MOVING TO ITALY
Lets go and live in Italy…
When Sam said let’s go and live in Italy all those years ago, I had an instant vision of rolling Tuscan hills and strolls around Florence with our perfectly presented children. Enjoying gelato and café and taking in the delights of the Italy I fell in love with during my single backpacking days.
Of course I said “Why not?”
So within months we had sold our house, car, and the majority of our possessions, arranged our wedding, celebrated both of our children’s birthdays, Christened our son Luca, moved back from Queensland to Melbourne to celebrate all of the above and boarded the plane with no idea where we would end up just that we would be in Italia.
This image of Italy (that we had stuck on our fridge door along with the latest artwork from our kids) got us all onto that plane. For Sam and the kids it was the first time out of Australia.
The journey to Italy really began with Sams dream to take his parents back to Calabria and Sicily, to find the homes where they were born and walk the donkey tracks he heard about from his Papa.
Our life together has mainly been separated into Aussie and Italian family gatherings with the two worlds joining together only a few times. Our trip to Italy was my chance to step directly into the lives of my beautiful Italian family, for our children to stand where their Nona and Nonno grew up.
I wanted our children to experience their Italian heritage first hand.
..Viva Italia!
If you want to go and Live in Italy just do it!
and the gang x
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Lovely pics, keep em coming.
Will do, can’t keep up with them all lol x
Would you change the beauty of the Alps for Tuscany now?
You are certainly living your Italian dream.
Hugs and Kisses from
Bonnie Scotland.
p.s. I can’t wait to get back xx
No Way I can’t imagine being anywhere else and I am so in love with the wild mountains of Piedmont and our valley. Can’t wait to catch up with all you’ve been doing xx
Wow what a dream! And to fully follow through with it is awesome. My hubby and I dream of a simpler life. Would love to visit Italy, always looks breathtaking to me.
It really is breathtaking especially here in the valley, this is our second time so it is possible xx
sending love x
Sigh… Love the photo of the kids. They are so little. And the backdrop, OMG, whisk me off there now.
anytime Melissa xx
Well when you come over you have a place to stay…
ciao for now
Lisa
OHHHHH look at your little girls’ GORGEOUS CURLS!
I’m not even vaguely Italian, but I’ve always harboured dreams of Venice, Florence, and sun-drenched little villages….. we plan to visit “one day” but till then, I’ll live my dream vicariously if that’s OK.