ok, at least something to miss from Italy....cheeses....yeah Italian cheeses are pieces of heaven....and Burrata is like clouds in your mouth...<br>Why could not every experience in Italy taste like its food? <br><br><br><br><b><i>Amara Graps <amara@amara.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <br>>> "We've received your letter stating your request for stopping the<br>>> contract because of your move out of Italy. Our office is considering<br>>> your request, and will contact you sometime."<br>MB:<br>>Yikes, Amara! If it weren't so hideously annoying, it would be hilarious.<br><br>It _is_ hilarious. I'm finding that all of the public utilities have<br>this attitude to my request letter to turn off their service with my full<br>account information, departure date, and old and new address. It will<br>be especially hilarious when they
discover that my bank account,<br>that was paying their bill automatically, no longer works.<br><br>Another amusement was the phone. I have been at home during the day, a<br>rarity, while the movers carted off my house. One phone call wanting me<br>to buy satellite TV services, another phone call wanting me to buy<br>furniture, one phone call saying they cannot turn off my electricity<br>when I want, and one phone from the Italian public TV saying that I must<br>pay them money for owning the TV that I have not owned for 1.5 years.<br><br>The highlight of the last days was a cheese I tasted that I have not<br>tried before. It is called "Burrata". You cannot find it (at least<br>easily) outside of Italy because it doesn't preserve well. I thought<br>that my mouth had died and gone to heaven. It was the creamiest and<br>tastiest cheese that I've ever eaten in my entire life. That just means<br>that I will have to try to have a little bit (*little*! It is loaded<br>with yummy
fat..) more in these last days before I go...<br><br>Amara<br><br><br><br>-- <br><br>Amara Graps, PhD www.amara.com<br>Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado<br>_______________________________________________<br>extropy-chat mailing list<br>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<br></blockquote><br><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com