OK... the builder... please note that he is still in a demoted mode... came last Thursday to discuss building the fireplace in the l'Appartamento Azzurro... formerly called the Upstairs Apartment last week. Dr. You thought Upstairs Apartment was too common a title. I'm not sure l'Appartmento Azzurro is any better but, the apartment is certainly blue!!!
I thought work could begin almost immediately. However, in Italy, there is this series of Vacation Days at the first of November... a reminder that I Live & Breathe in a Catholic country... which has suspended construction until at least this Thursday. Ogni Santi... or, All Saints Day is on Tuesday followed by i Morti... or, Dead Folks Day on Wednesday. This last is my English title. Traffic will be insane in & around any & all cemeteries. Mostly old folk in their FIATs, who should never be allowed to drive them, heading pell-mell to put bouquets of gaudy flowers on the tombs of their long-gone-loved-ones. Terrific traffic aside, these two Vacation Days is a boon to all Italians fortunate enough to make un ponte... or, bridge of a holiday from Friday to this coming Thursday... nearly a week of vacation!!! Dr. You is one of them.
I thought work could begin almost immediately. However, in Italy, there is this series of Vacation Days at the first of November... a reminder that I Live & Breathe in a Catholic country... which has suspended construction until at least this Thursday. Ogni Santi... or, All Saints Day is on Tuesday followed by i Morti... or, Dead Folks Day on Wednesday. This last is my English title. Traffic will be insane in & around any & all cemeteries. Mostly old folk in their FIATs, who should never be allowed to drive them, heading pell-mell to put bouquets of gaudy flowers on the tombs of their long-gone-loved-ones. Terrific traffic aside, these two Vacation Days is a boon to all Italians fortunate enough to make un ponte... or, bridge of a holiday from Friday to this coming Thursday... nearly a week of vacation!!! Dr. You is one of them.
And, no word has been received as to when the electricians can come & finish the items on their Task List. I doubt any news will be forthcoming until this coming Thursday.
While in this forced Holding-pattern, I've been busy setting up a couple of new blogs on il Poggiolo... in the interest of renting its 2 apartments ASAP!!! Here are the addresses...
www.ilpoggioloacodiponte.com... has information about renting La Casetta & L'Appartamento Azzurro. Liberal discounts will be given to any follower of www.italianhouseblog.com!!!
and...
www.ilpoggiolo-guide.com... has blogs about where you can chow down on the local pasta testaroli, load up on liters of latte... or, milk and not get too lost visiting a few of the 120 castles in these Lunigiana parts of Tuscany, etc. etc. etc.
So, if you too find yourself in a forced Holding-pattern, hit these new blogs. Gads.
www.ilpoggioloacodiponte.com... has information about renting La Casetta & L'Appartamento Azzurro. Liberal discounts will be given to any follower of www.italianhouseblog.com!!!
and...
www.ilpoggiolo-guide.com... has blogs about where you can chow down on the local pasta testaroli, load up on liters of latte... or, milk and not get too lost visiting a few of the 120 castles in these Lunigiana parts of Tuscany, etc. etc. etc.
So, if you too find yourself in a forced Holding-pattern, hit these new blogs. Gads.