living in Scalea

We thought we would share with you a current construction project from start to finish. This is a property that is being reconfigured for the new owners of a beautiful old town house in Scalea. We are using a tried and tested, and therefore trusted construction company Scarfone Costruzioni to reconfigure the upstairs area to suit the needs of the current owners. Erik & Jonna from Sweden bought a...

Here is an update to Michelle's blog. Find out what has happened in May. May has been so different compared to last month. At the beginning of May we were starting phase 2 of lockdown... To read more visit Michelle’s blog by clicking...

Today is a lovely day, the sun is out, the birds are singing, the sea looks quite calm with a bit of a white wave on it. All hunky dory, but there is that little thing call COVID-19, so we have been in lockdown for 53 days. It feels so long! To read more visit Michelle’s blog by clicking...

Well, this has been a very unusual month. We definitely did not expect this when we moved to Italy 15 months ago, but here we are. The beginning of March was pretty much normal in Scalea, obviously in the north of Italy things had progressed quickly, but it felt that bit far away. Bars and restaurants were still open, we were still seeing our friends. In fact, it was our friend Denisa’s birthday so we...

Read Michelle's blog about her Christmas in Scalea and the start of her and her husband taking part in the free Italian lessons given to international residents in the local school. To read more visit Michelle's blog by clicking...

November 2019 is over and it is getting close to Christmas. This is my November story. Have we managed to get our Italian ID Cards? I have good news! We are now proud owners of Italian ID cards. Yay! It was the weirdest thing. The Commune called us to let us know that the cards are ready, like they said they would (everyone said that wouldn’t happen). We walked down the next day in the rain and...