Kwimeko apho ubungazi, uBarack noMichelle Obama bebephila obona bomi bumnandi okoko bashiya i-White House ngoJanuwari.

Usapho oludumileyo kwezopolitiko beluhleli jet kwihlabathi liphela kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, bechitha ixesha kwiCaribbean kitesurfing noRichard Branson, besitya kwisiXeko saseNew York kunye neBono, kwaye bebaleka besiya eFrench Polynesia, apho kuthiwa basebenze khona ii-autobiographies ngaphambi kokuba ungene kwi-yacht yokunethezeka kunye no-Oprah noTom Hanks. Kwaye kwiveki ephelileyo, esi sibini songeze isitampu esitsha kwiipasipoti zabo e-Itali.

Ekupheleni kukaMeyi, le duo yafika eMilan, apho uBarack ethathe inxaxheba kwindibano yokutya ezinzileyo kwihlabathi liphela kwaye wenza intetho ethengisiweyo. Isiqingatha sakhe esingcono uMichelle naye wabonakala ekuvuyela ukuhlala kwakhe, ethatha indawo eMontalcino, e-Italiya ngelixa wayemgungqa ngoku kwisitayile sakhe seeholide esineejini ezimhlophe ezixineneyo kunye i-Teija ephezulu yegxalaba elinemigca .

Kwaye indawo yokuhlala yesi sibini yayisesitayeleni kanye njengokuba ibhinqa lokuqala lalilele. Ngelixa babetyelele iTuscany, ii-Obamas zahlala eBorgo Finocchieto, indawo ebanzi kwaye etofotofo eBuonconvento, kufutshane naseSiena, eyalungiswa nguJohn Phillips, owayengummeli we-United States e-Italiya ngo-2001.

Ilifa liquka ichibi leenyawo ezingama-60, inkundla yentenetya kunye ne-bocce, kunye nendawo yokuzivocavoca exhotyiswe ngokupheleleyo ene-sauna kunye negumbi lomphunga, kunye nenkundla yebhasikithi, esiqinisekileyo ukuba owayesakuba ngumongameli kunye ibhola yebhasikidi megafan uthathe ithuba elipheleleyo.

Kwisiza, ii-Obamas nazo zinokutya ukutya okutsha kweTuscan okulungiselelwe nguBorgo Finocchieto kunye nompheki wakhe, uDaniele Ciofi. Umpheki oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala udala iimenyu zonyaka esebenzisa izithako ezifumaneka kwingingqi kuphela kunye nezibini zesitya ngasinye kunye newayini eveliswe kanye eTuscany.

Nawe ungaphila njengoMichelle noBarack, kodwa ulumkiswe: iyakubiza ngaphezulu kwee-euro ezimbalwa. Njengoko I-UltraVilla Qaphela, uBorgo Finocchieto unokurenta kuphela njengokuthenga kuphela, kodwa unokuhlala iindwendwe ezingama-44 kwii-suites ezingama-22 ezimiselwe ngokugqibeleleyo.