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Great video. Your husband seems like a great guy to have a conversation with. I live on Long Island and am in the process of getting Italian Citizenship for my family. I went to Florence and loved it. It felt like home right away. I do want to buy property there but I am reconsidering maybe not moving there. I'm just worried about the healthcare, and I have an autistic child. Here in New York, the healthcare is incredible. I can literally get any appointment with the best specialists in the world within a week at most, sometimes even same day. The hospitals are top quality as well. So although Florence was amazing, this just scares me for the long term. And I've been trying to learn Italian for a year and I find it almost impossible. So I wouldn't even know what to do God forbid I had to call an ambulance for my family. I like videos like this because you aren't just talking all about Dolce Vita, you are really giving important information. I wouldn't mind going to Florence and staying for maybe a few months a year. I think a setup like that would work perfect, where you can keep your home base.

Great video. I'm forced to do Airbnb because I can get one for $140/night while every single hotel is $400 or more per night in April, May, and September. If there are $200/night hotels in Florence, I would gladly stay, but I don't think under $400 exists in these months. It's like NYC prices. It's nuts. I hate Airbnbs. I'd rather a hotel.

If you are a successful digital nomad, then Italy is best for you.

Thank you for the lovely words. Bless your sweet soul. Xx

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Love watching your videos I’m considering moving to Italy, and I’ll be grateful if we could have a chat and you could give me some advice, please

Thank you so much for sharing 😊

I spent six weeks in Italy and saw the bureaucracy first hand. When we visited relatives there, they all said the same thing. Australia is a first world country, why do you want to live here?

Hospital in Italy treat your illness (and generally they do that very, very well) but they don't pamper you and only share with you the bare minimum. It's easy to get the perception that you are left alone or not cared for in a proper way but that's rarely the case.

France is a mess atm

Good luck 🍀 You are such a sweet couple, maybe we meet on the road to our perfect place :)

Dolce far niente is something that is just made up stuff by foreigners. Italians enjoy their free time like everyone else in the world, nothing more nothing less. 🥱🥱

Lovely video, thank you

I didn‘t mind your talking over each other 😂. It sounded natural & not staged. It was like we were having a live chat at an Italian town square ❤

😢From italy to holland ...a big change !!! Terrible weather, grey sky, rain, cold, not very warm people and much less art!!! Will you get used do it? Florence an Italy are not easy to forget. Ps. I'm sorry that you had a bad experience with the hospitals in Florence but healtcare is very good in Italy on average...and free!!! I don't see what that Dutch patient was afraid of??? Best wishes and good luck anyway!!! Ciao😉

I lived in the Miami area for four years where the temps would be 85 to 90 degrees F (about 30 - 33 degrees C) with 90 - 100 percent humidity and it was so uncomfortable: big canal rats, big cockroaches, big flies and mosquitoes--just bigger in general. Here, where I live now in SW Utah, it's 105 - 110 degrees F (about 40 degrees C) in the summer but dry heat. With the dry heat and UV radiation, there are a few cockroaches and ants but nothing formidable. Well, dry or humid it's pretty awful. So, I'm used to heat, in one form or another. I lived in Germany for two years and traveled throughout northern Europe: yes, much more regimented and people follow the rules. My people are from Denmark and Germany and I was raised in New England during the 1950s and 1960s, so I'm more used to that sort of culture.

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Lovely video. Thanks for sharing.

Hello, great channel and inspiring. Can I ask what was meant by family reunion and family staying together from the Italians, and why it was hard for you American husband? I am American, my grandparents are from Italy and my father but they all deceased and want to return to my heritiage

Oh, I loved seeing the red roofed houses and church. Thank you for showing your dog. What a love! It would be beautiful to live there, but I don't think that they really want expats. They make you jump through hoops to move there. Beautiful video. Absolutely loved that waterfall. Where was it? My choice of Italy would always be going to Florence! Debby in Kansas

Lovely video. Thanks for sharing.

This is so lovely...thanks for sharing the moments with us!

Unfortunately the "Italian" humid heat is our cross: not only in Florence (very hot) but from May to September throughout Italy. Last year even until the end of October. In other places in Europe the climate is even happier.

What a cute little video on Florence! Italy is just stunning, I was lucky to live in Rome for two years. ❤

Thank...Live in the Netherlands for several years and yes the healthcare is very good. France is also good as long as you not leave in an isolate area. Lived also in Italy, and sadly the level of healthcare was not good at all, for my standards but yet a very nice country. I am surprised to see the amount of people encouraging to move to Italy when you are retiring, often to move to small villages/towns without even thinking about one of the most important factor which is the healthcare facilities and their efficiencies/quality...All in all I would pick Spain,France.

Thank you Saar for a lovely and informative video. We are going to be staying at the Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo in September and are looking forward to exploring the Oltrarno and finding some good restaurants in this area.

Why not fly back to America for health care?

Southern Italy is hotter , slower more corrupt bureaucracy and the people are not as sophisticated. Move to northern Italy if you want more sophisticated European experience.

I can't hear this anymore. You guys aren't expats. Expats are temporarily assigned for a predetermined duration in a specific location, by their existing corporate employers, in their professional capacity. You're immigrants. Simple as that. If you're trying to leave again after some time you're not an immigrant, you're a guest worker, or maybe a tourist. Expats 😂 Think you're better or what? Because that's how y'all come across. No one except you guys like that trust me.

