Good Morning to Wednesday 29th, 5.44, 1.8dg, Clear forecast through until next Tuesday, fantastic.
I have returned from a fun filled weekend experience in Fox Town, Mendrisio CH. A mind bogglingly huge retail area filled with all the labels a girl needs to make her smile..... and I came away with a small selection of things to make me smile. Our Hotel, Villa Porro Pirelli, was the original home of the Pirelli tyre family, a beautiful old residence, that in its day would have had all the grace and charm of a grand residence surrounded by magnificent gardens, now it is a bog standard and very tired hotel, run by a hotel corporation, filled with Bali furniture imports... I kid you not !! Comfortable and quiet, and not at all expensive with a good breakfast buffet, so in that respect ticked the boxes. We dined out the first night, and then a fantastic picnic in our rooms the second night with delicious foods bought from the Carrefour. Perfect. Now it is back to normality, starting yesterday with dismantling all the curtains from the outside glass terrasse to be washed and packed away for the winter. Today it will be all the cushions from the couches and dining chairs from the Terrasses and then onto the tubs, it is time to think about wrapping everything for snow protection. School is on mid term break at the moment and it is rather nice to have no children coming through the door for tuition. The adult conversation groups carry on regardless. In amongst the outdoor winterising I am now starting the decoration of the house for Christmas.. early I know, but I normally start the process the first week of October. Crazy Christmas Lady !! Yesterday up at the recycling plant the place was humming with cars with trailers and people for Africa... Saturday it had been closed so it was like Grand Central Station yesterday... In the space of 10 mins there were five women from my various conversation groups all there so we had a little social gathering in amongst the recycling humm.. a little like meeting and greeting in the supermarket, you always run into masses of people in the supermarket, especially if you don't want to see anybody. Otherwise a quiet week just ticking along doing what is required in a beautiful but very cold weather pattern.
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