The Heat's Turned On! The Heat's Turned On!

“Woo hoo!” is all I have to say. There is a law here in Italy that says the heat must be turned off completely from spring until fall. When I first looked into it I had a little Canadian stress attack and was ready to go out and start chopping wood or at least getting into daily baking again. The date for the big switch-on is November 1st – luckily when you live a little bit more north-erly they take pity and everything goes on October 15th. It’s been a colder than usual autumn here apparently so this date came none too soon. It’s still not that cold, but it’s damp and rainy and I fear that I am getting soft and will soon be languidly wandering through the centre of Milan with great boots, a pained look and a fur stole, searching endlessly for the perfect, steaming hot Cioccolato Caldo (an incredibly rich, thick hot chocolate drink – more on this soon.)
But in the meantime, I figured out the heating system – did you know you could download pdf instructions files of wall mounted apartment temperature regulators? I’ll say it over and over again - I love the internet.
And I love not having to drag my blankey all over the apartment, although I do anyway. I really must see about getting an “outside” job. Maybe in the spring.