Via Carletti

For those of you who are keeping track, we have moved into a new apartment for our second year in Viterbo. The school rents three apartments for use by the US-based faculty. Last year we lived at Via Vetulonia 16, the newest of the rentals. It was nicely located, although the little street could be surprisingly noisy for what it was. The best feature by far was the garden visible out the back windows. The English teacher last year brought his family with him and, since he needed the space, he lived in the largest apartment which is typically reserved for just that situation, a family. However, the new English teacher comes as just half of a couple and so Amy and I requested to move to the bigger apartment which was being vacated. Seniority has its perks.

We now live at Via Carletti 13, about 150 meters away from our old digs and somewhat closer to the school. Via Carletti intersects Via Garibaldi just before the Fontana Grande as you walk down from Porta Romana. To one side of our front door is a bread shop and next to that is the Break Bar. On the other side are a couple of shops including one which is being remodeled as a gelataria! We are on the secondo piano, what we in the US would call the third floor, with a walk up consisting of 42 stairs. When you enter the apartment you are in the center of the apartment with a large open area to your left and a hallway to your right. The ceilings are at least 10 feet tall giving a light, airy feeling to the apartment.

The open area to the left is made up of a large dining room on one side

separated by a part wall from a living/TV room. 

There are two sofas, one of which is a pull out, and a day bed. As you can see from the photos, this apartment is much better equipped as people have been living in it, buying stuff and leaving it behind for more than a decade. There is art on the walls and dishes in the cabinets. Directly across from the entry door is one of the two bathrooms.

Next to that is the eat-in kitchen. Yes, that is a fireplace you see in the corner and we have a small supply of wood in the storage unit on the ground floor.

There is tons of storage space and we actually have more pots, pans, baking stuff and utensils than we need!

Branching off of the hallway to the right of the entry door are the three bedrooms. One has a pair of twin beds, the second has a double bed and is where the washer/dryer are closeted and the master bedroom also has a double bed. There is a small bathroom off of the master bedroom. Another feature is a small balcony which looks into a relatively open space so that we get reasonable air circulation at night with the door open. Every window has a screen so that we don't have to chose between air and bugs. There is a clothes line for outdoor drying as well.

If you were keeping count you might realize that we can sleep at least 10 in the apartment, including ourselves. So, what are you all waiting for?