Lovely reflection video! You accomplished the priority- Getting to know your new community and celebrating your new home! We can’t wait to see you guys again! Sending so much love your way ❤

Thanks for choosing our little village, we are very happy to have here. Welcome to Motta!

Yep your living my dream too 😊

You guys are living my dream thankyou 😂. You guys have a great property and at a good price.

You did achieve the main things; sockets, pots and pans, and time to spend with friends. Getting things delivered even when you are in the village always takes much longer. Once you’ve made more connections locally for renovation equipment, it’ll be easier. Walking around will certainly keep you fit😊. End of European summer and back for the spring (not that there’s too much variation in Sydney now).

You've been so busy but what a wonderful place to be busy in! 😅 I'm itching to get back to Italy and often have n=mentioned Cefalu to Noel - apparently it gets surf sometimes! Not that he gets out much since the accident but he still goes out occasionally on a body board! Anyway love to you guys x keep living the dream!

our exploring Italy for a home starts in June 27, super excited!

Love watching your journey
You need to get those little microphones,
Stay safe and I look forward to watching your journey 💕🤗

Stunning sunset indeed, links in description to people you mentioned would have been nice, perhaps you can pop them here in a comment?

Stunning views, can I ask why you don’t move to Italy permanently because the travelling to Australia and cost must be exhausting

When you come to sicily don't make plans!!! They never happen! I'm glad you found some expats and that you liked our little town (Castelbuono) there's a few expats here too. Would like to give you my opinion that you paid too much for the car hire!! You need to ask around and not just listen to one quote as sometimes they take advantage of us foreigners!! 😊 There are also hardware shops along the coast from Cefalù.

I presume you bought the Sicilian home for a different culture as where you live in Oz is paradise.

1300 euros for a hire car is outrageous, could have bought a second hand car with that. They dont have uber there ?

That chauffeur hire was outrageously expensive. If I understand correctly, you paid in total €1,300 for a round trip on the island, probably lasting only a day.
I think a fair labour rate for a driver would be no more than €30/hour, totalling €300 for a 10-hour day, add another €50 max for petrol, and you reach €350. You should have offered someone in the village €350 to be your driver for a day. Anything to avoid handing over €1,300 to unethical people out to rip you off.
Otherwise, it would have been far cheaper to get a car hire firm to actually bring a car to your house, and drive it yourself. You'd be nowhere near €1,300 or even €300 for a week's car hire.

Used to live in Milazzo near there.I think it’s not easy to live in those small villages.
Maybe you have Sicilian ancestors !