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Season´s Greetings

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Season´s Greetings card 2009

Images and People From South Italy

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People and images from South Italy (Naples, Itri, Cimitile, Pagani, Airola, and Caserta).

How To Make Pasta And Olive Oil?

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This video shows how an Italian pasta chef makes fresh pasta and how olive oil is pressed.

Images from North Italy, Vatican, Pisa, and Rome

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Watch how Mr. George Clooney joined us in our hiking tour in lake Como, Italy, and some other photos from Pisa and Vatican.

Our fifth wedding anniversary in Italy

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Today was our fifth wedding anniversary and we celebrated it in Saló by the lake Garda in Italy. Here is a set of photos we took. Tomorrow we will celebrate Päivi's birthday and next week is the 5th anniversary of our everlasting honeymoon trip.

Greetings from Monaco

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Video greetings from Monaco.

Walking with dogs in Mouans-Sartoux, France

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Watch a video of our walking tour with greyhounds in Mouans-Sartoux, in a beautiful little village in the French Riviera.

Fish Carousel

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In this video the fish are chasing floating bread crumbs like in a carousel.

French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur, France

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Travelling and living in French Riviera, Provence-Alpes-Côte d´Azur, France.

Annoying bug in Blogger: a work-around

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Blogger has failed to fix the annoying bug in their search function that rendered our country selection non-functional. This unfortunate condition began in July 2009. As a workaround we rebuilt the country selection using labels . The solution is far from elegant but appears to function properly.

French understanding of a happy holiday

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The French have weird habits according to the British. Here is one of them: how to spend a beautiful day by pushing cars.

Carrefour Product and Service Quality

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We bought jogging shoes from Carrefour that broke in one week. Carrefour refused take responsibility.

Increasing Search Engine Ranking

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Every blogger would like to be at the top of search results in search engines. Here is a tip for enhancing your blog ranking significantly without risking penalties or spamming.

Demonstration against Sarkozy in France

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The French demonstrated against the president Sarkozy in Toulon and we joined the crowd making a video film.

French Elevator High-tech

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French elevator high-tech. The French had a pretty weird numbering system in their elevator.

French Parking - When Timing Is Everything

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Typical French parking in the middle of the road and a lucky last minute escape before the police toes the car away. One would expect him to be happy but the guy looks annoyed.

Christmas Kitsch In Monaco

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Monaco, the Christmas capital of Europe, shows off with glittering Christmas lights. The Monte Carlo casino and all other famous buildings are decked out with red, blue and green lights.