Tiles

I can't believe I wrote the last entry only just yesterday. It feels like ages ago - I guess we're moving through completely different situations all the time, one day has nothing to do with the one before. At the weekend we were tourists visiting a touristy town, dragging our luggage everywhere with us; buying postcards and eating overpriced pizza; sitting on the steps of the main piazza and watching the world go by... Now, we're deep in the hills surrounding Perugia, with our own room (lit with candles, not bulbs); we're nor spending a penny and the food is homemade and finger-licking good; and sitting by the massive fireplace in the kitchen, reading and chatting.
We haven't started the olive picking yet because it rained all through the morning. Federica asked us if we would like to finish the tiling in a room in the cellar. We replied we'd never done it before and she said it wasn't a problem. Good old Helpx again, entrusting people with jobs for trained professionals. It was ok really. The gaps to be filled weren't right for the tiles available, so we pretended the wall was a jigsaw and tried to fit as many pieces in as tastefuly as possible. We even included some traingular pieces...
We spent about 3 hours preparing/eating lunch. Federica and Enrico both love cooking and it shows. They're very relaxed about the work and want us to join in in their lifestyle, eating pasta, drinking wine and taking it easy. It's great although I feel bad about not doing more work.
In the afternoon, well, half 5, we went for a walk with Enrico. He organises trekking trips so knows all about the area and has loads of knowledge of plants and seeds from the woods. He then left us and we climbed to the Panoramic point of Monte Tezino, where we spent some time gawping at the beautiful sun, setting over Lago Trasimeno.
Rob and Steve seem to feel like they're missing out and are joining us here tomorrow. It'll be nice to have them around, and will make speed up the olive picking. Steve's birthday is also on the 29th so Federica said we can have a party, Halloween themed of course.
I believe we start aour day at 7 tomorrow, so it's bedtime for me.
Will try to put some photos up in the next couple days.