Settling in.

To say that we are happy with our house is an understatement! Suddenly we have wonderful little problems like not having enough furniture... especially as we've moved from a one bedroom flat to a three bedroom house!

Slowly though we are starting to settle in and make it our own, enjoying every second of it.

The house is located between Clapham Common and Clapham South tube station, in the south western part of London. Further out are the areas of Balham and Tooting, making it a nice green, leafy area with Clapham Common (a common being a park where your dad is from!) and Tooting Bec Common nearby.

Right, time for the next lesson about your parents: gardening, for the beginning at least, will be a bit of a challenge for them! This is because your dad grew up in what is practically a dessert and your mom starts most things very enthusiastically just to suddenly lose all interest! This means that your very non-green-fingered dad is left with all the gardening to do!

 

2010 is also a memorable year for another reason: your granddad Gianfranco is turning 70 this year! Below is a picture of us at his birthday party which was held in Ristorante Al Crivelli in the village of Rho, just outside Milan.
Look carefully at the picture, especially your mom's flat tummy. Deep inside is something none of us even knows about it... YOU!