<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments for Renovating Italy </title> <atom:link href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/comments/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/home-2/</link> <description>Renovate Your Home In Italy</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:07:15 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title> Comment on Memories of Salina ~ we find the family home by Aleshia P </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/memories-of-salina-we-find-the-family-home/#comment-53840</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Aleshia P]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:55:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=3307#comment-53840</guid> <description><![CDATA[Absolutely love this and so glad I've come across this. I hope to retrace my families history in Leni amd experience the same. My great-great grandfather Diego Lamaro lived in Leni before moving to Australia in the late 1800s.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely love this and so glad I’ve come across this.</p> <p>I hope to retrace my families history in Leni amd experience the same. My great-great grandfather Diego Lamaro lived in Leni before moving to Australia in the late 1800s.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Memories of Salina ~ we find the family home by Erin </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/memories-of-salina-we-find-the-family-home/#comment-53831</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erin]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 02:53:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=3307#comment-53831</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hi Lisa - I came across your blog during a genealogy search. My family was from Salina and moved to Boston and Perth around the early 1900s (I think). I think Salina only had a population of around 5k then so likely everyone knew each other in some aspect or another. Our family name is Re. My great grandfather's brother opened a grocery story in Perth called "The Re Store" which appears to still be open today. My great grandfather settled in Boston, MA where my family still lives. I hope to one day visit Salina and locate some other Re's but have been finding it tough online.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Lisa – I came across your blog during a genealogy search. My family was from Salina and moved to Boston and Perth around the early 1900s (I think). I think Salina only had a population of around 5k then so likely everyone knew each other in some aspect or another. Our family name is Re. My great grandfather’s brother opened a grocery story in Perth called “The Re Store” which appears to still be open today. My great grandfather settled in Boston, MA where my family still lives. I hope to one day visit Salina and locate some other Re’s but have been finding it tough online.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Memories of Salina ~ we find the family home by Toni Truda </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/memories-of-salina-we-find-the-family-home/#comment-53785</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Toni Truda]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 19:23:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=3307#comment-53785</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/memories-of-salina-we-find-the-family-home/#comment-49087">Rosemarie mair</a>. Hello Rosemarie, My grandfather was also Giuseppe Lopes- named after his father of the same name. Drop me an email and we can try connect the dots. Am currently in Salina and have been trying to find other Lopes here- it is such an unusual name. Ciao]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/memories-of-salina-we-find-the-family-home/#comment-49087">Rosemarie mair</a>.</p> <p>Hello Rosemarie,<br /> My grandfather was also Giuseppe Lopes- named after his father of the same name. Drop me an email and we can try connect the dots.<br /> Am currently in Salina and have been trying to find other Lopes here- it is such an unusual name. Ciao</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Live life like you mean it! by Carolyn Keane Franzoni </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/live-life-like-you-mean-it/#comment-53782</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Keane Franzoni]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 01:26:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=16863#comment-53782</guid> <description><![CDATA[You’re expressed this brilliantly.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You’re expressed this brilliantly.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Moving to a Cold Climate – Piedmont Italy by Lisa Chiodo </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/moving-cold-climate-piedmont-italy/#comment-53584</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Chiodo]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:29:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=13234#comment-53584</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/moving-cold-climate-piedmont-italy/#comment-53515">Carolyn Keane Franzoni</a>. Oh love the warm socks idea... I keep telling Luca to take a hat and gloves in his bag to school.... stubborn just like dad!!!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/moving-cold-climate-piedmont-italy/#comment-53515">Carolyn Keane Franzoni</a>.</p> <p>Oh love the warm socks idea… I keep telling Luca to take a hat and gloves in his bag to school…. stubborn just like dad!!!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Moving to a Cold Climate – Piedmont Italy by Carolyn Keane Franzoni </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/moving-cold-climate-piedmont-italy/#comment-53515</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Keane Franzoni]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:55:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=13234#comment-53515</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lisa, cold weather comments from Canada: -Add booster cables to your car emergency kit -during the winter, consider your gas tank as empty at the 1/2 way mark -add some granola bars or chocolate -hand warmers (the ones you activate) are wonderful -always follow municipal rules for tire chains -thin foil like camping blankets will trap body heat and don’t take up space -have a container to melt snow if needed for drinking. -extra hats! Our heads are a major source of heat loss! Re cold feet-mine are large blocks of ice. A small tens unit ( dr Ho’s)can really help with circulation. A warming ointment also helps with circulation. There are also “spa socks” with inserts you heat in the microwave. Heavenly!