Table of Contents

1 Greener Grass | 2 Settling In | 3 Learning the Language | 4 A Fight with Bureaucracy | 5 Down to Business | 6 Stagione Estiva - the Summer Season | 7 Natale - Christmastime | 8 Carnevale - Carnival Time | 9 Il Torneo di Calcio - the Football Tournament | 10 Lavoro Regolare - Regular Work - for Nicola | 11 The End of an Era | 12 Moving House and Some New Flatmates | 13 Italians in General, and our Neighbours in Particular | 14 Eating and Drinking, Italian Style | 15 Gianni, George, and Benito | 16 Settling Permanently | 17 Epilogue