tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post5284376853804352135..comments2014-03-14T23:03:27.586+01:00Comments on Between Chocolate and Pizza: More than a suitcase full of food...*Belgianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-23625271516319314242009-04-07T08:29:00.000+02:002009-04-07T08:29:00.000+02:00Well, in Belgium everything on television is in th...Well, in Belgium everything on television is in the original language with subtitles. I believe this helps tremendously.*Belgianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-55597125104994386682009-03-05T18:44:00.000+01:002009-03-05T18:44:00.000+01:00To be honest, you've moved from your civilised, ef...To be honest, you've moved from your civilised, efficient homeland to a country which will test your patience on a daily basis. I'm not at all surprised you were feeling a little homesick! Italy does have a lot to offer, you just have to work on that patience to see it!! BTW how come your English is so perfect??Emminahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797433598987212074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-80603729349350875342009-02-16T10:32:00.000+01:002009-02-16T10:32:00.000+01:00Scintilla - You are right, I am lucky for being ju...Scintilla - You are right, I am lucky for being just a low cost flight away. It does make things easier to have some food from home though!<BR/><BR/>Romerican - I didn't mean to give you the impression with my post that I didn't look for these items. I went to Todis, Panorama, Auchan, Carrefour, EmmepĆ¹i, Essalunga, Castroni,... no luck in the brown sugar department though. The brown sugar that I know is not the zucchero di canna you find here. I will check out Canestro and NaturaSi though! Thanks for the suggestion! <BR/><BR/>Joanne - Thanks for the tip! I will check it out.*Belgianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-86998463753307909662009-02-05T10:27:00.000+01:002009-02-05T10:27:00.000+01:00Romerican is right, although it is a little harder...Romerican is right, although it is a little harder, you can find a lot more things than the past. Brown sugar as we expats know it is very different from zucchero di canna ... unless, you buy the equo e solidale kind (fair trade). Keep a look out for it so that you can use that space in your suitcase for something else you can't find here!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-79045250181265380572009-02-05T02:35:00.000+01:002009-02-05T02:35:00.000+01:00I know how that feels but I can assure you lots of...I know how that feels but I can assure you lots of things (including brown sugar) can be found in Rome nowadays, it just takes a little more effort. <BR/>I don't know what neighborhood you live in but lots of regular grocery stores in the centro have "speciality" items (even Mexican goods). Todis- a discount supermarket sells brown sugar & whatnot. Or you can check out places like Canestro in Testaccio or Trastevere, NaturaSi Supermarkets (they have a few stores in Rome), or Castroni on Via Nazionale and Via Cola di Rienzo. I've been able to find just about anything in Rome, even cilantro!Romericanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721721345728895213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-85694652754306204742009-02-04T15:34:00.000+01:002009-02-04T15:34:00.000+01:00If you start bringing suitcases full of food with ...If you start bringing suitcases full of food with you, you have begun to become well entrenched in expat rituals. I still do it, after twenty years, from Australia to Luxembourg then Luxembourg to Positano. It's those little conforts of home that make adjusting easier.<BR/>And you are lucky that there are low cost flights from Belgium to Italy, so that you can go more often. It costs us a fortune unless we get on the train for Brussels.Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556403160595972518noreply@blogger.com