Like all moves it was rather testing, we seem to have accumulated many more things in the past 2 months at Via Malvolta and so it took 4 taxi trips to move. We still are trying to sort out the new space, a kitchen that is 1/10th the size of the one at Teneriffe, the boys bedroom ceiling is just above my head, but their study area is below my head. The boys have great bunks that are lower than normal, so it saves a bit on space, though we think we will need to add another single bed. In their bedroom they also have a running machine and weight apparatus, we have great dreams of using it.
Our bedroom is quiet and dark, with lots of storage, the spare room is lighter, and we are turning it in to a tv room as well. The apartment has 3 bathrooms, 2 with showers and one bath, and the living area is spacious and leads to a small balcony. But the great thing is when you walk out the front gates of the palazzo, you are right in Santo Stefano Piazza, probably the best looking piazza, no cars, cobble stone with the amazing seven churches.
Our first house guest was Mike Nicholls, who flew in early saturday morning, we moved in on wednesday, took him on a tour of the town, the boys were happy to have a familiar face. Mike is here in Italy near Siena for a couple of months. I took him to pick up his hire car on Sunday, but it was closed, he then realized it was Saturday he had to pick it up, which would have meant he would have been traveling for 2 days on a plane, then straight into a hire car on foreign roads on the wrong side and driven to Siena, would never have worked.
The next day Jayne took him back to the car hire place, but his car was no longer available, so she got him on a train to Siena where she had booked him a car, so in the end l think it was best. The idea of having to drive across and out of this town was too frightening, particularly l feel for Mike who just got here.
A few teasing problems with the apartment, just had the plumber leave with a leaky tap, l think he told me he would come back at midday, and l think he was the plumber. Got lots of keys for the place from the owner, its just that most of them dont actually work in the locks. He has said to be careful on the balcony until his person comes to fix it, the metal girder holding it up seems to have rusted, and a multiple of other small things, but nothing that is too bad. He has kindly offered for us to use his holiday house in Tuscany for free for a week over the holidays, so all is forgiven.
Even when you get a furnished apartment, it is amazing how many things you still have to get, mops, brush and pan, plates, KFS, pots and pans, towels etc. All we need to do soon is put some art on the walls and make it feel more like a home.
The internet is on, so l can get back into skypeing.
Boys with Frayne girls  Drama class Th drama in drama class Our first guest, Mike Nicholls |
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