Now for some downtime as it says in my title ‘it is life not a holiday’.
Yes, we still have to do the washing and cleaning!! However what else do I do in my downtime?
Well, there is always the Italian to learn, I am using a mixture of Rosetta Stone, Duolingo and coffee break Italian. You could ask, how is it going, and I could answer honestly …. not that well! It is harder than I thought however living in Italy in a small commune does help and we are trying to speak to the locals as much as we can and kindly asking them not to reply in English! Nothing happens overnight so I will continue to dedicate the time to improving.
I have a passion for drawing. Mainly, charcoal and what I call my scribble drawings. I may try some landscape drawing however it is not really my thing! Below are some examples of my art.
I really want to get into photography as prior to starting my adventure we purchased a Nikon D7500. I am experimenting and just learning how to edit photos using LightRoom and Photoshop. I have also recorded some videos of our journey and will edit these into a YouTube video and link to my blog later.
I love to write, and the blog has enabled me to capture our adventure and all the emotion and thoughts behind it. The main purpose is for us, so we have a record of what we have done and where we have been. At least when I am old and insane, I can read about it if I can’t remember!!
I also love to exercise using Yoga, this is so good for the posture and inner core along with the mind and lung capacity. I would also love to meditate however I haven’t got the attention span for that, although isn’t that the point!
We have had some lovely Facetime sessions with our family. Scheduling some time individually to sit with a glass of wine or two whilst having a really good catchup and gossip. With each session the time has just ran away with us and it was just fantastic to see them all again and to spend some precious time together.
We need to move onto friends now, so watch out we will be calling you all to see your faces shortly 🙂
One evening the owners of the property we are renting (called La Fonte) popped round for a lovely evening. Bringing with them a basket of homemade bread, La Fonte Olive oil, freshly picked cherries and La Fonte red wine. It was a pleasure to eat their produce and to have their wonderful company. Graham did well with his Italian, but it was a good job Marco and Emanuela can speak English!
We have also met a mix of traditional locals and different nationalities of couples who have made Radicondoli their homes/holiday getaways.
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