This afternoon I drove through the pooring rain (yes there is some here too) for a meeting with the real estate agent to collect my key to my temporary casa.
Exciting cos I only saw the place on some picture and frankly speaking those pictures didnt capture the real spirit of the place :)
Italian design is something I guess you only find outside Italia... but apart from that plenty of space, a nice view, a private parking and 5 minutes away from the city center and the sea side. Not bad at all for 2 months!
First exercise to be undertaken, walk down to the city center and start the quest for the best coffee in town. Standing at the bar, with the Gazetto della Sport (reading the images) playing with my mobile phone and wearing sun glasses, I did a good impressionating of a local. Two coffees and one little cake further I paid 1.90 euro (!) to the friendly waiter that admired my newly accquired Italian...or the lack of it. Getting back to the place, I had a look on both the terraces and even find a place to put my bikes. It really lookes like a good alternative and its even close to where I will move to in 2 months.
The only thing missing was the rental contract. The agent showed me his usual smile; not a problem Miester Bos. I make paper now, you sign and its just between us. Ok.... and let me guess, I need to pay cash? Si, of course, but that can wait until tomorrow, in the meantime settle in and have fun.
Frankly, Italians can be a bit funny but they all have been very helpful and always finding good ways to get to solutions, although the tend to involve cash payments...
Anyway, tomorrow Ab, Sam and I will be cruising down the border in a huge truck to bring what feel like the resume of my life in 12m3 !
It will be fun...but so far the start in Italy has been of great espresso value.
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