door Maarten van Eerd | apr 24, 2025 | Blogs English
Manutenzione – Maintenance Previously on: The mayor has promised to visit for an assessment of the ‘entire’ drainage problem in our borgo, but Giorgio’s septic tank is still leaking. It’s been three weeks since the consiglio with the mayor and his grand promise to...
door Maarten van Eerd | apr 11, 2025 | Blogs English
Giorgio has started a WhatsApp group: Borgo Casigno. I read his first message in disbelief. This Saturday morning, there will be a consiglio, a meeting, with the mayor about the fognatura — the drainage system — in our borgo. Giorgio calls on everyone to...
door Maarten van Eerd | mrt 31, 2025 | Blogs English
Previously: Our neighbour Giorgio has discovered that his septic tank is leaking and cannot be repaired. It’s thirty-two degrees in the shade, and we’re sitting in Marco’s garden, waiting for the afternoon breeze, when Giorgio comes walking over. To Annarita, the...
door Maarten van Eerd | mrt 27, 2025 | Blogs English
“Siamo in un Borgo, caro – we live in a borgo, darling.” Annarita’s expression contains a mixture of compassion and amusement. Annarita is almost eighty and one of the few people who have lived in our borgo all their lives. Actually, the only one. She stands as...
door Maarten van Eerd | mrt 3, 2025 | Blogs English
“The windows aren’t very big, are they?” Franco looks up, and I follow his gaze. No, they aren’t. I’ve measured them. “Those are the biggest,” I say, pointing to the third floor. “Let’s go and have a look inside.” Together, we enter our very solid and extremely...
door Maarten van Eerd | feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Blogs English
“We really do not want to see another property, Marco.” Our estate agent, looking deeply disappointed, scrapes the last of the espresso from his cup, with a tiny spoon. We’re still looking for a new home. Meanwhile the B&B has been sold, so there’s, what you might...
