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  • March 2025 – Looking to Spring

    March 2025 – Looking to Spring

    Summary March we (finally) finalized the purchase of the house, its litterally and figuratively DONE!!. We continued progress on our immigration journey. We celebrated George’s birthday and our…

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  • March  2025  – The house is ours!!

    March 2025 – The house is ours!!

    After 3.5 long years from our first seeing the house, we signed the paperwork to complete the purchase today. So many ups and downs along this road. We…

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  • February 2025 – The weary travelers

    February 2025 – The weary travelers

    Summary February focused on finalizing the property purchase, completing additional steps for immigration, concluding septic repairs and a new well water issue. We traveled between timezones quite a…

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  • January 2025 – The end of the world

    January 2025 – The end of the world

    Summary Though a bit dramatic, the title of this post is hardly bad news, instead reflects how we spent our exile as our Italian visitor visa time ran…

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  • December 2024 – The end of the year

    December 2024 – The end of the year

    Summary The month’s photo was taken from the very edge of the front yard at the house level. It reveals winter’s arrival, colder temps and wind. Lots of…

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  • November 2024 – Living Italy

    November 2024 – Living Italy

    Summary November marked our official move to Italy. House purchase not complete and immigration not finished, what could go wrong? We packed a portion of our belongings, our…

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