A journey; a bit daunting, a little scary but full of exciting possibilities. Family heritage and just an outright love of Italy and all that encompasses has led us to this exciting beginning. Family, as many of you already know, can be crazy, dysfunctional, loud, obnoxious, but also loving, caring and strong.

My father’s family – Brooklyn 1900’s

Family can unintentionally instill a drive inside us. This drive manifested itself in me as a pride of my heritage of being Italian. What ensued was me obtaining my dual citizenship and then the decision was made to retire in Italy.  The blog will be that story of my journey personally along with my husband, John, as we make the move and navigate our life in Italy. And what is this about navigation? Please humor me as I was in search and rescue in the USA for over 25 year. Map, compass, GPS all became tools to help me get to where I needed to go. But know this about John and I; we have a higher compass that we trust. So here we go together as we navigate through this journey with eyes wide open. Well at least most of the time. I’m a realist.