nostro agriturismo: Le regole di Murphy

8 giugno
Welcome to today's blog posting, and someday hopefully I can welcome you also to the Marche! Nascondiglio di Bacco has officially changed hands today and all went well with the exchange. Howvever, isn't there always one of those; last night there was quite a wonderful thunderstorm and lightning struck the agriturismo killing the modem and knocking out electricity for 4 hours right when the 2 couples from Germany arrived. They were great sports and I gave them candles and a bottle of sparkling Barbera for the inconvenience. We do need internet access fairly soon for reservations!
Today, despite the recommendation of the Italian consulate in Chicago, (which I had called prior to coming to Italy this time to request a visa), to wait until I had made my purchase in Italy and then visit the Qestura for my permit of stay, I discovered that I was considered a clandestino or illegal alien! The wonderful folks at the questura said i needed to go back to america immediately and get my visa. After some discussion, we decided to part in peace with the chance I might be able to arrange things from here, who knows? I may have to hire an immigration lawyer for a time. In the meantime, like in Parma where i was without a permit of stay for 9 months, i will try to stay out of fights and trouble in general avoid police scrutiny. Maybe if and when my house in Leawood sells, I can return and make a visa application.
Tomorrow will be our first opportunity to serve breakfast to guests, will report back when I can how that goes.. We will be working on improving the internet site for Nascondiglio di Bacco and vinoffida.com, searching out as I wrote previously all the best the Marche has to offer. Buon weekend! The picture today is in the piazza in Ascoli Piceno with some of my classmates from the university.
dwight