Welcome to our Villa

We have FINALLY gotten some pictures up of our home in Italy! The house isn't completely ready yet and we have some furniture being made right now, but we're close enough to being done that we don't mind showing it off a little bit. Karl and I finally feel as if our lives are calming down a little bit and I'm even starting Italian classes and working next week. We are doing some traveling this weekend to celebrate Karl's birthday (it was the 23rd) to town called Assisi where St. Francis spent most of his life. We'll get pictures up next week sometime! Some more good news is that we finally have a home phone, so we are connected to the world (still waiting on internet though). Our home phone is 039-081-303-6190. Enjoy the house pictures!

Sorry we took pics at night (it doesn't do the place justice)- this is out by our gate in the driveway This is part of our lawn and patio out back Our living room/dining room/kitchen (I never said our place was big) Looking from the dining room into the family room- you can see the back hall that leads to the downstairs bath and guest room Dining room/wine area Our kitchen (it's actually pretty big for Italy)- they don't have dishwashers or garbage disposals here! Guest room for all of you that come to visit :) More of the guest room Going up the stairs- our bedroom door is on the left and to the right is the bath and study/guest room #2 After you turn right going up the stairs

Our bathroom- just wanted to show off the bidet (so strange) Our study/guest room- there's a wardrobe and full-size aerobed in case we have lots of people visiting! In our room- those baskets are holding all of my shoes...I need to stop shopping....Looking from the doorway into our bedroom- the french doors lead out to the patio on the second floor I spend a lot of time here since I haven't been working :)

Our study (we still have to get the TV put up and we have some furniture being made for this room- it's a work in progress) Looking from our bedroom onto the upstairs patio- you can see the Bay of Pozzuoli and all the lights in the background Sunset from our roof patio I love Italy! During the day looking from our roof patio to all the vineyards

All moved in!

Sorry it's been so long since anything's been posted, but life has been crazy recently! We still don't have internet (and could be a few more weeks before we do), so I have to wait until I go to one of the bases to get online and it makes it hard to get pictures up (but I promise some as soon as possible)! Karl and I are happy to report that we are officially in our new home and we love it; waking up each morning to the sunrise over the Bay of Pozzuoli seems like a dream come true. There are still a few boxes to unpack in the study and some pictures to hang on the walls, but we are basically unpacked. Karl left this past Sunday for Bulgaria and will be gone a couple weeks, but I am staying very busy with cleaning and shopping for the house (IKEA isn't too far from our house). We haven't gotten to travel much recently and it looks like our next major trip won't be until Thanksgiving when we're going to Tuscany and Germany for Christmas, but I'm sure we'll get some day trips in when Karl gets home. I am happy to say that I have been driving a lot more and still haven't hit anyone (yay!) and I think stick shift is starting to become second nature (though I did get lost today and thought I was on the verge of a meltdown). I promise by the time people start to visit I won't freak out on the road anymore! We're just about ready for visitors and should have the house ready by November, so let us know when you're ready to plan your trip! We miss and love all of you and hope to talk/see you soon!