Well the house is ours :)

So the house is officially ours and Richard moved into it on Sat. Apparently there are about one billion keys that go along with it. A different one for every door, and a variety of locks that are around the house. The main key is an old school skeleton type key apparently. How freaking cool is that!?!? What happens when you need to get a key cut though???? Those of you that know me well know that I'm really not good with my keys and I lose them frequently.

Apparently some things still need to be done in the house but the landlord went on vacay so it will be a week or two before they are back and everything gets finished. In the meantime Richard dropped into Ikea and kitted us out with the basics such as linen and dishes, which apparently don't come with a furnished home in Italy :) Silly us.

He slept with the windows open on Sunday night and said the cuckoos were driving him insane, plus it "sounded like a goose was coughing downstairs" yep those were his exact words. The geese outside were apparently too noisy for his liking. And the village bell tower clock chimes on the hour all night long AND on the quarter, half and quarter to as well, lovely. I'm sure we'll get used to it, and it looks like we'll be sleeping with windows closed and AC on!!!

I already have a list of things I have to bring with me that are really random such as: Costco sized Ibuprofen gel caps, fake wasp nests from Canadian Tire, Travel adaptors since there are apparently TWO types of standard plugs in Italy and Richard bought all the kitchen appliances in the OTHER type :)

But....we have a place to live, with AC, bug screens and a dryer so I can't complain!!!!!

We MAY have found the new Burwell Abode!!

Richard went and looked at places to live yesterday. After checking them out our #1 pick was still the top choice. It far exceeded what I expected in a place to live!! It has a dryer(YESSSS) and air conditioning(AHHHHH) and bug screens(so we won't be covered in red dots) and a box(yes that is a garage to the rest of you!). Its a three bedroom and three bathroom house, with a tavern style(basement) kitchen, a backyard(HALLEJULAH!!) and a park across the street. Its in a gated community with cobble stone streets!! AND...most important of all, its in our price range ;)
Richard met the owners of the place, they own the Bar(which in Italy is like a coffee house) around the corner and the husband used to play ice hockey for Milano Devils!! He played hockey in Milan with Yari Kuri after he'd come from Edmonton!! How cool is that!?! SO.....this means he speaks fairly good English which is a bonus in a landlord over there :) We've told the estate agent we'll take the place and hopefully it can all be wrapped up this week sometime. The shower needs to be fixed and the price needs to be agreed upon since the internet had a different price than the estate agent told Richard.
Keep your fingers crossed for us, this place sounds PERFECT!!!