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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Shower Fridays!
Puzzalenta no more!!! After 10 days of bidet baths and smelling myself on a Wednesday night, I decided to pick a location that I wanted to explore, book an overnight stay and enjoy a…
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La Osteria & Mens Volleyball
Following my last post, 1st Shower Friday, I thought it was worth sharing my lovely experience having lunch at the Osteria. Jess and I discovered this lovely family run restaurant back in June 2021…
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Market Day in Fabro Scalo!!!!!!
April 10, 2022 Today it was sunny so I planned to work in the garden and tackle at least one section (the yard has 3 sections and is huge). I decided to go into…
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Making new friends and helpful connections
March 2022 About a month or so before I flew to Italy in April, I met a woman named Karen in the ‘Living in Italy’ Facebook group. We had both responded to a question…
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Creating the Outside Space – 2022
At my home in Shoreline, WA, I have created a few different sitting areas, wanting to create space for neighbors to gather, quiet space for me to read or unwind, and family gathering areas.…
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My Boxes Arrived!!!!
April 7, 2022 I mentioned this in my Lemon Tree post but I wanted to provide more details for those of you who are interested. Before I left for Italy, I shipped 4 boxes…
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I bought a lemon tree!!!
April 7, 2022 After all of my excitement about Tomas, I had to get ready and head to Orvieto to try and resolve my WiFi issues. Just to be clear, I still needed WiFi…
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Giovedí…my new favorite day!!!
April 7, 2022 This morning, day 2.5 in my Italian house, I was sitting in bed shopping online for a dresser and a ceiling light for Grammie’s room when I heard a truck horn,…
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Settling In
April 6, 2022 I woke up early, Wednesday 4/6/22, hell bent on getting internet. Francesco had said the store opened at 9 so I headed into Fabro Scalo at 9:30. Italy reminds me a…
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