Well undoubtedly there is no possible way that we can regret the Move, leaving behind the grey miserable skies and being overworked in my mundane job as site manger for a huge London company, now i am freeeeeeeeeeee to do what i want when i want, to live by the sun rising and setting and not need a watch.
Susan continues to work as a makeup artist in the film industry to provide us with enough money for us to continue to do the renovations on the Masseria (now Villa) and i can enjoy every moment watching the sunrise over the sea and stuffing myself with this delicious Puglian Diet and finally being able to spend the time on creating Apartments at Villa Silvana so we can provide Luxury to our guests for a reasonable price.
Sue is not long returned home after being away for almost 5 months on yet another epic film, Can’t believe how times fly’s, when you're off gallivanting around the world with celebs!
Things are always very busy preparing for our guests, we we're under the illusion that this would be a restful life change but it's on our own terms
We do wonder if we will ever achieve that calming, gentleness of life, that blissfully flows along or will it always be this manicness of trying to achieve some thing, in such a ridiculously short space of time, but one doesn't want to be bored
Anyway we wake each morning and take coffee out to the balcony and looked at the sea and stand in the warm early morning sun and think AAAAH. Perfecto
So much had happened since Sue’s been away and the pool is really taking shape now and they have just finished installing the new Hemof tank, which of course is essential as we're on the side of the mountain and we do not have mains sewerage, gas, water etc..
However they did smash open the old septic tank, which was an absolute delight with the heat of the day, um such lovely odors nearly suffocated our senses, personally, draining it first before destroying it, might have been the way to go, but you know what builders are like, got to do it there way. Yuk
Talking of which, the excavator hasn’t got that much to do now, thank god, so we went to buy the pool slabs, which we found in a local stone masons, beautiful pale stone completely irregular and uneven, it will be like doing a jigsaw puzzle but as a team we are good at mosaics. I of course left sue to sort out the financing, being rather cunning, knowing full well the mentality of the average Italian male leaving sue surrounded by builders, so she could bat her eyelids and get a rather large discount. Marvelous.
Still, i’m managing to communicate okish and Sue’s language is coming on in leaps and bounds.
It easy to think that you forget the language skills but actually I’m doing well enough and have even manage a bit of polite chit chat and banter, never sure whether my humour comes across but I normally manage to make them laugh, however that’s more so- at me rather than with me.
Sue went to our big garden center yesterday, she was a bit nervous as she had A LOT of plants and soil to buy, (We have to dress out our huge garden for the guests which we seem to do every year, its not easy to maintain serious flowers in Puglia’s sweltering heat, so we find ourselves doing a lot of replacing every season) but she did really well and as always the Italians were really sweet and helpful and she was ecstatic when she managed to buy beautiful birds of paradise plants for the apartments gardens, I never imagined that they would have them in Puglia but of course –the tropical plants love it here in the heat.
Speaking of which, the weather has been truly glorious here, almost every day it’s been in the 30s, clear blue skies, so lovely, however the evenings are still really cold but we always have a roaring fire to keep us toasty.
We still have a hell of a lot to do, mainly with the land, as both apartments are done, but I really feel like we are on the edge of turning things around.
Every day we work hard, long hours but it’s not unpleasurable and we are our own bosses, there is no stress or anxiety and the peace and tranquility remains constant.
We watch life go at a different pace, with the pleasure of getting up when we like, staying up late to watch movies and not having to worry about getting up at an insane time in the morning for work.
So that sums up my last few weeks really, its busy there is a lot to do but at the moment things are not a chore, I just hope it continues that way.
Susan continues to work as a makeup artist in the film industry to provide us with enough money for us to continue to do the renovations on the Masseria (now Villa) and i can enjoy every moment watching the sunrise over the sea and stuffing myself with this delicious Puglian Diet and finally being able to spend the time on creating Apartments at Villa Silvana so we can provide Luxury to our guests for a reasonable price.
Sue is not long returned home after being away for almost 5 months on yet another epic film, Can’t believe how times fly’s, when you're off gallivanting around the world with celebs!
Things are always very busy preparing for our guests, we we're under the illusion that this would be a restful life change but it's on our own terms
We do wonder if we will ever achieve that calming, gentleness of life, that blissfully flows along or will it always be this manicness of trying to achieve some thing, in such a ridiculously short space of time, but one doesn't want to be bored
Anyway we wake each morning and take coffee out to the balcony and looked at the sea and stand in the warm early morning sun and think AAAAH. Perfecto
So much had happened since Sue’s been away and the pool is really taking shape now and they have just finished installing the new Hemof tank, which of course is essential as we're on the side of the mountain and we do not have mains sewerage, gas, water etc..
However they did smash open the old septic tank, which was an absolute delight with the heat of the day, um such lovely odors nearly suffocated our senses, personally, draining it first before destroying it, might have been the way to go, but you know what builders are like, got to do it there way. Yuk
Talking of which, the excavator hasn’t got that much to do now, thank god, so we went to buy the pool slabs, which we found in a local stone masons, beautiful pale stone completely irregular and uneven, it will be like doing a jigsaw puzzle but as a team we are good at mosaics. I of course left sue to sort out the financing, being rather cunning, knowing full well the mentality of the average Italian male leaving sue surrounded by builders, so she could bat her eyelids and get a rather large discount. Marvelous.
Still, i’m managing to communicate okish and Sue’s language is coming on in leaps and bounds.
It easy to think that you forget the language skills but actually I’m doing well enough and have even manage a bit of polite chit chat and banter, never sure whether my humour comes across but I normally manage to make them laugh, however that’s more so- at me rather than with me.
Sue went to our big garden center yesterday, she was a bit nervous as she had A LOT of plants and soil to buy, (We have to dress out our huge garden for the guests which we seem to do every year, its not easy to maintain serious flowers in Puglia’s sweltering heat, so we find ourselves doing a lot of replacing every season) but she did really well and as always the Italians were really sweet and helpful and she was ecstatic when she managed to buy beautiful birds of paradise plants for the apartments gardens, I never imagined that they would have them in Puglia but of course –the tropical plants love it here in the heat.
Speaking of which, the weather has been truly glorious here, almost every day it’s been in the 30s, clear blue skies, so lovely, however the evenings are still really cold but we always have a roaring fire to keep us toasty.
We still have a hell of a lot to do, mainly with the land, as both apartments are done, but I really feel like we are on the edge of turning things around.
Every day we work hard, long hours but it’s not unpleasurable and we are our own bosses, there is no stress or anxiety and the peace and tranquility remains constant.
We watch life go at a different pace, with the pleasure of getting up when we like, staying up late to watch movies and not having to worry about getting up at an insane time in the morning for work.
So that sums up my last few weeks really, its busy there is a lot to do but at the moment things are not a chore, I just hope it continues that way.
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