Got back from visiting my friend Maggie in Atlanta where I also went to Jenny's wedding. I am now officially a slowtrav blogger. Nice long weekend.

Now back to the story of my month in Italy- my first time actually living in my new home.

The beginning of my second week found me settled in Il Loggino and watching Antonello make each room more livable by scraping and painting. He found a few wonderful things in the attic: old photos, hand written music from the 1800's and some fun antique things like a plant stand (formerly a wash stand), a plaster bust of a young girl, a big metal barrel full of shoes from a century ago, and even some doll's clothes.

On Monday, April 26, I went off to the ENEL office in Montepulciano and contracted with them to come upgrade my electricity to 6 kw. That should handle anything.

I shopped at the COOP in San Quirico and cooked twice a day to keep Antonello fueled. By Wednesday we were ready for an evening out with Gary and Zak and met them at the best pizza restaurant in the area, the one in Torrenieri. We saw an istrice (oversized porcupine) crossing the road in our headlights on the way home.

My family arrived from Australia, via NYC, the next day and we toasted the miracle of this new house with some fine champagne.

posted by Joanna @ 5/26/2004 01:32:00 AM