When talking about Italy, it’s probably difficult to have a conversation about Italy without hearing about Rome, Milano, Venice, and/or Florence. Interestingly, these main cities are all in different regions (what U.S. Americans could relate to as “States”). Despite the fact that all of Italy is about the size of California, the regions have […]
Tag: living in Italy
Driving in Italy
I know this will be hard to believe, but after two years and 45 days, I finally drove in Italy! I have decided to move to the north region and was vacillating between hiring someone to move my stuff, or just doing it myself. I opted for the latter. Why? Because I am very used […]
Corsi di Lingua e Cultura Italiana
I have to take a minute and acknowledge awesomeness when I see it. I have been taking some lessons at a local school here in Verona. Veronetta129 is a wee school that only teaches Italian. They are organized, have private classes as well as group classes, and their prices are very reasonable. The instructors are […]
Trying Too Hard and the Realisation that Ignorance is Bliss
I have always tried to understand people. I have also always wanted to be multilingual, have been consistently patient with non-native English speakers, and I had tried to communicate in other languages all while living in the U.S. Then I got my Master’s in Intercultural Relations and became aware of cultural differences. Then I […]
Venturing into the Unknown, Part II
September 14th was my two-year anniversary living in Italy. I feel rather accomplished despite my competence in the Italian language being crap (i.e. less advanced than research would suggest it should be considering that I live in Italy). Nevertheless, the universe has provided and I greedily have accepted. So, now on to the next chapter […]
The Moment I Knew I Was No Longer Poor
I recently saw an article on LinkedIn with the title, “The moment I knew I was no longer poor,” and I was curious about what the article had to say. It turned out to be a video selling some technique to do something. But the title gave me pause and I started questioning – […]
What Do You Miss Most
As a Tour leader here in Italy, I get to meet heaps of interesting people from the States and from the UK. The British group find me rather peculiar; I am a “yank” whose mother is Central American and I’m living in Italy. I get a slew of the same questions every time: Why Italy? […]