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lisa, cold weather comments from Canada:<br /> -Add booster cables to your car emergency kit<br /> -during the winter, consider your gas tank as empty at the 1/2 way mark<br /> -add some granola bars or chocolate<br /> -hand warmers (the ones you activate) are wonderful<br /> -always follow municipal rules for tire chains<br /> -thin foil like camping blankets will trap body heat and don’t take up space<br /> -have a container to melt snow if needed for drinking.<br /> -extra hats! Our heads are a major source of heat loss! </p> <p>Re cold feet-mine are large blocks of ice. A small tens unit ( dr Ho’s)can really help with circulation. A warming ointment also helps with circulation. There are also “spa socks” with inserts you heat in the microwave. Heavenly!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Creating a Simple life – leaving all my treasures by Antonetta (Toni) Spott </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/creating-a-simple-life-leaving-all-my-treasures/#comment-53266</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antonetta (Toni) Spott]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=1659#comment-53266</guid> <description><![CDATA[We retired and just got rid of everything. We left it out on the front lawn before we sold our house to repurpose it and everyone just picked everything up. It feels so good to see it all being reused.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We retired and just got rid of everything. We left it out on the front lawn before we sold our house to repurpose it and everyone just picked everything up. It feels so good to see it all being reused.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Villa de Vecchi – the dream by Marco Marchese </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-52348</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Marchese]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 10:21:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=3732#comment-52348</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-52347">Marco Marchese</a>. Moreover, I suggest you to check the italian magazines in a period included from the end of last century and the first years of 2000 and you will find the tragedy happened in this area around all the villa. Some big landslides are happened in all around the house and on the highway gallery below. Many people dies. As a miracle, the villa was not touch for about a couple of meters... This is why the area is now considered dangerous. Please look to North Italian Magazines, pubblished in Lecco city area.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-52347">Marco Marchese</a>.</p> <p>Moreover, I suggest you to check the italian magazines in a period included from the end of last century and the first years of 2000 and you will find the tragedy happened in this area around all the villa. Some big landslides are happened in all around the house and on the highway gallery below. Many people dies. As a miracle, the villa was not touch for about a couple of meters… This is why the area is now considered dangerous. Please look to North Italian Magazines, pubblished in Lecco city area.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on Villa de Vecchi – the dream by Marco Marchese </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-52347</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco Marchese]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 10:05:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=3732#comment-52347</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-50284">Tiffeny Glidewell</a>. Dear Tiffany, dear all, I am italian from Milan and I was like you interested to buy this house and restore it. The actual owners are some shareholders of a small factory that produces mechanical parts near the town Cortenova. In the last 12 years the villa was put in auction 3 times, but no one has made any bid at all. No one wants to buy it because it is forbidden from the Italian Government to restore it. This because the entire area is under hydro geological medium - high risk level of landslide. Also simply touch the walls is forbidden. The authorities of the area refuse the authorizations to the owners for any kind of intervention, as some metallic mezzanines, in order to support and save what it is still standing up. So no chance to save it. It seems a paradox but this is the real actual situation till the area will not pass to good hydrological conditions (and this will never happens). Hope to have clarified the situation, Marco.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/villa-de-vecchi-the-dream/#comment-50284">Tiffeny Glidewell</a>.</p> <p>Dear Tiffany, dear all, I am italian from Milan and I was like you interested to buy this house and restore it. The actual owners are some shareholders of a small factory that produces mechanical parts near the town Cortenova. In the last 12 years the villa was put in auction 3 times, but no one has made any bid at all. No one wants to buy it because it is forbidden from the Italian Government to restore it. This because the entire area is under hydro geological medium – high risk level of landslide. Also simply touch the walls is forbidden. The authorities of the area refuse the authorizations to the owners for any kind of intervention, as some metallic mezzanines, in order to support and save what it is still standing up. So no chance to save it. It seems a paradox but this is the real actual situation till the area will not pass to good hydrological conditions (and this will never happens). Hope to have clarified the situation, Marco.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> Comment on We’re heading home to Australia by Lisa Chiodo </title> <link>https://www.renovatingitaly.com/were-heading-home-to-australia/#comment-51743</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisa Chiodo]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:42:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.renovatingitaly.com/?p=15894#comment-51743</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/were-heading-home-to-australia/#comment-51742">Fellow renovator</a>. Ciao Ciao, gotta love renovating right! We're back in Italy now and yep still renovating! The situation in Melbourne is just a nightmare, I think many people are wanting to escape to a simple life now. xx]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.renovatingitaly.com/were-heading-home-to-australia/#comment-51742">Fellow renovator</a>.</p> <p>Ciao Ciao, gotta love renovating right! We’re back in Italy now and yep still renovating! The situation in Melbourne is just a nightmare, I think many people are wanting to escape to a simple life now. xx</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>