May 2025 – Retirement is a full time job

This months photo comes from our new chickens. Several already laying, we’ve eaten many and given gifts to our Italian friends. Immigration This is a big milestone. George receives his PdS, which allows advancement of other things we need. The PdS is one of the keys that allow you to truly live in Italy unimpeded,…

April 2025 – The journey continues

Summary In April we had visitors from the US and France. We continued our efforts on the PdS (Permesso di Soggiorno) which allow us to fully integrate into Italy. We travelled a bit, got a new monthly car rental, started olive tree maintenance, finished chicken coop. Lots of little projects. This month’s photo is from…

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 fog in the valleys and the mountain’s silhouette with the sun just rising. We celebrated the holidays in Italy for the first time, including Mark’s 60th birthday.…

July 2024 – Summer sizzle

We bring our visit to an end mid July. 3 weeks on this visit, the most we’ve spent so far. The demolition completed while we were here. Great to see some actual activity, as opposed to the talking and paper shuffling. Sadly we did not get to the signature for the purchase. We are now…

June 2024 – Just out of reach

June has come and gone. Much to report this month but haven’t yet landed the prize. The Compromesso had us finishing the purchase by end of June, but more surprises and delays will push it out to next visit in September…we hope. Lots of folks have now joined the blog, working hard to make it…

March 2024 – We got hitched

Its official. We got married on March 15th. We wed at the Beverly Hills city hall with our good friend Billy as our witness. Simple, easy and both back at work later that day. How efficient, right? We dressed up a bit, sport coats and hair combed!! HAHA. Justice of the Peace was excellent, so…