Major milestone reached

Yes, a major milestone in our refurbishment project in Montecarlo is reached. We have signed the contracts with the contractors. In a meeting this week at the Architects office, GLIARCHITETTIASSOCIATI,  with the construction company LIMPRESA services S.r.l.s., PLURISERVICE S.r.l. and ESSEMME impiati Electrici s.n.c all documents was signed, stamped and works starts. We cross our fingers and hope that they stick to their 11 months "delivery".

 

It was a strange feeling just be at the house and look around and knowing that when we come back in a month we will already see the progress and people in action to make our dream and retirement home become reality.

 

All the old stuff that we want to keep and present to our visitors in different ways have been listed and the water level in our well have been measured so we can follow it over the summer and see if it will be enough to keep our vegetables happy during a dry season if not we have to be creative again.

 

 

 

 

For almost 15 years visiting Lucca I have had my place to stay and even my regular room. This time it was time for changes. Paolo who used to work at the Hotel Ilaria has his own place now. It is a smaller B&B, Lucca in Villa Lucrezia, just outside the Port Elisa. Convenient when I head for dinner at Gli Orti. Paolo’s place has been open for two weeks now and need to adapt to minor things, but the rooms are very nice and the breakfast? You cannot ask for a nicer breakfast room and breakfast.

 

Then I arrived to Lucca June 2^nd I noticed it was quite, I had forgotten to check the calendar that it was Italy National Holiday. So when I saw the flag hanging down from one of Lucca’s many towers I understood I had missed something.

 

 

The few days I were in Lucca the temperature level was around 30 deg. C and nice and sunny. On Wednesday they had their regular market with food trucks and everything to offer.

 

So now it is just to look forward to the progress over the next month, the Summer Festival in Lucca and the environment around that and in addition how wonderful and easy it is to be there and lower the shoulders and have a long well deserved break.

This year with Snoopy Dog, Elton John, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan and Robbie Willams a.o.

 

And by the way, not belonging to the summer Festival, they are back in town this year, not too happy about that.