A rich summer in olive country

summer is almost over and we're catching up with all of you, we miss you all!



travelling through America and crossing 2 oceans the container from Maui showed up in town! with great anticipation people are looking at the big truck...wondering



fueled by a certain dose of curiosity and some kindness a good bunch showed up to help



but opening the dam door was not an easy task, several people tried..


try again!





they all helped to unload "unreal" heavy stuff, wondering why would we bring it all the way...however next day Manish went to help to put up the podium for the summer festivity of the Madonna degli Angeli, a very "manly" thing to do here



The fire works went on for hours and even early in the morning. Poor Tashi ran in the bed for shelter from the explosions of sounds





so we decided to take some days off and go to the sea. Family and dogs all out in the boat



Manish couldn't be happier, finally someone to play with, with lovely Emilia



Back home, to the market for some good prosciutto and cheese...



...and some new tools...




this is how the kitchen looked 2 weeks ago, we dont know how we did it, but now it looks so cozy in just 5 days. we worked at it from early am till late night, needed to be ready for the 1st guest!! Renu is coming!



Renu arrived and we went all over the places, this is the Tarot Garden, the best garden I have seen in centuries!!!





and then the classic visit to Rome...secretly i prefer the olives trees and the Tarot Garden, but Rome is a must see soooooo...



we're doing all the foot work in preparation for our guests, we expect the 1st guests in october and more are booking flights! we'll need help for the olive season coming up in december, any takers?