This is our apartment on Via Giovio in Como centro (city center). It is an old building with six apartments separated by thick solid walls. We have both front and back balconies but were dismayed to find that no one uses their balconies other than to step outside to check the weather! Our back balcony overlooks a courtyard to which we have no access.
The entrance hallway is narrow and dark and filled with everyone's bicycles but our actual apartment has very tall ceilings and is filled with light when the sun is out.
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| view from the street |
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| stairwell - we are on piano 1 (2nd story) |
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| il soggiorno (living room) |
We have two bathrooms, both with bidets. One also serves as our laundry room with its tiny washer. Italians don't use dryers and we aren't allowed to hang clothes on the balconies, so I now have a large portable drying rack and am learning to plan ahead on when we will need clean clothes!
The kitchen is my favorite room with a gas cooktop and an electric oven. It has a great view of the street and plenty of work space. The dishwasher has not worked since we moved in so I spend a lot of time at the sink. It seems like a great place for me to focus on becoming a more accomplished cook. (One more reason to learn Italian so I can read the recipes!)
So besides adjusting to life in a foreign country, we are also getting used to life in an apartment in the middle of the city. I am enjoying living in four rooms; it is all we need and it feels very comfortable.
Home sweet home.....casa dolce casa.
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| la cucina (kitchen) |
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| le camera de letto (bedroom) |
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la stanza degli ospiti (Guest room / study)
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