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  • Maria Sophocles and her family at the Como Lake
    Life & People

    What Happens When You Leave Italy To Move Back To The US

    Chiara Basso(February 27, 2019)
    Living the Italian Dream: Part V. You made it: you realized your dream of living in Italy, but for different reasons you also have to move back to the US. Often this experience can become a reverse culture shock. Especially if you didn’t move abroad alone but with your entire family. Here the stories of Michelle, who moved to Spello with a husband, three kids and two cats, and Maria, who relocated to Como with her family of four children. The youngest was just a few weeks old when she moved to Italy.
  • Boccadasse, a former fishermen’s village now part of Genoa, Liguria.
    Life & People

    When Finding Your Italian Roots Becomes a Business

    Chiara Basso(February 20, 2019)
    Living the Italian Dream: Part IV. Marilyn Ricci went to Italy to meet her Italian relatives and then decided to settle in Chiavari. 100% Italian-American raised within a huge Italian-American family, in 2015 she founded a travel company that assists others like her to find their Italian town or region of origin.
  • In "Roman Holidays" Gregory Peck plays the role of an American reporter who falls in love with a European princess (Audrey Hepburn)
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    Moving To Italy For Love, The Stories of Three Male Expats

    Chiara Basso(February 12, 2019)
    Living the Italian Dream: Part 3. How is Italy treating male Americans who decide to relocate? Three men share their takes on la dolce vita: Rick decided to move back to the US when he became a father, John could move to Italy only after he retired and Bruce never left after having arrived by chance as a student. But behind their decisions, there is always a form of love...
  • "Mozzarella Mamma" Trisha Thomas (Credit: Nicolee Drake)
    Life & People

    Can You Still Be in Love With Italy After 20 or More Years?

    Chiara Basso(February 05, 2019)
    Living the Italian Dream - Part II. After hearing from Americans who moved to Italy as retirees, we talked with expats who have lived in the country for over two decades: Trisha, who is raising three children in Rome while trying to become "a good Italian mamma," and Alexandra, who moved to Florence to study the Renaissance and stayed for her Italian husband and "the quality of life." Part III next week will feature the stories of three men and their love affair with la Dolce Vita.