Well, 4 months in and we are still here enjoying this beautiful part of Italy. Every week bring something new, often a challenge, but helping us to settle in, learn more about Italy, its culture, our property and new life.

Sophiea has made some great friends at school, and enjoyed Halloween trick or treating around the village. Her next adventure is a school trip to ‘Fattoria Arcobaleno’ in Recanti and a trip to the local cinema, not sure how we are going to get on as language skills still need a lot of practice.

The autumn has brought some beautiful mornings and evening, also a day of very strong winds, loads of fun until the willow tree at the gates got blown over a little to far  and crack, a very large split appeared in the trunk. One of the main branches needed removing, good news we get to use the chain saw, a great afternoon chopping, sawing wood and a bonfire to round off the day.

Pomegranates have been harvested and persimmons are the only fruit left on the trees.

The snow that appeared on the mountains in October had all melted but more appeared a couple of weeks ago, this has now gone again. We await the big ‘dump’ and hope to get into the mountains for a look around and maybe a bit of skiing!