jakanfinne
Finnish expat in Ireland
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Registration: 14 March 2014
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Rush hour driving by danbatch
Hi all. Considering locations to live at the moment for when I arrive. I shall be by myself and thinking I may only have a budget of around 450 euros a month top end for accommodation. Looking at it, the north of the islands in places like ...
Im living in Xemxija, and it takes me around 20 minutes to drive to St Julians using the new coastal road. On rush hour, the bottleneck starts around Pembroke or directly after the new Coastal road ends. Im usually leaving around 6.30am to work, ... Read More
Commuting from Gozo to Malta by jakanfinne
Recently i have been starting to think ab. moving to Gozo. Ferrytickets are quit expensive w the car, so i heard some people park their cars in Cirkewwa and travel as foot passanger to Gozo. Is this a good option, is there parking place in ...
Yeah.im aware of the cheaper fares. They are still like 8 eurs per day. My concern is mostly is there sufficient parking place in Cirkewwa, and is it safe to leave the car there overnight? Read More
Commuting from Gozo to Malta
Recently i have been starting to think ab. moving to Gozo. Ferrytickets are quit expensive w the car, so i heard some people park their cars in Cirkewwa and travel as foot passanger to Gozo. Is this a good option, is there parking place in ... Read More
Request for credit/debit card for online shopping by RASTAVIPER
I make most of my tickets booking or gadgets shopping through internet and I am searching for a credit or debit card that I could use with PayPal. Currently I have a bank account at HSBC , but I am not willing to apply with them for a card as their ...
i can vouch for Skrill aswell, have been using it many many years, and works perfectly everywhere! Read More
virtu ferries -issues due to crash by robpw2
NOTICE RE: M/V JEAN DE LA VALETTE Virtu Ferries announce that there is a temporary rescheduling and changes in their Malta-Pozzallo-Malta Service. M/V JEAN DE LA VALETTE made slight contact with the quay in Pozzallo Port during berthing this ...
Was just in LIDL Zejtun, and it was almost out of fresh stuff, vegetables, fish, meat etc. They told that there lorry from Italy is stucked there because of this aswell. Read More
Red light - police ticket by jakanfinne
I was littlebit sleepy this morning and drove through a red light (it was just changed to red). My mistake and i admit it was wrong.. There was a police with his bicycle who stopped me and i got a fine (contravention). Now when i ahve googled a ...
Yeah, it will take up to five weeks before the actual fine is posted. Strange that i cant find anything official ab. the red light fine, 250 eur was mentioned in 2011 in some news articles as to be implemented soon, but after that nothing in media, ... Read More
Red light - police ticket
I was littlebit sleepy this morning and drove through a red light (it was just changed to red). My mistake and i admit it was wrong.. There was a police with his bicycle who stopped me and i got a fine (contravention). Now when i ahve googled a ... Read More
Changing address to ID card by jakanfinne
What do i need for this? Emailed them 3 weeks ago, and havent heard anything back. Thanks! EDIT: Found some year old threads, some of them stated that application need to be resubmitted, someone was able to do it on the spot etc..
do you mean ID card (ie for Maltese) or eResidence card ?sry, eResidence card Read More
Changing address to ID card
What do i need for this? Emailed them 3 weeks ago, and havent heard anything back. Thanks! EDIT: Found some year old threads, some of them stated that application need to be resubmitted, someone was able to do it on the spot etc.. Read More
Go Malta - using 3rd party Adsl modem by jakanfinne
Has anyone experience on this and the router/modem setting? We have propably the so called adsl/vdsl password that is needed to establishe the connection to Gos server, but as what it comes to other info, they dont want to provide it to us. We want ...
Yeah, i have those details, but modem is not connecting, its propably some of the other setting that needs to be changed, and i cant login to the Go modem with the default admin password, since it has been changed by Go. Read More
Go Malta - using 3rd party Adsl modem
Has anyone experience on this and the router/modem setting? We have propably the so called adsl/vdsl password that is needed to establishe the connection to Gos server, but as what it comes to other info, they dont want to provide it to us. We want ... Read More
Bringing your pet to Malta - a success story! by SillyPennyP
I imported my faithful family dog into Malta today and it was really very simple. Microchipped, passported, vaccinated against rabies and send off for a permit to travel (which we asked for but they never sent so I had to wait 15 minutes for a vet ...
Comp to that.. Used them aswell to get my cat here :) Read More
Gas bottles
Can these be bought from servicestations etc? Living in Qawra, and i have seen the gastruck couple of times here, but i think its arriving quite early, and working in shifts so not going to be here when it drives by. I have a car, so i can drive ... Read More
anyone on here from ireland that made the move? by dingdangdoo
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hey, how are you finding it? can i pm you?sure, just sent you an pm :) Read More
anyone on here from ireland that made the move? by dingdangdoo
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I moved from Ireland 6 months ago. Originally im from Finland, but lived last 7 years in Ireland :) Took my cat and my belongings with me and made the move :) Read More