Are there bugs and other unpleasant things one associates with life in the country?

Yes, bugs, spiders, bees, mosquitoes and the occasional mouse all can be found. Keep the window screens down and the door screens closed, and they should all stay outside. Our first guests saw a garden snake - which their fearless four year old daughter caught. Lots of adorable geckoes sun themselves on the stones in the mornings and evenings. The area is known for wild boars (cinghiale, or cinghiali if more than one – whose meat makes a very tasty sauce for pasta), which is why the property is fenced.
 

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