During our last few weeks living in Sicily we were extremely busy! Between eating at our favorite restaurants and seeing places for the last time we barely had time to plan for our move. The movers showed up on September 19. We had 3 different types of movers in and out of our apartment all day. First the regular movers showed up to pack up our regular household goods. There were 8 Italian men strolling around the house, not moving too fast :) After about 30 minutes of packing it was time for a smoke break/breakfast break. In Sicily it is custom to purchase all food/water for the movers. I bought a lot of water, soda, American snacks, and Italian "tavola calda" which is hot prepared snacks from the cafe. The movers were very appreciative. They were even "able" to pack up some of my things that were not allowed. During the overseas move you are not allowed to bring liquids, spices, food, or jewelry. Since I have aquired a lot of nailpolish and spices I couldn't throw them away :) The movers were kind enough to look the other way. Next the express shipment movers showed up. Since it takes months to get everything we are allowed 800 lbs. of household goods to be express shipped so we have things when we arrive in Florida. We packed towels, kitchen supplies, clothes, and anything we may need right away. Our next pack up was the most important of all...the vino! Unfortunately the move came up on us sooner than we had expected and didn't collect as much wine as we had hoped. So we left with 90 bottles. It isn't much after time, but it is better than nothing! I have searched the States for my favorite Sicilian wines and have had no luck :( I guess I will have to go back to Sicily for visits.
After the movers left we packed up our car with any possessions we still had and our 2 kitties. We are officially homeless! Usually we would move into the Navy Lodge on base, but our friends Liz and Julio were awesome and let us stay with them. We moved in with our kitties and were still in Aci Trezza so we could enjoy our last week in our own town.
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| hanging out in Catania |
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| buying some fresh roasted coffee to take back |
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| market in Catania |
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| Gene eating his favorite Indian food in Catania, Dahl Puri |
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| the green oranges were really good! |
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| The movers have arrived!!!! |
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| I will miss that apartment ;( |
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| that is one long hallway filled with LOTS of stuff |
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| we moved into Liz and Julios...this is their amazing view! |
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| Mr. Stripes loves the view too! |
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| oh Tiny...the kitties adjusted so well |
Hi Lindsay and Gene
ReplyDeleteJust came across your blog and loved it.
Since you have spent 3yrs.in Aci Trezza I was wondering if you would be able to pass on some
Cost of Living info in the Aci Castello, Aci Trezza area.I have been there a few times years ago
visiting older relitives, now out of touch. Would like to retire in the area. So the question is, can
two persons live on approxamently 20,000-25,000 EURO per month? Excluding health care which
I have through Federal employment. I plan to rent a apartment of aprox. 80 sq. mt.utilities,food.TV,
tele and food .
Thank you,
Sonny