Imperia, Ligura

I drove to Italy today to a small town near Imperia (the town after San Remo) which is part of what the italians call "the Italian Cote d'Azur" (yes, i know it sounds weird but we're not that far!). Although I am completely biased... trust me, the italian part is not as nice as the french part. I always find italian villages to be quite depressing, especially the ones nested up high in the mountains.

I met up with an ex-colleague who has also left London and now lives in Geneva. We have this ongoing joke about mis-perceptions. Before the Euro kicked in French people (ie my family) would drive to Italy because we thought everything was cheaper. Once, I actually told him this and he burst out laughing. It appears that Italian people (ie his family) would drive to France because everything was cheaper there too...at least I am pretty sure the Limoncello was cheaper in Italy :)

I could finish this post talking about the French post office worker that I nearly had to aggress in order to get a prepaid envelope that was different to the one he was trying to flog off. But that would be pointless as the delights of french customer service is known by most already.

Aaah....loving it.