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38 BOOKSTORES Bologna La Dotta (Bologna the Learned) is also home to countless bookstores, many of which are highly specialized. Libreria Feltrinelli Via dei Mille, 12/a/b/c Tel. 051.240302 www.lafeltrinelli.it Books are in Italian, but newsstand is international. Open past midnight. Feltrinelli International Via Zamboni, 7/b Tel. 051.268070 Well-stocked with foreign language books and magazines. You can also special order. Modo Infoshop Via Mascarella, 24/a Tel. 051.5871012 www.modoinfoshop.com Easy in-store catalogue searching, books in English available on order. Mondadori Multicenter Via D’Azeglio, 34/a Tel. 051.275611 www.negozimondadori.it Books are mostly in Italian, with a small foreign language section. Contains a multimedia department and is also a licensed Apple reseller. MAIL & THE POSTAL SYSTEM You can avoid going to the post office if all you have to do is send a letter because you can buy francobolli (stamps) at any tabaccheria and drop your letter in a red postal box. Don’t hesitate to ask if you’re not sure about postage, as most tabaccherie are equipped with a scale and postage charts. The website of the national postal service, Poste Italiane, has explanations of the different options for letters, packages, etc: www.posteitaliane.it. You have a range of options for sending letters and packages. Posta celere (express mail) is a sure way to send things anywhere in Italy in one day. Posta Prioritaria (first class mail) is the fastest way to send letters abroad and within Italy. If you need proof of your letter’s arrival at its destination, send it raccomandata (registered mail). You can also send it assicurata (insured mail), although this significantly slows the arrival of the item. In Italy, you can do a lot more at the post office than mailing. Services such as bill pay are handled at the blue window, Bancaposta. Pensioners pick up their monthly check at the Bancaposta - you’ll soon learn to avoid that day of the month.
UTILITIES WATER AND GAS Contact Hera, the city’s water and gas authority, to set up new services or to ask questions about your existing contract. Hera Bologna Via C. Berti Pichat, 2/4 Tel. 051.287111 Numero verde 800.999500 for new contracts Numero verde 800.250101 for existing service www.gruppohera.it You will get your gas bill every three months. You can pay it at the post office, through your bank’s automatic bill pay, or directly at Hera. The authorities only come to read the meter once a year. Periodically, you may be requested by mail to read your meter and send back the reading on a special postcard. If you do not update the information, the authorities will charge you according to the previous year’s usage. The difference between your actual usage and what you’ve paid is calculated at the next meter reading. If they have overcharged you, they give you a credit. If you use more than projected, you’ll have to pay the difference, called a conguaglio. ELECTRICITY The electric company is called ENEL. ENEL services, including initial set-up can be handled by phone, fax and mail. A standard contract gives you a usage capacity of three kilowatt-hours. This may not be enough to run many electrical appliances at once. To avoid blowing a fuse, use only one major appliance at a time or ask for a higher base consumption level. Bills are sent out every other month. Here too, prepare yourself for the occasional conguaglio. ENEL Numero verde 800.900800 www.enel.it At the little neighborhood post office where I pay all my bills, I have found I can avoid the long lines at the bill-paying sportelli by having something to send at the letter sportello where they will then happily process my bill. I have been known to write a postcard to myself and mail it, just to get in and out quickly. I always marvel at the twenty-five people waiting in line for the other sportelli - don’t they know this trick? Stephanie Jurs 39
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Given the complexity of the Italian
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STEREOTYPES While it is true that I
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the first man to “nurse” in his
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6 > FAMILY INTRODUCTION Italy is a
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Italy has
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graduatoria (ranking), a list prior
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MIDDLE SCHOOL The exact date of reg
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PRIVATE SCHOOLS A list of private s
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Scuola Media Malpighi Via Audinot,
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BABYSITTERS While word-of-mouth is
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7 > SHOPPING INTRODUCTION Think of
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Rosticceria: take-out such as roast
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PASTA Tagliatelle: long, thin, flat
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Asia Mach Via Mascarella, 81/a/b/c
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ALTERATIONS If you find a garment t
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Palazzo dell’Archiginnasio Piazza
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Museo del Patrimonio Industriale (M
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Indian restaurants, there are many
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OPEN AIR EVENTS SPRING-SUMMER-FALL
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INDOOR SPORTS The website of the Fe
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DANCE For a complete listing, see y
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CYCLING AND MOUNTAIN BIKING Italian
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RUNNING AND WALKING Since the early
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Fortitudo BC 1953 Piazzale Atleti A
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9 > PROVINCIA INTRODUCTION They say
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COMUNI OF THE APPENNINO Reno Valley
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Each individual comune also has its
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RELICS OF MAN Be aware of old wells
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WORK (See also Chapter 5) THE SEARC
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MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS Bologna witne
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Enzo e Dino Ferrari Race Track Via
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SWIMMING Comuni in the province wit
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THERMAL BATHS Italians swear by the
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10 > LONG TERM INTRODUCTION Perhaps
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Atto di nascita: the long form of y
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with the Civil Status Office. Some
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end of the reception, the bride and
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DEATH IN ITALIAN CULTURE Confrontin
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MAKING AN OFFER If you use a real e
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