Steve Smulders
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Column: the secret theatre
In the few months that we have been living in our new house in the small hamlet of Cassinassa, we have noticed that every Sunday in our neighbourhood there is something going on. In the early afternoon, cars park crookedly along the narrow street, and people walk to an unsightly […] More
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Italian states: small intervention - part 4
Would it go right this time? I didn't dare hope for it. There was always something wrong, although you could never guess what beforehand. Thus musing between hope and fear I sat in the hospital for the umpteenth time waiting for my number to be called. After my failed […] More
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Italian states: small intervention - part 2
I had to go to the hospital in Pavia for a minor operation. Completely unexpected, I was not immediately operated on, but I had to go to the pre-ricovero (read part 1). Without knowing what was going to happen I waited for my name to be called. Until 11 o'clock I underwent a blood test on an empty stomach and thirsty […] More
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Italian states: small intervention - part 1
I had to go to the hospital in Pavia for a minor operation. Coincidentally, our friend Antonica had also been to Stradella's ospedale for something small a few days before. When I, thoughtful as I am, asked how it had gone on the day in question, I once again received a story with very typical […] More
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Italian conditions: searching for a holiday home on the internet – part 6
A long time ago, when we had only just moved to the Oltrepò, Pino from the La Verde Sosta restaurant once pointed out to us a large house that was also for sale. We didn't really understand why he did that (did he get commission?) – after all, we had just bought our Villa I Due Padroni. Big enough […] More
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