Hey, Im Joanna from London, living in Lake Como and working as a nanny until July 2010. I have been here 2 months now and love it but am looking for people to meet in my area as I am finding it very very lonely and would be nice to make some friends

Hello Joanna! welcome to the forum!

We are all very friendly here your near Milan?

Ok great yes I am near Milan i'm about 40 mins to an hour by train...are you living in Rome then?

Yes i am in Roma

I think there are a few people up North where you are!

Also i found http://www.milanexpat.com/varese_como_monza_italy.htm that for you

http://www.easymilano.it/eng/ourteam.htm

http://www.meetup.com/milanexpats/it/ - if you sign up to this meet-up group they send you dates of days they meet up

I hope some of these help!

Dont worry your not alone plus we are here if you want a chat, or a moan or anything like that! and we are planning some forum meet-ups as well

Ahh bless you thank you so much. I bet your loving Rome, my cousins have been living there for quite a few years now, it is such a beautiful city

Yes it is

What its like working as a Nanny? do you live with the family? do you plan to stay on in italy?

Feel free to jump in on any of the threads! dont be shy

Erm...working as a nanny is one of the toughest jobs I have ever done (and I have had a few jobs) but I prefer it to working in an office in London. Its nice to be out of the rat race and enjoy where I am living. I live with the family, I have my own room and entrance so I get alot of privacy. The kids are great but definatly a handful and I have to speak only English to them so my Italian is incredibly poor. I have met a few other au pairs but they tend to be in Milan so its abit annoying as would be nice to meet someone after I finish for a drink. Otherwise I generally love Italy and am enjoying being here. Not sure if I will stay on when I finish next summer it all depends on how lazy I am with learning the language.

You could always find a family in one of the bigger cities

my italian isnt that good either i have enough to get by but i can be very lazy with learning it lol

Do you have facebook? there are some english speaking meet up groups on there you can join as well like:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38507463653 - a few mentioned living in Lake Como!

http://mk-mk.facebook.com/wall.php?id=2545143884&page=1&hash=d757bc1f6d66d1c84ce47a9df232c4e8

you are so kind..your like a little angel...thank you

I think deep down she is probably a very naughty girl!
welcome Joanna!

haha

Hi Joanna!

Sadly I'm at the total opposite end of the country from you, but hello anyway from a fellow Londoner

o thats a shame...well hello to you too.