Three months into this adventure and we are still in a temporary apartment. It is a beautiful temporary apartment, and as long as it is just me living here, it is fine. But with my sweetie relocating to Italy this weekend, it is time to get serious about a bigger space that will have some amenities he enjoys.
So I have seen a beautiful villa in Mercogliano (Avellino) a town east of Naples about a hour's drive. It is a quiet and beautiful small town up in the mountains with a nice fresh breeze and a view that is awesome. This particular villa is a huge old place, with high ceilings, two very large sitting rooms that each have a wood burning fireplace, three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, formal dining room, large updated kitchen, a lovely garden, and probably the neatest part of all is the courtyard in the center of the house that is a full two stories tall with glass enclosures all around. It is called the Winter Garden because it has a greenhouse style roof in it and is a perfect place for growing things in the winter months.
I took one look at that and knew that Johnnie would absolutely love this house. It is also a nice easy drive for me to work each day, which is another attraction. The main drawback (isn't there always at least one?) is the stairs: all three bedrooms and the two full baths are up two flights of stairs. So, we have asked the landlord to install a chair lift on the stairs to accommodate me. We will see what happens. If this is the house the Lord has for us, the He will work the details. If not, then there will be something else. I am posting some pictures for you because I simply fell in love with this house!
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| Mercogliano town center |
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| Mercogliano town center |
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| Living/Dining room |
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| 2nd Living room |
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| Marble Fireplace |
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