Sites from Montalto di Castro...

I know that I am a bit behind but I am working on it! So much to do and so little time! Things do tend to take a bit longer to do here. Take food shopping for instance, everyone here only goes shopping for one day, so items tend to be smaller in quantity. Not to mention that it is all in Italian! But for most things...it is pretty easy to figure out what it is...talking to someone about it is another story altogether!

Anyway, sights of Montalto di Castro...here is a fun arch that one actually drives through with a car! Some of the roads are VERY tiny...good thing that the cars are small!

A fun fountain that we found...

The castle in Montalto...it is actually appartments...can you believe that you could actually live here...

And the kids at the Mediteranean Sea...we went down to the Marina di Montalto...the beaches have black volcanic sand...pretty cool (well maybe not when it is hot!)...wasn't expecting that!

So, this is the beginning of our first actual week here. Tobin was off to work this morning at 7:30, which is kind of nice...he usually went to work at 6 to 6:30, so I didn't always see him in the morning. A nice perk, if you will. We will usually have a vehicle to share between me and Pat. Kind of hard not being able to come and go when I want, but nice to have a companion to speak english with! Once we are in Montalto it should be a bit easier since we will be within walking distance to things (food store, shops, parks, etc).

We did get to visit both residences that we will be renting. Talk about nice places! Based on seeing things on the internet we are in palaces! Furnished and everything. The one we saw today has 2 bedrooms and 3 beds...even has a tub and much larger shower than we have now (again think phone booth with the folding doors)...kitchen with tons of cooking things, fenced yard, tv, a lemon tree (kind of excited about that...I have never lived somewhere that could grow such a thing), and small gardens in the front yard that I can plant with some fun things (I am imagining all sorts of things that don't normally grow in MT...). It has a washing machine (no one uses dryers in Itlay...you can always see clothing hanging from balconies and clothes lines) and a very long clothes line (something one needs with 5 persons dirtying clothes).

So hopefully that is a pretty good update for now...look forward to posts on food shopping, driving, and hopefully exciting trips and adventures...a train ride might be in my near future!
Ciao a tutti!