Under The Tuscan Sun Page #4

the price is now double.

Since the last 10 seconds?

Normale.

You greedy Americans.

You think you're so entitled.

You ruin everything.

A lot of us feel

really badly about that.

We're going.

We'll look in Provence.

Fascists!

And her?

How much will she pay?

We'll see.

Is it really double the price?

I can't pay double the price.

But please tell the contessa

that this is what I got for

my house recently in dollars.

Minus the work on the place.

Hammers, buckets.

Men.

Chocolate.

And a rental car

to drive off a cliff

when this all turns out

to have been a terrible mistake.

That's what I can pay.

Signora.

You've not even seen the house.

Oh.

Well.

Well, I...

I can't go back

to San Francisco.

No.

No.

I'm sorry, signora.

The contessa's family lived here

for generations,

so understandably it is

very difficult for her to sell.

Money is not the only issue.

She needs--

A sign.

I understand.

I believe in signs, too.

Well, thank you.

Thank you.

Oh!

- Oh.

- Oh.

Please.

What did she say?

In Italy, what happened to you

is a very good sign.

- It is?

- Yes.

And now... would you

like to see the house?

First, we open an account.

Then you transfer the money.

Here is the legal description.

"Two oxen, two days."

- I'm sorry.

- It's old-fashioned.

The land is measured by

how long it would take two oxen

to plow it.

Oh.

Oh, that makes sense.

Just like that?

Before the money's

been transferred?

It's a house, not a Vespa.

What are you going to do,

steal it?

Besides, Signor Martini

likes you.

Okay. We'll take care

of the rest later.

Normale.

Normale?

Normale.

Normale.

I have bought a house

in a foreign country.

A house and the land it takes

two o xen two days to plow.

Not having a plow or an o x,

I'll have to take their word

on that.

Buyer's remorse is

a very common affliction

among new homeowners.

Just because you have

a sudden urge to weep,

that doesn't mean

you've made a mistake.

Everybody knows old houses

have their quirks.

Especially 300-year-old houses.

I have inherited 10, 000

empty wine bottles, one grape,

every issue of "La Nazione"

printed in 1958,

and assorted previous tenants.

Ugh!

The trick to overcoming buyer's

remorse is to have a plan.

Pick one room

and make it yours.

Go slowly through the house.

Be polite, introduce yourself,

so it can introduce itself

to you.

You did what?

Frances bought a house

in Tuscany!

And you're gonna

live there alone?

Well, I'm not there alone.

I'm there with bugs.

- How's the belly?

- It's growing.

I can't believe you did this.

Did you already sign?

Yes.

Why? What?

You think I shouldn't have?

Are you telling me

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