Such a Lovely couple. I’ve got 5 years left before I can move to Italy. I’m taking Italian lessons, watching a gazillion UA-cam videos on Italy and learning from people who have moved there and dreaming. Thank you
Make sure you hire experts & research the visas for those trying to move to Italy Perfectly; I heard there’s lots of Bureaucracy from the Italian government who make it very hard for non -residents to attain permanent Residence visas so research deeply before moving !!! Good luck 🍀 to You 💯💯💯
I've lived south of Rome in an enchanting small town located in the middle of magnificent olive groves and grape vinyards for over 30 years. The best decision we ever made.
I feel the same way! I left the U.S. spend half the time in Italy 🇮🇹 and the other half in Japan 🇯🇵 minus a month I spend in the states with Family for thanksgiving and Christmas the other 11 months are Italy 🇮🇹 and Japan 🇯🇵 couldn’t be any happier! Congrats again! Welcome to Italia 🇮🇹
Perchè non gli dici che qui fa schifo LA VERITA' è bello solo da tutrista!!!! Qui le tasse ti mangiano il 47% del reddito, la corruzione è lo sport nazionale e peggiora spostandoti da Nord a Sud!! Non se sei americano anglosassone o tedesco, ma GIURO che nessuno sano di mente si trasferirebbe in un paese dove ci vogliono due mesi per allacciare acqua e luce, dove non tutte le case hanno il metano, dove per ogni documento che devi fare te ne serve un altro che non hai, e te lo dicono solo se non ti lamenti di persona all'INPS, AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE ECC. anche se hanno i siti web..... ma lì lavorano persone con la licenza media!!! E passano il tempo a giocare a solitario su Windows!!! Ci sono dei meme a riguardo, immagina quanto sia endemico e cancerogeno il fenomeno. Spero che il sindaco e un paio di assessori regionali di qualsiasi posto tu abbia sconsideratamente deciso di vivere siano amici e parenti fidati perché in Italia senza favori politici NON SI VADA DA NESSUNA PARTE. Io sono medico e seguendo tutte le regole in un anno ho fatto solo i documenti e pagato, geometri, architetti, lattonieri, geologi, esperti ambientali....... 30.000 euro e la casa era ancora nel mondo dei sogni, alla fine non ce l'ho fatta per un cavillo amministrativo sull'eredità legata al terreno e un documento scritto male di 100 anni fa!!!!! Molrale ha bloccato il terreno. Certo che non sono l'unico!! State attenti ai ristoranti perché appena vedono stranieri aumentano i prezzi del 300%, la pizza è migliore all'estero perché fregano la farina soprattutto a Napoli, il pesce non è fresco perché hanno rovinato tutti i fondali soprattutto nell'Adriatico, nemmeno gli arrosticini si sono salvati quando ero in Croazia ho visto un camion refrigerato che trasportava gli arrosticini sulla costa adriatica, perché in Italia non ci sono abbastanza pecore. Inoltre il vino è quasi sempre una TRUFFA provate a cercare notizie sull'aggiunta di zucchero al BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, c'è gente che è finita in galera!!! La cultura è peggio della peggior provincia americana abbandonata alla consanguineità, solo Facebook tik tok va avanti e la TV spara assurdità!!! MI CHIEDO COSA HAI TROVATO DI TI PIACE HO CAPITO IL PANORAMA E L'ARTE MA SPERO CHE TU MANTENGA LA CITTADINANZA E VENGA SOLO PER LE LUNGHE VACANZE ALTRIMENTI DEVO PENSARE CHE TU ABBIA, SENZA OFFESA, UN GRAVE RITARDO MENTALE, QUESTO PAESE È MORTO E SI SENTE ANCHE LA PUZZA. L'inflazione ha divorato gli stipendi come una donna obesa a un matrimonio, è scomparsa la classe media quello che un medico come mio padre poteva permettersi senza troppi sacrifici 20 anni fa oggi lo sogno e mia madre era una casalinga invece mia moglie è un medico come me!!!! Per il vostro bene, fate il vostro "buen retiro" in Grecia, in Spagna a Creta, in Provenza, in Corsica e in Portogallo (i migliori) MA PER FAVORE NON FATEVI MALE VENENDO IN ITALIA!!!!
