not actually an expats
or better an internal "expat". I did move from Rome to MXP many years ago and still try to realize why
"I’m an engineer hate flight crews of course and doing all this men stuff, working, drinking, sports and my motorbike"
Hey! We got the same feelings (who knows why ground staff always hate "naviganti"? btw I'm a dispatcher)... I drive a Hornet 600, but roads' quality would suggest an off-road one.... What about you?
A little suggestion: kids learn languages very fast, take the chance to expand yr childern's culture not hanging them out at english speaking ones only.
Ciao
Caro,
I do not hate "naviganti" I just don't like them

no worries I do have lots of friends with 3 or 4 strips, but some just can't communicate with us without showing their disrespect. but that's a different story
I knew a couple of dispatchers in MXP, most of them were/are women
I have just sold my Ducati

still can't belive it, reconditioned the whole thing two months ago

and now I have to leave "her" behind
I'm sure we can meet for a beer at some stage and talk about all this crap

in detail.
ciao
mjv