By now the house painters will have already finished their job and the walls of my room and of the corridor will be back simply white. ButI’m not so sad. Also because, knowing that the end of my room was near and since I couldn’t make any substantial modifications (because the house was not of my property), lately I kind of left it “dying”.
Here is the video of its last days of life joined with the birth of the new room.

OLIVETTI M40: But you moved house on sound of Can Can?
Mhhh…let’s not talk about the house moving that I get tics! These days were very heavy! I have to correct though the last post where I claimed that NO ONE was seen to give a hand. Here are the updated report cards, excluding the “officials” of the house:
Stefano: 60 hours of work ( daily average: 12 hours)

He had to move house as well so we rented a track together, but he had no idea about the huge amount of things that we had to move (we filled up a huge track 7 times!!!). He was the real transporter of the house moving, with us every day! I still have nightmares, though, of the eco of his voice: “Lets go, fast…come on, faster, let’s move out”.
MARK: 8

Pio: 40 hours of work (daily average: 8 hours)

He gave us a big hand. Oftenly he woke up to come and move with us! FIRST CLASSIFIED!
MARK: 9

Susi: 12 hours of work (daily average: 2,4 hours)

Although she works all day long, she did a good part.
MARK: 7

Fabio: 10 hours of work (daily average: 2 hours)

Mhhh, not too much present although he’s Cip’s boyfriend. When he was there, though, he was a big help.
MARK: 6

Ilaria: 4 hours of work (daily average: 50 minutes).

She gained back points the last day helping setting up the new house.
MARK: 7 (because she’s translating this site in english!)

The neighbours: 15 minutes of work…

…to call the police the day of the final party (we even put a paper on the main door of the building to warn them). We had to pay 55 euros of fine!
MARK: 1

Michele: 0 hours of work!

Not only he didn’t move a finger (even if he’s always at our house), but he also didn’t want to lend us his “flaming” Uno to move the first boxes to new house!He was scared it was going to break! The karma, anyway is making him pay back: for several reparations during these days, the mechanic extorted him 300 euros! With all the jinxing that we sent him (contacting also professionals) we should be still at the beginning!
MARK: 0

That’s all for now, the beach is waiting for me. I will leave you with the pictures of my old room and of the corridor completely empty. Greetings for all. Gabriele

It seemed that this moment was never meant to come, but now here we are. After eight years we are leaving DUVA’s house. Even writing it seems so strange. Could be because it’s the only house I’ve lived since I came to Bologna, could be because, thanks to all that lived there (and they are a lot!), the house had its own soul. From the first stable “leccese” group of only guys for about three years with Lollo, Gianluigi, Oscar, Davide we passed to Arianna, Shlomit, Nuria, Togna, Begona, Laura, Jan ( Lollo still calls him Giomme), Victoria, Holly, Carlos, Ele, Fede, Maria e Nicole… without counting the past and present habitue’ such as Ilaria, Susi, Pio, Michele (who used the shitter of the house more than me), Gigi, Giacomino… Lots of memories therefore, lots of thoughts in the head.
Although wakening-lunch time today, stangely, we were only us five of the house. Just all of us (situation that never happened!). In reality Nicole was missing, the sixth flatmate who lived with us in the last two months, but also her was a fugitive. I say also because, strangely, today, of the many people that usually pass by everyday, NO ONE WAS SEEN!
OLIVETTI M40: Obviously!They smelt work!
…but…how is that possible? where did you connect from?
OLIVETTI M40: I found a wireless net with FON from the new house…and here I am!I’m semi-blind (since you dismantled my monitor), I cannot see pictures and videos, but I can decrypt the text.
Don’t worry, I will fix you next week!It’s days that I have been working like crazy the whole day: today moving wardrobes with a track, yesterday getting them off…
A big surprise, anyway, Federica ( known as “Ucc”because she eats like a little bird) was transformed in “Uccio”, a wardrobe transporter with “big balls”!IN FEW DAYS, WHEN I WILL GET MY STRENGTH BACK, I WILL POST THE PICTURE OF THE TRANSFORMATION
She got so much into the part that during the “break” she downed a litre of beer!
In conclusion of this post, since I’m in a hurry because tomorrow at 8:30 I have to overdo packages and wardrobes for about twelve hours, here is the list of what I will miss the most from the house:
1. The dirty dishes, withouth a doubt as first place!
2 The sweet noise of the air conditioners of the solarium underneath
3. The pile of garbage Naples style
4.The flooding due to the washing machine from which we all forgot at least ten times to attach it to the drainage
5. The traffic of via Massarenti, similar to this video

and for sixth and last (because for last we always keep the best one), our neighbours.
They are so much in my heart that I decided to dedicate them a song called “shittyneighbours”(following Bolognademerda) but I didn’t have time.
So it’s for their happiness and to say a friendly goodbye to them that tomorrow (saturday 21) there will be a goodbye party (together with Maria’s birthday!).
Here is the program of the night:
TERRACE: “Auction of useless things”, exceptional auction beater, our friend Adam Selo
MARIA’S ‘N UCC’S ROOM: space for little concerts, readings and several performances. Follows our dj set .
Anyway everyone is invited. I’ ll see you saturday from 20 p.m. and on. Bye. Gabriele