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Our new life in the Langhe: March 2007
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Our new life in the Langhe. Sunday, March 25, 2007. They've done a bit more plastering this week, it's almost starting to look like a proper house in areas! We've also ordered all the floor and wall tiles this week so can't wait to see what they look like when they're laid. Posted by Joanne at 3:08 PM. We stayed in Milan on Friday night then did a bit of sightseeing on Saturday before catching the train back. Posted by Joanne at 2:23 PM. Wednesday, March 21, 2007. What's going on with the weather? The en...
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Our new life in the Langhe: September 2006
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Our new life in the Langhe. Monday, September 18, 2006. What's for tea tonight? We'd just settled down last night for a relaxing Sunday evening watching a film when there was a knock on the door. Stefano and the girls were outside with a couple of chickens he'd just been out and shot! He offered one of the chickens to us which Andy decided to accept and there began our exciting Sunday evening! Posted by Joanne at 12:22 PM. Tuesday, September 05, 2006. We have now moved into the little rustico (stone hous...
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Our new life in the Langhe: February 2007
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Our new life in the Langhe. Saturday, February 24, 2007. And the boiler room . I forgot to mention that they have also started constructing the boiler room. It looks great and will look even better when the render has been stripped off the remainder of the house to reveal the stonework. We are taking notes on their construction methods as we are quite tempted to extend our little stone rustico or maybe even build another one! Posted by Joanne at 6:34 PM. It’s progressing slowly but surely 24/02/07. We ha...
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Our new life in the Langhe: April 2007
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Our new life in the Langhe. Sunday, April 15, 2007. Andy and the motozappa. We've spent most of the day at the house today as the weather has been gorgeous. Andy managed to successfully communicate with our neighbours and borrow their motozappa (rotivator) which has made the world of difference to our new veg patch. I think Andy found it a little hard to concentrate as our neighbour insisted on supervising his work for a while and talking at him in Piemontese! Posted by Joanne at 6:15 PM. After lunch, th...
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Our new life in the Langhe: December 2006
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Our new life in the Langhe. Tuesday, December 12, 2006. A quick update on the building work. Things seem to be progressing quite well again but Christmas is fast approaching so we are likely to see a lull in the work for several weeks. The existing ground floors have been removed after much debate (& expense! And under floor ventilation/insulation has been installed. The waste pipes for all the plumbing are going in (although not exactly in the positions agreed! Posted by Joanne at 7:03 PM. On Saturday n...
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Our new life in the Langhe: January 2007
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Our new life in the Langhe. Monday, January 29, 2007. Progress Update (of sorts) 29/01/07. We have made our frustrations known to the builder so hope things may begin to progress. When they do work they seem to get a lot done in a short space of time but their presence on site is erratic to say the least. Posted by Joanne at 5:32 PM. View my complete profile. Il Papavero - self catering holiday apartments in piemonte. Progress Update (July 2009). Snow, snow, snow, snow. Progress Update (December 2008).
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Our new life in the Langhe: August 2006
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Our new life in the Langhe. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. A trip to San Remo. On Monday we had a day out in San Remo on the Ligurian coast, about two and a half hours drive from here. We diced with death along the coastal motorway as we sped through tunnels, over bridges and round hairpin bends before joining the coast road into San Remo where we battled with hundreds of mopeds making their way to the beach. Posted by Joanne at 6:44 PM. Sunday, August 20, 2006. He chugged past on his tractor with his two d...
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Our new life in the Langhe: October 2006
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Our new life in the Langhe. Saturday, October 28, 2006. Yesterday we went to the Salone del Gusto at Lingotto Fiere in Torino, the former Fiat factory with the race track on the roof (yes the one where The Italian Job was filmed) which has now been converted into an exhibition and shopping centre. There were also talks and demonstrations by the producers and tasting sessions going on throughout the day. Posted by Joanne at 4:29 PM. Our builder assured us that work would commence on the house at the begin...
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Our new life in the Langhe: November 2006
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Our new life in the Langhe. Sunday, November 19, 2006. Posted by Joanne at 1:45 PM. Sunday, November 05, 2006. A spot of sunbathing in Nice! We’ve just had a couple of days in Nice (France), only about 2.5 hours drive from us. The weather was glorious and I even managed to sit on the beach for a while in between sight seeing and Christmas shopping! It was a nice break although negotiating the road system and traffic in Nice was an experience not to be repeated! Posted by Joanne at 1:49 PM.