Not much is happening in the castle. We keep playing Eurorails and enjoying our time together. We know when we return to Florida we will be too busy to do that.
I have gone into the dungeon and opened all of the boxes that have a snap close lid, or that are cardboard that could be easily taped closed. Sadly, I can't really unbox until the current owner removes all of his things. Lord knows when that will be.
I discovered quite a few interesting puzzles inside. One of which George has been trying to program a solution for. It is pretty neat. I'm sure he will solve it eventually.
I've poured over the floor plans for the castle and have discovered that we have enough room to house our entire collection and double that amount. We even have 4 large areas to store our duplicate puzzles. This was unexpected.
We have prepared a short talk on the New Puzzle Palace for DCD and it will be posted here next week for all to see. I don't want to give it away before then.
George has been teaching our new friend Antonio how to design in CAD so he can make some gears for his clock. The two of them are funny to watch. Antonio has little English and George has even less Italian, but they seem to do quite well together.
I have continued to purchase puzzles, and am pleased to say that I now understand the system here. Th postman leaves a note saying he tried to deliver (even though he didn't), the delivery people call me a few minutes before arriving at the door, and Amazon uses the post office for deliveries. If on the off chance we are not here, the delivery people will leave the packages at the local post. Some delivery companies will try again the next day or two, and everything that is in the post office takes ages to receive. You see, our post office is only open 3 mornings a week and everyone goes there just to chat with the girl behind the counter. It's an experience. I'm not complaining, just working things out.
Our last little bit of fun this past week was having Tanya come visit us. She was at Essen toys fair and is headed to a weeks vacation with her husband so between the two, she spent 2 days with us. We took her to Città della Pieve for lunch and a wander around the town. It was a nice meal, and (sigh) just another medieval hilltop town. Much larger than Panicale, but it's now hard to get over excited about places like this when you live in paradise. Ok, I know. I'm biased. We did see some lovely doors though.
And then we taught here how to play Eurorails. All in all, it was a very nice visit.
The first door is my favorite. Could some survive with only speaking English in the small towns?
ReplyDeleteHere you could. At least you can order food in the restaurants and get a drink. The rest, I doubt it. Although, I am fairly certain that some of the expats don't speak much Italian. gestures go a long way. ;) I think it is easier to learn the language, but George doesn't. I guess everyone gets by as best they can.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rox and George for a lovely visit! Your medieval castle and town are stunning and what a puzzle museum it will be!! I’m so happy I did not experience any ghosts sleeping in the wing far away from you! It would have been a long run to safety (aka to you) including the dungeon if I had an encounter. But seriously your museum will be a game changer for puzzles! I’m honored to be your first puzzle guest and I also apologize for being so daft at figuring out Eurorails - you never would have know I do games for a living! Anyway what fun and I can’t wait to come back once you’re all set up! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat chain with 6x6 grid puzzle was designed by Oskar in the 1980's
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