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Welcome to the ITALY section homepage. Expat articles, guides, interviews and more! Currently we have 35 articles filed under ITALY...
8 Aug at 5 PM
Expat Interview With Carmen, US Expat in Florence, Italy
Carmen is an Italian-American woman living in Florence, Italy via San Diego, California. She moved to Florence with her husband Kyle because they value adventure and want to live an extraordinary life. Carmen is a law school graduate, singer/songwriter and documentary filmmaker. Carmen's expat blog features stories about her experience moving...
9 Jul at 9 AM
Expat Interview With Brandi - US expat on Work Visa in Florence, Italy
Brandi Scarpelli is a Cali girl living in an Italian world! She is a just turned 30 year old who picked up and moved to Italy with her adorable husband Brandon Scarpelli. They had a dream and made it their reality. She is the writer of Blicious and blogs about her personal life sharing stories and photos of their crazy adventures. She...
8 Jul at 9 AM
Australian Expat Living in Italy - Interview With Elisa
Elisa Scarton Detti is an Australian journalist who followed love to the Maremma - a part of Tuscany that's off-the-beaten tourist track, but all the more beautiful for it. Six years later, she writes a travel guide and a blog about life in country Tuscany with all its joy and woes. Elisa's expat blog is called Maremma Tuscany (see listing...
2 Apr at 9 AM
US expat Living in Rome, Italy - Expat Interview With Natalie
Stuck in the wrong job and pining away for a life abroad Natalie finally took the plunge and moved to Italy in 2010. While she moved to Rome for a graduate program, she ended up with more than just a degree. Settled into a Roman apartment with an Irishman and a street kitten, she now calls Rome home. Missing the conveniences of her life in...
29 Mar at 10 AM
The Good Things in Expat Life: Leisure and Sports in Italy
Local Expert Series: Leisure and Sports in Italy by Catherine McNamara Apart from the effort of raising one's wine glass to one's lips it sometimes seems difficult to locate a passion for fitness or sport in the average Italian. Coming from an active Australian family where tennis comp or swimming training or sailing races were part of the...
12 Mar at 11 AM
How to Drive Like an Italian - after you've passed your Italian Driving Test!
Local Expert Series: How to Drive like an Italian by Catherine McNamara Driving in Italy will sharpen your wits. If you suffer from high blood pressure you should be careful. If you don't, make sure you exercise calming techniques as you hit the road. In Italy you will see every road rule broken with regularity. Speed limits are...
4 Mar at 11 AM
The Character of Italians and Their Politics
Local Expert Series: The Character of Italians and Their Politics by Rick “In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed…BUT they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace…and...
27 Feb at 9 AM
US Expat in Italy - Don't get burnt by the Tuscan sun!
Francesca Maggi first came to Italy at the tender age of 4 months. A return visit at age 6 sealed her fate as she endured the agony and enjoyed the ecstasy of this country of contradictions. She has been working with Italy for over 30 years, 21 of them as a resident. When she's not bringing museum shows & apps to Italy, she blogs & tweets...
5 Feb at 11 AM
Navigating Umbrian Schools, One Step at a Time
Local Expert Series: International Schools in Italy by Michelle Damiani My children have been attending public school in Spello, Italy for four months, and there is much I am still figuring out. One challenge is how deregulated the schools are. For instance, some schools are in session for 6 short days a week, some for 5 short days a week,...
2 Feb at 9 AM
American Expat in Rome - Interview With Rick Zullo
Rick Zullo is an American expat living in the Caput Mundi. A few years ago he came to Italy on an extended vacation (we could call it a “sabbatical” just to make it sound impressive, but let’s be honest...). About midway through the trip, chance landed him in Rome where he fell in love with the city on the very first night. On the...
16 Dec at 9 AM
From Los Angeles to Venice - Expat Interview With Marie
Marie Ohanesian Nardin moved to Venice, Italy from Los Angeles, California just over 25 years ago after a vacation set her on the same small canal as the man of her dreams: a Venetian gondolier. A whirlwind romance filled her heart and soon she and her handsome Venetian were walking down the aisle of a 17th century church to say "Si.I do!"...
5 Dec at 9 AM
American Expat in Italy - Expat Interview With Michelle
Michelle Damiani is a clinical psychologist specializing in children and families. Though her practice and her family and remodeling their 100 year old Victorian home were fulfilling, Michelle always felt like she wanted to have new and challenging experiences to make those barriers in the brain tingle and melt away. She began writing short...
29 Nov at 3 PM
From USA to Italy - Expat Interview With Michelle Fabio
MIchelle Fabio is an attorney-turned-freelance writer and editor. Since 2003, Michelle has lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, where she fell in love with a local named Paolo and now savors simplicity one sip at a time at her blog Bleeding Espresso (see listing here) via discussions of mindfulness, living a deliberate life,...
28 Nov at 9 AM
Canadian Expat Living in Italy - Interview With Sarah
Sarah Mastroianni was born and raised in Oshawa, Canada but has always felt strongly connected to her Italian roots. A trip to Italy when she was 15 sealed the deal and gave il bel paese a permanent place in her heart. Now, with two university degrees in Italian Studies, Sarah has lived, worked and travelled around Italy, and is able to...
12 Nov at 1 PM
