Our Experience buying a house and learning a new life in Umbria, Italy
Casale Gelsomino, now renamed Casale Giulietta, has great structural bones but needs some updates, a few more critical than others.
This site is designed to share our experience across the home buying process, including taking ownership, renovations, and making friends.
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We Opened the Wall
Summer 2022 When we viewed the house in June 2021, the kitchen was in the southeast corner of the house, where the traditional Umbrian fireplace lived. It’s beautiful and a showpiece. I asked the…
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Our Year while Andrew was Serving our Country
2021 The pandemic was a very crazy time and it was easy to lose time of what the actual month or year was. I remember traveling for work in the first quarter of 2020…
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Cantine Aperte
Memorial Day Weekend – Sunday, May 29, 2022 The last Sunday of May is always Cantine Aperte in Umbria. Dozens of wineries are open for tours and wine tastings. Visit just one or as…
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Termiti, Scorpions & Topi
Let me just preface this with the true fact that I HATE spiders. The only thing that might freak me out more are snakes. I didn’t know that Italy had scorpions, and there are…
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Tree Removal Day!
May 18, 2022 Today was a big day in the garden at Casale Giulietta. We finally have permesso to remove the leaning tree blocking the view from the balcony, as well as thin and…
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Painting & Decorating Rooms
April 2022 While the bones of the house are great, the rooms need some updating. The structure of the house is a giant square and on the 2nd floor there are 4 bedrooms with…
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La Seconda Doccia Venerdì
April 22, 2022 – It’s now a week later and I am ready for my second shower Friday. As a nod to our fabulous 6 week experience in Castellina in Chianti back in 2017,…
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Pasquetta – Greve in Chianti
April 18, 2022 One of my favorite days in Italy is the Monday after Easter, known as Pasquetta (Little Easter). It’s a holiday and also the annual grand antique market in Greve in Chianti.…
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I Got Fooled!
April 17, 2022 After waiting and waiting for my shipped box of new bedding to arrive, I decided to run into town to the market and see if I can find comforters and top…
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