As I wait for a cab outside the Comiso airport, I am kissed by the tender April sunshine.
I fear that I will be making the journey with an anonymous new had with a chemical scent and a rowdy young man.
Not so, I am greeted by an old white Beetle, driven by a disheveled curly-haired woman who seems to have come straight from a 68´s demonstration.
The car smells of orange (she has them dried to create natural perfumes) the jazz music matches the context well but is pleasant background in a conversation that seems to take place between old friends.
She asks me the reason for the trip, I only have a small yellow trolley with me, and I tell her that I´ve come to visit some properties, but alas I only have two days and 6 houses to see.
She asks me which is the first address to go to and I realize that I am giving her carte blanche, I ask her if she will be my guide and driver for two days.
The “why not“ was the answer I was hoping for, and so we head together to the first property.
I
see why she chose this one first, it is a villa, directly overlooking the sea.
It´s not a glitzy and somewhat snobbish modern villa all crystal and steel, honestly it looks a bit like an old fisherman´s house with this slightly cracked exterior peel.
I pass through the boundary wall greeted by the serenity of seaside places.
The ground floor of the house is a large porch, we could say that this house is almost a stilt house.
At the moment, it does not look very exploited but I think that adorned with plants and with some sliding glass windows it will be the place for moments of contemplation and conversation. Here, one can sit with a good book or sip a cup of mint tea as the sun rises in the sky, painting the world in golden hues. In one corner a garage, unobtrusive and functional, ready to store cars and bicycles, symbols of daily adventures along the coast.
Of houses I generally look at light and space because home is an intimate place and should be personalized.…