I love Italy so much. This country is very special to me. I will always love this country. If I ever have enough money to move to Italy, I will definitely do that. ❤🇮🇹
I live and grew up in NYC. I moved to Rome in 2015, best time of my life. I'm now thinking about moving back to Italy. It will be a bit harder now that my british passport is no longer part of the EU. I will definitely contact smart move Italy when I'm ready. I love these videos! Congrats to all the Americans that realized America is no longer the best place to be.
Moved to Italy, I hope you didn't get citizenship!!!! Here taxes eat up 47% of your income, corruption is the national sport and it gets worse moving from North to South!! Not if you are American English or German, but I SWEAR no one in their right mind would move to a country where it takes two months to get water and electricity hooked up, where not all houses have methane, where for every document you have to do you will need another one that you don't have, and they will only tell you if you fail to complain to the government agency INPS, REVENUE AGENCY ETC. in person even if they have websites ..... but people with a middle school diploma work there!!! And they spend their time playing solitaire on Windows!!! There are memes about it, imagine how endemic and cancerous the phenomenon is. I hope that the mayor and a couple of regional councilors from wherever you have thoughtlessly decided to live are trusted friends and family because in Italy without political favors, YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE. I am a doctor and following all the rules in a year I only did the documents and paid, surveyors, architects, roofers, geologists, environmental experts....... 30,000 euros and the house was still in the world of dreams, in the end I didn't make it because of an administrative quibble about the inheritance linked to the land and a badly written document from 100 years ago!!!!! Molrale blocked land. Of course I'm not the only one!! Be careful with restaurants because as soon as they see foreigners they increase their prices by 300%, pizza is better abroad because they screw over the flour especially in Naples, the fish is not fresh because they have ruined all the seabed especially in the Adriatic, not even the arrosticini are saved when I was in Croatia I saw a refrigerated truck that carried arrosticini on the Adriatic coast, because in Italy there are not enough sheep. Furthermore, wine is almost always a SCAM try to look for news on the addition of sugar to BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, there are people who have ended up in jail!!! Culture is worse than the worst American province abandoned to consanguinity, only Facebook tik tok goes forward and the TV shoots nonsense!!! I WONDER WHAT YOU FOUND THAT YOU LIKE I UNDERSTOOD THE PANORAMA AND THE ART BUT I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR CITIZENSHIP AND COME ONLY FOR LONG HOLIDAYS OTHERWISE I MUST THINK THAT YOU HAVE, WITHOUT OFFENCE, A SERIOUS MENTAL RETARDATION, THIS COUNTRY IS DEAD AND YOU CAN EVEN SMELL THE STINK. The inflation has eaten up the salaries like an obese woman at a wedding, the middle class has disappeared what a doctor like my father could afford without too many sacrifices 20 years ago today I dream of it and my mother was a housewife instead my wife is a doctor like me!!!! For your own good, make your "buen retiro" in Greece, in Spain in Crete, in Provence, in Corsica and Portugal (the best) BUT PLEASE DON'T HARM YOURSELF BY COMING TO ITALY!!!!
Do it! You can also plan city like Bologna or Florence too. Tuscany in general in a great move too. Lots of ppl moving here. My advice is move where there is big english community. Can be useful also about the job. Wish u good luck
Last time I was in Italy, Assisi area to be specific, the earthquakes were rattling the Cathedral. So scary to be woken up in your ancient stone home being shaken. Yikes 😬!
