OUTLOOK ON 2022 Writing the outlook on the new year forces me every time to read what I wrote LAST year about the one that just finished. Well I was talking about a deflationary scenario through 2021, with potential gains for the stock market but a lot of uncertainty as there was too much euphoria… Read More 2021 Year Review

A General Overview So December arrived, bringing Leonardo’s birthday, several festivities (both Italian and Russian) and the much dreaded end of school. This year Leo seems more into Christmas, well I guess growing up means that he realizes more and more what Christmas actually is (for a baby perspective of course, meaning “presents”). The renovations… Read More December 2021

A General Overview I guess I called for it last month, saying that in November I had all the ingredients for some major stressful time and more tiredness. As I mentioned before we have started the interior renovations in our house, initially we had to install a bathtub, we ended up changing kitchen, bedroom and… Read More November 2021

A General Overview I guess not many people were worried about me not posting in October after all! Yes the family is now of 4 people, plus 1 cat that counts as a human being too. Mila, was born right on the 1st of October! We are all happy and fine, mum is doing great… Read More October 2021

A General Overview Being a punk/grunge/rock fan “wake me up when September ends” would be a great way to introduce this post. I have had a VERY BUSY month, and the thing that scares me the most is the fact that this was just the or d’oeuvres of what is yet to come. But let’s… Read More September 2021

A General Overview If you are an Italian national, working and staying home in August is perceived as quite strange. Even in 2021, where some companies and factories are staying open, most of the county seems to “have” to go on holidays, flocking beaches, mountains and leaving cities empty. I am a major hater of… Read More August 2021

A General Overview EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS! I had to start with that, didn’t I? Italy won the football European Championship, as usual these happenings seem to get the nation “back together” for a week or so, where everyone feels proud of being Italian and all is good and great. Italy has never been a “really united”… Read More July 2021

A General Overview June has been a rather uninteresting month, so to speak. Set aside from the Euro 2021 competition if felt like I’ve done nothing worth writing about, but of course it’s not true. First things first, I’ve managed to pull out another injury to my right knee, which already suffered two surgeries. Initially… Read More June 2021

A General Overview And May came. This has been a rather difficult month for personal reasons, while on more general related matters it seems that things are falling in place once again and we are heading towards a re-found normality. Covid is still present but thanks to the weather, and in second place to the… Read More May 2021

A General Overview April in Italy has been a month of hope, the third wave of Covid19 passed its peak and the government decided to loosen some of the restrictions that we had in place due to the pandemic. Although it’s nothing remotely close to “life as it used to be”, it’s a start. In… Read More April 2021