Things seem to be working themselves out here in Capena. We are due to sign on the dotted line next Tuesday and I’ll be the proud non-owner of Casa Galilei.
It’s been a roller-coaster ride of paying surveyors and the town hall to rectify previous planning permission errors, house clearing, watching people dismantle furniture and refereeing squabbles about who’s taken what.

Yesterday I took an hour off for a plate of pasta in the sunshine. It’s 20 degrees here.



