My appointment was at 0830, I showed up at 0825. After checking in I sat in the waiting area for close to 30 minutes while I saw the guy I thought I had an appointment walk back and forth. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was making calls to see places or something but...
Finally I'm called back and I meet Ciro. I tell him what I'm looking for (yay for repeating nonstop so I can really decide what I want) I notice that the list I prepared of places to see has a bunch of "rented" notes next to them. Yep- they need to update their system. So I tell him that I saw the one place in MdP yesterday but would like to see some other options. He makes a phone call and off we go...it's a good 40 minute drive.
As we're about 10 minutes out from our destination, winding up the road and hit standstill traffic. After waiting a few minutes thinking it was road construction, cars kept turning around. You know you're in Italy when traffic is stopped in one direction and as cars are turning around they stop traffic in the opposite direction as well because they are telling what they know about the hold up. Turns out the road was shut down because of an accident. Luckily there was a "back road" way and we got there- eventually.
When we got there the person we were supposed to meet was also stuck in the traffic/running behind. We stopped at a coffee shop while we waited. Eventually he got a hold of the person, who was already headed up the hill...so we made our way up. We finally met him and followed up to a place that looked very familiar. Turns out it was the one place that saw out there yesterday. A realtor met us out there had two Germans with him (one already lived in the area and the second was looking for a place). We were there for a while, mind you this was well past 11 at this point.
We finally headed down the hill or maybe it was the other side? At any rate not quite the ocean view but up a one way alley (and I mean alley) we were in a 4 story place with 3 apartments and rooftop terrace. It was a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, large living space. The kitchen was in the middle of a remodel but I'm pretty sure the few view pics speak for themselves.
It really was a beautiful home and probably the closest yet. It turns out the relator I met was the other person who multiple folks recommended- Enzo! He has one apartment in the area that he things will be a good fit and it turns out that in the near future he will have another 3 bedroom available in the same complex that a coworker lives in. (Only Americans live there though...so I'm not sure.)
Finally we headed back. I got back to work at 1230. 4 hours, about the same amount of time I was out yesterday and I only saw one new place. It feels like I'm getting a tad closer, but it's still a slow process.
Today's summary:
- I'm beginning to recognize roads and have a general idea of some of the layouts now.
- Above item was confirmed when I realized my housing guy wasn't going the correct way and we made several loops at different parts of the day.
- I finally met Enzo and he's the guy to know when trying to live where I'm trying to live.
- I hate filling out access requests for work. Luckily my coworker did a ton of them for me but I still have all the training to do.
Moe says Enzo sounds like a dogs name.
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