As the holiday season approaches and guests arrive, the restoration and building work continue unabated. With the front facade and the entrance way finished, it is time for the smaller details: the ironwork is being repainted, the sign for the Leonardo da Vinci International Library is being completely redone, and in front, facing the main street, a new ICBIE sign is being constructed–in the place where the awful Coca-Cola sign originally stood. The new sign will have the ICBIE logo and also a reference to the D’Artagnan Project.
With these final cosmetic touches, the restoration of the front of the Institute will be complete, and the sun, salt and wind can resume its corrosive work until the next time around.
The biggest work is going on in the back courtyard, where the reconstruction of five small guest apartments is proceeding amazingly well. Since these photographs were taken, a giant concrete roof has been poured, so that, in the future, we can contemplate the construction of a second floor! Each of the five apartments has its own bathroom, and Pietro has confessed that the tiles will be skyblue and white (Lazio colors!), so Guido Zaccagnini and I will be happy.
At this rate, by the beginning of March, we should have more space for our guests!
21 dicembre 2007, 19:30
Saudade!