Happy Belated Easter!  We had a quiet day with Grace and MIL.  I do miss our larger family gatherings at home.  Sigh.  Last Friday I went to a spa for the day with a friend.  We got a deal on Groupon to try out it's 10 step plan.  Sauna, cold shower, hot rock, steam room, salt scrub, cold shower, shoulder massage, gongs, dry sauna and hot tub.  I'm assuming the cold showers were included in the 10.  Quite nice and relaxing but both the winner and loser was the location.  It's a fabulous castle, built for/by a bishop in 1011 and completed in 1080.  This thing is OLD!  It's gone thru many transformations over the years and is now run as a hotel, spa, events location.  Unfortunately the spa has a lot of competition as seems they are popping up all over the place and it need some serious renovations.  The furnishings, equipment and pools etc were outdated and not terribly clean.  It was like stepping back to the future.  Sort of 1970 futuristic.  Thus the Groupon offers. 

Castello Montaldo

On Thursday I'm returning to London with Grace to have it out with her landlord.  A jerk who gets his kicks by verbally abusing and threatening with eviction a bunch of young girls who don't know that the law is on their side.   He's angry because they are all moving on at the end of the lease and re realizes that he timed the dates badly and it will be difficult for him to get students in after August.  So he wants Grace and roomies out a month early.  It's gonna cost him.  GP has been combing their lease and British tenant law for the past week.  He is biting at the bit to go himself (loves this stuff, gets all righteous) but can't so sending me in his stead.  I have a script.  Must not be too nice.  No giggling and funny remarks.  Damn.

Oh.  And I have shingles!  AGAIN!  Had them 20 plus years ago when living in MA.  They're baaaaaack!  Uncomfortable but not as painful as first time around.  Haven't gone to the doctor yet as is Easter holiday and Italy is closed.  Last week the lines at his office were hours long as everyone knows that Italy is closed this week so they were getting their complaints out of the way beforehand.

Anywho...off to the market.  xxoo me