is Italy really that hot in August?  Well, it depends…. The big cities can be hell in summer – they do not cool down at all at night either.  On the […]

Can’t sleep in hot and humid Milan? A Cotton Pillow is the Solution.

Our little one fell out of bed the other evening with a thump, which scared us a little, I have to say. Luckily, apart from frightening himself, he was OK and soon went back to sleep after shedding a few tears. However, what got to me more than the fall, was the puddle of sweat I noticed on his pillow. In fact, he had probably turned over in an attempt to get away from the damp. Hence, his fall.

Zapping the mozzies

The mosquitoes are still a pain in the neck, although much less so now than back in June and July. I hate the little blighters but now I’m able to take my revenge. I invested the princely sum of 5 Euros in an electronic insect killer which looks a lot like this