Great video and great choice. I made the same decision and im happy. Im Malaysian and I love my country but for me Italy hits different. I live close to the vineyards and its beautiful. Overall many parts of Europe is my vibe. Lovely couple ❤
Looks like you made the perfect move👍 Umbria is truly gorgeous!! I have lived on the Tuscan Coast since the age of 23😍nothing would induce me to go back to the U.S. esp. now😔 it simply doesn’t attract me anymore 🤷🏻♀️ I’m 75, last time l was “home” 2018, my relatives come every year🙏
ogni tanto mi chiedo cosa sia successo agli Usa negli utimi 20-30anni; violenza, stress , sanita' e vita molto costosa , comunque benvenuto nella vecchia Europa.
We moved from Australia to Italy in our 60s.. It's not always easy but that's life, we have no regrets and no plans to return...you only ever get one chance to live life!
@sharonmerton9812 we're Kiwis living Spain. Government super is transportable but there are conditions attached to it. One of these being, you must be "normally resident" in New Zealand when you apply to transport it to a new country. The first place to start is to check what visas you might qualify for by looking at the conditions and criteria for each online. Google, for example, Retirement visa to Italy for New Zealand citizens. I also recommend checking to see if either of you has a descendancy pathway to an EU member country citizenship. Some EU countries allow for up to 4 generations back. The Italian embassy or consulate website will have useful information too.
@@lisabarr1672 That is the place I have in mind from watching many videos of expats living in Lucca. I'm happy for you. Did you see any single expats living there?
Toscana in generale, quando si è in Toscana non bisogna fermarsi solo a queste città, ma alla campagna montagna paesaggi , panorami stupendi mare isole, la Toscana va vista tutta .
Hope you enjoy and have a happy life in Italy! I am an argentine coming from an italian family and I always think how pure, authentic and lovely is the italian culture, my grandparents raised us with simple values and with lot of food haha
L Italia ha il 75% dei siti UNESCO a livello mondiale,praticamente i 3/4 dei siti storici importanti sono in Italia, l Italia è un museo a cielo aperto
Fantastic to hear about your experience of moving to Italia. We’re from Norway but love Italy as well. We would love to move to Italy when we’re done working.
Lucky you guys! Greetings from a German - from Panama. I was October 2018 for 5 weeks in the Florence area. Drove 5,800km !!! through the area. Sienna, Rome, Vatican, Pisa, and, and, and. The art in Italy, thousands of years old - it made me just think: “Wow! How can people do that?” Stunning! I do live in Panama. Different country and live style. After 5 years, I’m still happy here. Enjoy your life. We have only one. Nice video.
I can’t wait to leave Canada. Italy’s where I’m going! Having visited 4 times, I realized that as much as Italy is amazing, Italians are even more amazing. Great, great people.
Great video. You two really scored on the house and Montefalco is a great little town. I'll be over in November for my house closing in Umbria (near Marsciano) closing. The plan was to visit a few months at a time for the next few years, but that timeline shortens every time I see videos like this.
Benvenuti in Umbria. In effetti ultimamente vicino a me ci sono parecchi inglesi e americani. E pensare che una volta l'Umbria era praticamente sconosciuta anche dagli stessi italiani!
My ex husband and I lived three years in Vincenza, Italy in our 20's. I loved everything about it then, and would love to go back! I live in Green Cove Springs, Florida...very close to Orange Park, where you are from. Very relaxing video!
Come no...vengono in Italia a farsi la bella vita, e a servirsi del nostro sistema sanitario gratis, mentre gli italiani hanno pagato tasse per una vita e sono alla fame. Gli english sanno dove prendere, potevano ritirarsi in Gran Bretagna?
Festival at all I’m very happy to you both! Bravo! I’m dreaming with Italy for years, what tons of videos, went to Italy 4 times and do not have one day I not think of it. Watch this video take tears of my eyes. I very close to saying enough is enough and follow the dream. I’m crazy or I just want to live a simple and enjoyable life?!? Val from Kansas needs help with accomplishing my dream…
Our pleasure! Our free annual Move to Italy Bootcamp is actually starting today if you're free to join. It's spread across 3 days, LIVE at 1 pm et (10 am pt) and replays will be available for a few days after. smartmoveitaly.com/themovetoitalybootcamp
Im so sorry to hear you were treated badly when you arrived. If you make it to Portland Oregon, we’d be happy to take you out to a good lunch to show you hospitality in the US.
