Day 130 Wet drapes!

Sunday 29/07/2018 Day (Day 43 SZ) Karma Borgo Di Colleoli Via Panoramica 20 56036 Palaia Colleoli (PI) Tuscany Italy Pisa

A bit of a nothing day today, catching up or at least on trying to do pics and blog.... sleep and for John read as he has found some books to read again..

I woke up to the floor next to my bed being absolutely soaked and the curtains beside my side of the bed are just dripping... the aircon next to me is leaking profusely, thank goodness the drapes are there or I would be waddling around in water.... the drapes are this new modern style where heaps if it is draped onto the floor.... I had opened the window to put the dripping curtains out into the heat of the day hoping it would dry them... otherwise they’ll have Mildewy curtains.... when the girls arrived to do the cleaning I said to one of them did she speak English... next thing in this thick, thick Scottish accent she reply... I do.... then proceeded to speak to her partner in crime in Italian... I told her my wet drapes problem, which was addressed straight away... I proceeded to have a conversation with her and it would seem, she was born in Italy, went to Scotland as a baby, came back to Italy 30 yrs ago... but has still got her brother and a house in Glasgow..

So funny watching her switch from Italian to The Scottish accent so quickly... she looked like she would be a card...

Earlier we had had, our meeting with the sales rep Jeffery, the usual Spiel how we can upgrade for more time, more benefits etc etc etc...... they are having a wine and cheese evening tonight that we have said we will attend.... we might get to meet people... might as well get the best out of it....

Jeffery himself is Scottish but his accent wasn’t as thick as the little Italian cleaners was....

We had a rest and at 6 pm we headed down to the meet and greet evening... about 12 of us.... the club has only so far managed to buy 30% of this resort... all the reception area, the building we are in 10 units and the decking next to our building but not the ground... that was funny when he told us and the restaurant.... there are still 58 more units and suits in another building.... after the old fellow who was selling this resort to Karma died, his son reneged on it going through....money had changed hands but no record of it happening occured ...
to this day the large sum of money has never been found... I was told about this happening in Bavaria so we are in the know so to speak ha ha.... it is really sad to be honest, the whole exchange of hands has been a huge deal for the people organising the sale... and the son has been very, very difficult to deal with..... eventually they hope to finally own it all as was to be the case from the beginning

At the wine and cheese evening we met another Aussie couple from Cairns.... I had spotted them yesterday and said to John without hearing them speak that I beat they are Aussie.... it was his boardies and mannerism that I felt gave it away..... and yep he is your typical Ocker Aussie.... and so is she to be honest.... we also meet a lovely couple from England with their son and niece who is also Aussie from Brisbane, but living in the UK at present hoping to stay longer...she is an optometrist but not working as that in UK as too many already there... some Indian families turned up...and 2 Maturer women from the UK as well.... trying to remember who else... Leon from Slovenia a sales rep speaks 7 different languages..... Jeffery from Scotland...and a couple of others reps .... but they didn’t attend must have been tired up with the business of things here!

The bubbly Prosecco was very tasty, the cheese so, so...lots of cured meats as well. They are big on cured meats ...

All in all not to bad an evening worth coming to and now we don’t need have dinner, bonus...

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