Heard from Jim today and all is going well. He got checks at the bank so he is all set for the closing. It was supposed to be Friday, but will not be till sometime next week. However, he is moving in to our house on Friday after breakfast at his nice apt. The toilet will flush, there is a new fuse box installed, but I don't know if he is going to run an extension cord for that or not. It turns out their are plates, pots and pans, an Italian coffee maker, mop and broom and other cleaning supplies. He thinks that the last time someone used the place was 1994. There are lots of family pictures, but the owners don't even want those. He is going to try to find a pump to blow up his mattress, but he assures me he can put a few blankets and a piece of cardboard on the springs (remember summer camp?) and sleep on that if he has to. He is also perfectly capable of eating out of a ice chest if he has to. He met the neighbor and he said I would like her. He said that everyone has been very nice. He also met the woman at the bank that I had talked to on the phone.

Ok here's the food news. Last night he had a pitcher of Rose, which he really could not finish, a bottle of water, although that is not really an Italian thing to do and linguine with truffles for 10E. There is a good grocery store near by that includes a meat market and there is a fish market down the street.

The downside is that there really isn't free internet in the town and no one has ever heard of something like an internet cafe. That could be bad news for this blog. I could tell you all how I had Ramen noodles for dinner last night, did the laundry without soap and can't make a strong cup of coffee, but would you care? I did do a pastel at Morse Farm today. First in almost four years and I had a creamie.