Buongiorno Saar. Your wonderful channel popped up on my YT feed yesterday. It could not have happened at a better time. I am doing 'deep dive' due diligence on applying for an ERV (Elective Residence Visa). Your experience with the health service mirrors comments I have read on other channels and blogs. Obtaining an ERV is challenging and every consulate seems to interpret the conditions differently. However, my main concern is the process of obtaining a PDS when you arrive in Italy. I have read that people are waiting 8 months for their first appointment at a Questura. This means it could be a year before you actually have a PDS card. The PDS is the 'key' to 'official' life - commune, SSN, doctor, buying a car etc, so I could be in limbo for maybe a year. I live in Bangkok and have 3 annual check-ups with my rheumatologist; the care is fantastic. Listening to your experience, I am concerned that gaining access to a rheumatologist might be extremely difficult until I am in the system. Like you, I am entitled to an S1, but I cannot register this without a PDS. Also, I have been told that some ASLs do not want to accept the S1. Catch 22 🤕. I have lived in France and Spain (Andalucia) and have restored houses in both countries. I've always wanted to experience 'la dolce vita', but the more I investigate, the more I see that life is not so 'dolce' 🥲. The non-lucrative visa for Spain is more straightforward. The financial requirements are lower, you can use an S1 for your health costs, and, when you arrive in Spain, you get a TIE residency card from your local police station or immigration office. I think I may return to España. You mentioned Cordoba. It is gorgeous. I ran a guest house in the 'pueblo blanco' of Medina Sidonia in the Provincia de Cádiz. Cádiz is an interesting town - history, food, beach, good transport connections, great bars and the locals are full of 'character' 😂 I hope you are both well again. If I can give you any ideas on España, please ask. Buena suerte 😎.

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Lovely video. I have only been to Rome but I hope to get to other parts of Italy soon. 😊

I am an American who has lived in France with my wife since early 2023, and the same sort of issues in Italy are in France, except, the healthcare is on a slightly higher level here I think. Are there doctors and hospitals in Italy that are private that people can pay for there, or are they all government paid for facilities? Here there are both private and public facilities

Yeah, Italy is not easy to foreigners... But it's truthful. You can live here but it will not be easy. Apart for burocracy, it's not easy to just change culture. There's a lot of issues that comes in that way that can sometimes be impossible to win over. Nonetheless it's possible. Definitely is way harder become Italians than just becoming citizens of any other countries in the world. You know? Things that values a lot usually cost a lot. 😉 Good luck, be happy. Wish you guts the best. 👍

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You are very sweet people. Thank you for your raw honesty and diplomacy too. ❤

Very useful info thank you

I'm sorry about the Long Covid. I know an Italian around 40 years of age who struggles with Long Covid but it came after his vaccination

I wish you had gotten to the point of why you moved sooner Saar OR PUT timestamps which is very common now on UA-cam. I'm sorry it didn't work for you...something of the energy was off for you at this time...perhaps in future... Is your husband quite a bit older than you? Holland is quite different than Italy. ALSO WHY didn't you guys try a different city? Italy is long so the climate is SO SO VARIED? From Siciliy, and beaches etc to mountains in Alps???? Puglia...so many regions.

Past lives, we have lived in places before then we are drawn to it again.

Thank you for your beautiful videos about Florence! They are very sensuous and a joy to watch 💖

Are there good private hospitals in Florence? hospitals without wait times and high quality care?

Hi, i love your video, thank you for your advices, I’m Mexican/American my husband is German, and we were planing to move to Florence or Valencia in a few months, we thought will be easy as he’s European, but as much as I love Italy i may now choose Spain.

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I want to move to italy for a more full life. I live in america I work 50hrs a week and have no downtime I'm always tired. I want to go to sicily to get in touch with my heritage limit my options and just slow down. What are work options for expats

First time watching your channel. The topic was interesting. I was finding it difficult listening to both of you when you talk over each other. Maybe it’s my age and the different tones of both voices but just to let you know. Sorry about your health care experiences. I’ve heard this said before in other regions. As a dual citizen I hope to spend time in both Italy but keep my hard earned Berkeley home. Many good wishes!

Very nice only if something happens to you who look after you, because Italian has social care.

i think you finally it the wall that stands below all the beautiful veils of Italy. Which doesn't make the veils untrue, but at the same time doesn't make the wall untrue. And that is one of the reasons why Italians leave Italy (even if they eventually return for the other reasons :D). The burocracy is stupid. Togheter with the Indian one, they are the worst in the world. They both look nice until.... something happens in their mind (or somewhere). They just stop being who they are. They become "the system" And they are proud of it And they basically become robots who can't solve the easiest problem because "it's the system" (similar like people that says "it's the law" or "it's the medic system") They refer to it in a way that makes you think they believe that is something "supernatural" that cannot be touched or improved or even disregarded, if necessary. Somehow they don't realize or they forgot that "they are system" and that free will together with good sense, are more important then rules. they forgot that the "system" is made (or brought on) by humans (at least for what i know) and they could change that if it's not working. making it more thin and efficient, at least. So they have hospitals and rules and equipment, but they will lack somewhere else. Let's enjoy the food and the landscapes, it's better... sadly