Mini-Vacation Mexico/Denver

So last week we had a mini vacation just to get out of town for a week. Mexico again, my daughter and one of her old friends were planning to go and the wife found a good fare for us to go so we joined them.

We went to the same resort we go to all the time we love the beach there and the staff are always so helpful.

We only got a little rain one day when we were there and we loved it, we don’t get a lot of Rain in Reno. The rest of the week was quiet but this time of year the pool is like a warm tub, so the ocean was a better option.

On the way back (United Airlines) was an hour late landing due to a storm and the luggage took 40 minutes to start coming out. So by the time we re-checked the luggage the next flight had left. That meant an overnight stay in Denver, I never really saw the city so I didn’t mind too much.

And then I got this when we got home.

Don’t want to forget this

Donta Berry

Pontremoli Italy

That was our destination on this trip to Italy. My wife’s sister bought a place in town after we did a drive-by visit last year and she saw the photos. I must say it is a small town at that, now that we have stayed there a few days it seems everyone in town knows everyone else. I got the impression it’s a hiking area that is really busy in the summer season.

That was not the only reason we were there as like last time we were looking to buy a place for ourself’s. Myself and my wife went house hunting last year with not much luck, between the language problem and realtors not showing up it was more of a drive around Italy.

This time with my sister-in-law’s help we did find a realtor that we could work with,2 in fact. One of the first places we looked at was not much more than stones in shape of a house, the land it was on was huge but it was not “livable” till a lot of work was done.

The next place we looked at was a 3-story box more or less with a 2-car garage on the bottom level. The apartments were in “better” shape almost to the point we could get one up and running in a short time and have someplace to live. The idea was to create a B&B so we would have an income while living.

Now like most Italian towns, they have a castle at the top of the hill, and the next home that is livable was in between this castle and town ( a big hill ).

At this time again I’m trying to get as much info about my Grandpa who left Italy in the early 1900s.

Off to Milan

Well this week we are off to Italy again. This time we landing in Milan and staying for a few days, our first time seeing the city. This is a trip looking and signing the paperwork on a home’s in Italy ( for my sister in law )

Frigidaire

I bought a Frigidaire fridge about 3 years ago and in the 3 years that that I owned it it has broken down 3 times in 3 years. And it was not a problem because I got the extended warranty. As soon as the extended expired it broke again… DON”T buy Frigidaire.