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Expats in Italy: Chatting With Barbara Palermo About Retiring In Italy And Opening An AirBnb in the Sicilian Countryside

04/01/2021

Today I chat with Barbara Palermo about retiring in Italy and living in the Sicilian countryside

I am super happy to be finally able to chat with an expat again!

As you may know, I really love chatting with expats because it’s a great way to see life in Italy from a different point of view and also because I get to (virtually) meet a lot of really cool people with lots of awesome stories to tell.  [Read more…]

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Expats in Italy: An Interview With Sam Rich of Aperilife, a YouTube Channel about Life in Italy as a Foreigner

12/17/2020

In this post about expats living in Italy, I interview Sam Rich of Aperilife, a YouTube channel about life in Italy as a foreigner

I cannot tell you how happy I am to be able to interview expats living in Italy. 

Every time, it is an opportunity for me to learn more and to see life in Italy through different eyes. When I began interviewing expats, it was because I didn’t want this blog to be too focused on my personal Italian-native experience and I wanted to offer a more accurate view of Italian life. 

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Expats in Italy: A Chat with Brandy Shearer, A Brave Lady Who Has Moved to Italy in the Midst of Coronavirus

11/12/2020

In this post, I chat with Brandy Shearer about moving to Italy during Coronavirus (and much, much more!)

One of my favorite blog posts is back!

Today I am chatting again with someone who has decided to make Italy her home and this makes me really happy. I have had this section on my blog for years now and I still am super excited when I have the chance of chatting with an expat. It’s always a real pleasure for me!

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Expats in Italy: An Interview With Susan Dufresne, Who Left The States for a New Life in Guardia Sanframondi, A Small Town in Campania

09/17/2020

Today I chat with Susan Dufresne about life in Guardia Sanframondi, a small village in Campania, Italy

It’s been a while but I am finally able to chat with an expat again!

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my students, a lovely lady called Susan Dufresne. Susan lives in a place I had never heard of, a small town in Campania called Guardia Sanframondi, and the tales of her life there are so interesting that I asked her to share her experience. 

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Expats in Italy: Chatting With Giovanna, a New Yorker Who Now Calls Ischia Home

04/30/2020

In this post, I chat with Giovanna, a New Yorker who has moved to Italy and blogs about her life in Ischia on her blog, The Limonata Lounge

I am very happy today because I get to chat with an expat again.

Today, I have the great pleasure of chatting with lovely Giovanna, a lady from New York who now lives on the beautiful island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples. I have virtually met Giovanna on Instagram and I have to admit that the fact that she lives in Ischia immediately caught my attention. 

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Expats in Italy: An Interview With Lisa-Marie Proteau About Moving to Italy and Building a New Life in Florence

03/19/2020

In this post, Lisa-Marie tells about her life in Florence after leaving Canada to settle there

Today I am really happy because I get to chat with an expat again. 

I have been doing these kinds of interviews for a few years now and I have spoken with a good number of people but it is always really interesting to read what people have to say about their life in Italy and their experience here. 

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Expats in Italy: A Chat With Bethany Prudente About Life in Naples

02/06/2020

In this post, I chat with Bethany Prudente about life in Naples as an expat and about getting used to the Italian way of life

It’s time to chat with an expat!

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing Bethany, a lovely lady from Mississippi who has fallen in love with a guy from Naples and left everything behind to live with him in Italy. 

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Expats in Italy: Interviewing Denisa Ivančinová, a lovely lady from Slovakia who currently calls Bologna home

12/12/2019

In this post, I chat with Denisa Ivančinová, a Slovak lady who lives in Bologna and about life and work in Italy as an expat

Interviewing expats is definitely one of my favorite topics, here on the blog. 

I have been chatting with foreigners who moved to Italy for a long time now but there’s always something new to learn from them, a different point of view, a peculiar experience with Italian life. This is why I feel really honored to be given the chance to speak, even if virtually, with so many different people. 

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Expats in Italy: A Chat With Sonia Piacente, a Texan Who Now Lives in Torino With Her Husband and Family

11/13/2019

In this interview, Sonia Piacente of "A Texan Mom in Torino" tells us about life in Turin as an expat

It’s time to chat with a new expat and I am super happy about that!

Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Sonia Piacente, who very kindly shares with us her experience of moving to Italy and growing a family here and also tells us a bit about life in Turin as an expat. 

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[Italian Traditions] La Castagnata in Piazza

10/24/2019

Autumn in Italy surely means "castagnata", one of the most typical Italian traditions at this time of the year.
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What does autumn mean for you?

When I think about autumn, there are some images that always come to my mind: the fire burning for the first time in the season, walking on a carpet of crunchy leaves, going into the woods to hunt for some mushrooms, and eating the first roasted chestnuts.

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