A Week and Three Days
7. marts, Italien ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
That is how long it’s been since we stepped off the plane at BLQ.
We’re continuing to work diligently on getting settled … going out for a coffee or gelato run once in a while to get a breather from work. We expect that once the IKEA big-box delivery arrives next week, we’ll be pretty much done.
In the meantime, the smaller orders began trickling in this week. We were especially happy with how quickly the Media World purchases arrived as included in that delivery was a vacuum cleaner and an iron … essential appliances for completing some of our household chores.
Amazon worked like a charm, too. We’re keeping all but two items … which we will be sending back using one of the several return options provided.
As for chores. There were a-plenty.
The floor lamp we ordered through Amazon required assembly. Easy enough to do … and described by Mui as a “practice run” for all the assembly work we will be doing when the IKEA big-box order is delivered on Tuesday.
We installed electrostatic privacy panels on the lower half of the kitchen windows, and put up some curtains to close off the laundry area. With nearly 10-foot ceilings, we needed a tall ladder for the latter project. Luckily, the building has one that is available for tenants to borrow … one less thing to buy.
A return trip to the shops in Casalecchio di Reno was required to wrap up our shopping spree. We took the opportunity to have a tasty lunch at Dispensa Emilia, one of the eateries at the mall that had long queues for dinner when we were at the Gran Reno Mall last week.
Some of the repairs on our punch list have also been completed — the cracked expansion vessel for the combo boiler has been replaced … amid a lot of cussing in Italian as the guy was working in a very tight space; the two rolling shutters that were stuck are now operational. Once the painters come and go on Monday, the punch list will be completed.
We have another Amazon delivery scheduled for tomorrow. If it comes early enough, we might be able to go out and do some sightseeing … 🤞🏻. That will give us something fun to report for a change.Læs mere