Casa sulla pescaia - House on the Milldam

This is as far as I can go upstream on the Arno bank trail. I instantly fell in love with this house that incorporated parts of one of the old mills that dot the course of the river.

In the PIPS another couple of takes on the same subject.

It didn't show signs of very recent habitation (despite the air-conditioning unit, the plant pots on the terrace were uncared for and it looked like it had been a while since the little path leading to the entrance was much used). I guess I can see why: it can be reached only by an unpaved road along the banks that must get pretty muddy and possibly even impassable in case of flooding and it must be a rather humid and even scary spot when the river swells.

And yet, it was just lovely on this spring afternoon, with just me and a lady walking her dog along the bank trail. My imagination went into overdrive trying to guess who might have lived here, how they came by the property of the old mill, whether they still use the house from time to time and what the sunset on the river valley must look like from that terrace on a summer evening with a nice glass of prosecco by your side ... As my Grandma used to say, "Dreaming is free of charge"! :D