Lonely in Piemonte - Page 5

Twinkle Canelli · #41 (**permalink**) 18th June 2012, 08:54 PM

Hi Curly Sue!!!

Oh how refreshing to find someone who feels the same, although it is not too bad now as my daughter is on holiday from school. I've just come back from taking my husband to the airport as he has been here for 10 days so I'm tired and need to get to bed now. But it's always hectic and exciting when he's here and now here come the down days!!

Tell me where you are in Northern Italy? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you are near me! I too like shopping and cooking and I'm trying to keep fit but it's hard in this heat and when my husband is here and we're out all the time! x

curly sue · #42 (**permalink**) 19th June 2012, 12:55 PM

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Yes i can imagine that having your daughter around definately helps!! Im just back from work and yes its too hot to exercise as it is so humid and muggy! Im near to Marene, probably you havent heard of that, have you heard of Bra? Well i live in a little village, and i mean little! I am about 25 minutes from Alba. I sometimes go there at the weekend to the market or for shopping. X

QUOTE=Twinkle Canelli;816743]Hi Curly Sue!!!

Oh how refreshing to find someone who feels the same, although it is not too bad now as my daughter is on holiday from school. I've just

come back from taking my husband to the airport as he has been here for 10 days so I'm tired and need to get to bed now. But it's always hectic and exciting when he's here and now here come the down days!!

Tell me where you are in Northern Italy? I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you are near me! I too like shopping and cooking and I'm trying to keep fit but it's hard in this heat and when my husband is here and we're out all the time! x[/QUOTE]

Twinkle Canelli · #43 (**permalink**) 19th June 2012, 02:59 PM

Yay! I've looked it up on Google maps and you are about an hour's drive from me. I do come into Alba sometimes but I don't know it particularly well - it would seem that Alba is exactly half way between us. I am currently living in Santo Stefano Belbo.

I'm busy this weekend (unusally!) but maybe we can meet the following Saturday? Or during the week if you prefer? Just let me know. If you use Facebook and want to look me up on there, my name is Amanda Stroud and my profile picture is of my back! I tend to find it much quicker chatting through FB rather than through the forum x

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Yes i can imagine that having your daughter around definately helps!! Im just back from work and yes its too hot to exercise as it is so humid and muggy! Im near to Marene, probably you havent heard of that, have you heard of Bra? Well i live in a little village, and i mean little! I am about 25 minutes from Alba. I sometimes go there at the weekend to the market or for shopping. X

wen20 · #44 (**permalink**) 20th June 2012, 09:33 AM

Hi again,
just thought I'd let you know that we have decided on Treviso as our re-location destination and I did take your advice and look round some private schools but as they are now on holiday things are moving slowly. I suppose the next challenge will be finding somewhere to live. I would welcome any advice you may have on dealing with estate agents and whether it is possible to find short term rents in Italy to begin with. Anyway, hope you are enjoying the long school holiday. My daughter is most impressed with the time Italian schoolchildren have off for summer! Wendy

Twinkle Canelli · #45 (**permalink**) 21st June 2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by wen20

Hi again,
just thought I'd let you know that we have decided on Treviso as our re-location destination and I did take your advice and look round some private schools but as they are now on holiday things are moving slowly. I suppose the next challenge will be finding somewhere to live. I would welcome any advice you may have on dealing with estate agents and whether it is possible to find short term rents in Italy to begin with. Anyway, hope you are enjoying the long school holiday. My daughter is most impressed with the time Italian schoolchildren have off for summer! Wendy

Hi again Wendy!

Treviso is a beautiful place - we went there last year whilst visiting Venice for a couple of days in the summer. And you have the benefit of being near the coast too!!

Renting property in Italy generally seems to be long term, but I'm sure it is possible to find somewhere short term. My lease here started as a yearly one, we renewed it once for another year, and now we are on a month by month contract although we do have to give 3 months notice when we want to leave. A problem I found was that I wanted somewhere with a garden, i.e. not an apartment.... and there was nothing like that available here apart from this cavernous villa we have now with 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms - but at least there is plenty of space for friends and family to stay!!!

It's very hot here right now and I'm going to get in the paddling pool to cool off.... feel free to ask anything you want to!!!

HAVOC255 · #46 (**permalink**) 15th February 2013, 06:15 PM

Hi, My name is Kevin and I just recently moved to Turin and I am interested in meeting people in the Turin area.

Legs11 · #47 (**permalink**) 18th February 2013, 12:33 PM

Hi Curly Sue and Amanda, not sure whether you're still reading this thread, but I'm hopefully moving to your area soon and would love to meet you. Is your house ready now Amanda? We're in the process of buying a renovation project...can't wait to get started!

PS I have a dog too, his name is Otto and it sounds like he's more or less the same age as yours (3 in July), am always up for dog walks through the vines!

Twinkle Canelli · #48 (**permalink**) 18th February 2013, 12:43 PM

Hi Legs 11! I don't read this much anymore, but have met a few people although none really close enough to see often. Whereabouts are you moving to? and when? And no, the house still isn't finished and will be another year or more.... just negotiating a move to a smaller rental house at the moment....

Legs11 · #49 (**permalink**) 18th February 2013, 01:08 PM

Hi Amanda! House we're trying to buy is in Novello, nr Barolo. Shame it's not closer to you (we looked at lots of places nr Nizza, Canelli and SSBelbo). Not sure when we'll be moving down (due to complete by end March assuming all goes to plan) but not sure whether we'll move straight in or get some of the work done first. Either way we come down fairly regularly (living nr Milan at the mo), so we should try to meet up for a coffee/dog walk. Where's the house you're building/renovating?

Are you feeling better about stuff now? I hope so! I'm half Italian, which makes the language thing easier, but having to do all the talking on behalf of my husband is a little frustrating for both of us. Plus my Italian accent is good (vocab is v rusty tho), so locals expect me to know how everything works, even though I've never lived here as an adult.

Twinkle Canelli · #50 (**permalink**) 18th February 2013, 01:23 PM

Aah Barolo isn't far from here.... hoping to get tickets for Elton John in July there!! I'm in Santo Stefano Belbo at the moment so it's certainly not far... and the new house is in Canelli.

Let me know when you are next down this way and we can meet up. I don't mind driving anywhere for a bit of English conversation. In fact I'm not sure how far Novello is - i seem to recall a sign on the way to Malpensa, or maybe I'm thinking of Novara.... I'll personal message you my number... Ciao!