Spreading the word and showing Casi di Sotto this weekend and throughout the entire next week. We have executives and pilots from an airline, an owner of a bed and breakfast in France, a fellow fractional home ownership executive from Paris, and a real estate broker from Keller-Williams in Portland and a business contact in Milano, all coming to look at the house. So it's going to be busy.
This morning we all have a long discussion about the well. Rain is in the forecast, so the flowers are good, but they need to put in a new casing in the new well prior to any pumping, and can't do it without the owners' approval, so we face the chance of running on fumes over the weekend. Massimilliano offers to bring a cistern of water up from his well in his truck.
A life-saver, is Massi. Seriously. He is so conscientious and....he talks a lot. I get the feeling that he is saying the same thing over and over, but in slightly different ways....probably a reaction to the blank stare I give him when the Italian comes at me at top speeds. Most mornings he is waiting for me when I head out for my morning torture up the hill, and when I come into the house, everyone wants to know what he said. I smile and say "I haven't the slightest idea!" It's like that scene in 'Finding Nemo', where Marlin says to Squirt "You're really cute! But I can't understand a word you're saying!" (Yeah, well, I have kids, remember:)
We get a slow start, and head into Gaiole-in-Chianti for lunch. When we get out of the car, it has just sprinkled a tad, and the most amazing scent reaches us. It envelops us. It turns out to be the lime trees. I don't think that they are actually lime trees. Not fruit-bearing, any way, but the fragrance is unbelievable.
We find a pizzeria and have a great lunch, I leave some cards and a brochure. The guys decide to go find a winery, and I go to the hardware store in the piazza to pick up some items for the house. In the store, Debbie finds fireworks, and we have a hey day. We clean out the store, taking a pile of Roman candles, just for fun.
We rendezvous with our guests from Luxembourg, and I give them the grand tour. Everyone throws together a meal of cheese and meats and salad, while I catch up on some work. We are negotiating the purchase of the home in Volpaia, and there is lots to be done.
The evening ends with a 10-Roman Candle salute. The neighbors must think we're nuts. England is out of the World Cup, Italy is floundering, and here we are celebrating. It feels great.
Ciao!
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Carrara partners with owners of luxury vacation homes in Italy, managing the conversion and marketing of these beautiful homes to fractional, shared ownership vacation properties. We also represent buyers seeking the lifestyle of a European home and the convenience of a professionally managed, shared investment.
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