Certo se togli le mafie una per regione ,la corruzione gli uffici e i servizi che non funzionano !!! L'inflazione che si mangia gli stipendi , la criminalità da cui non ti puoi difendere , gli enti che sono cancri per il sistema , mesi o anni per un documento ,la ragazza poi è andata a Roma , voglio vedere come ha fatto per un parcheggio , da Fiumicino al centro il taxi viEne 60 euro anche se il comune ha messo il tetto a 40 euro L'ITALIA VE LO DICO DA ITALIANO FA SCHIFO !!!!
@@ridilusicuramente non ci é mai stato, è parla solo da Italiano patriota,gli stati uniti sono MOLTO più belli di quanto molti credano,non esistono solo New York o Los Angeles..
@@rufus2o La bellezza da sola non basta. In un luogo dove devi andare a vivere, devi fare i conti con mentalità diverse. Un conto, è quando fai il turista, un conto è viverci negli stati uniti, dove vivono solo per lavorare, fanno una vita frenetica, e sostanzialmente è tutto molto più complicato
This is my dream -- to live in Italy, the home of my entire family and where my cousins still live and THRIVE! Kudos to both of you for decision and new and bella vita! I will certainly contact Smart Move Italy!
Be happy and enjoy life. The best things we take with us are the good memories and the moments spent together. Life is too short not to let ourselves be carried away by emotion. Planet Earth is our nation🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
What a wonderful couple and wonderful area, Umbria is beautiful! I live in Viterbo and in one month we will be harvesting our olives. If anyone wants to come and help, we will give you some olive oil and feed you well 🥰
Ricordatevi che c'è anche il Piemonte, regione del nord Italia, che ha le Langhe, dove si produce il vino Barolo, il Monferrato, dove si producono ottimi vini (Barbera, Moscato, Arneis, Freisa, Dolcetto, Asti Spumante, ecc.), il lago Maggiore, il lago d'Orta, le Alpi, ecc. Recentemente ho conosciuto una coppia di Malta, che ha comprato casa vicino al mio paese (colline del Po - Monferrato).
Ciao Diane, non-EU citizens require visas to stay long-term. You can explore our free visa guide here smartmoveitaly.com/visa22 . We also have an episode on learning the language www.sentiremedia.com/show/anewlifeinitaly/la-dolce-lingua-boosting-confidence-in-your-language-journey/
We couldn’t be that far away from our kids and grandkids. We were in Italy for two weeks in October, and although we’d love to go back, we just couldn’t leave them.
There are many single women who move on their own. The best next step is to sign up for the bootcamp. It's free and next week so your timing is perfect ❤ www.smartmoveitaly.com/themovetoitalybootcamp
Italy is that place where, for its beauty, it makes your head spin. History, art, culture, elegance and good taste.
We love it!
We moved to Italy in 2018, best decision ever. We love Italy.
Such a Lovely couple. I’ve got 5 years left before I can move to Italy. I’m taking Italian lessons, watching a gazillion UA-cam videos on Italy and learning from people who have moved there and dreaming. Thank you
Thanks for tuning in and best of luck!!
Make sure you hire experts & research the visas for those trying to move to Italy Perfectly; I heard there’s lots of Bureaucracy from the Italian government who make it very hard for non -residents to attain permanent Residence visas so research deeply before moving !!! Good luck 🍀 to You 💯💯💯
@@Wiseamphibian87 I agree !!!!
I've lived south of Rome in an enchanting small town located in the middle of magnificent olive groves and grape vinyards for over 30 years. The best decision we ever made.
Benvenuti ❤
Dove di preciso ? Io vivo vicino frascati
Congratulations.
Lovely adorable couple.
Welcome to Italy
Thanks!!
I feel the same way! I left the U.S. spend half the time in Italy 🇮🇹 and the other half in Japan 🇯🇵 minus a month I spend in the states with Family for thanksgiving and Christmas the other 11 months are Italy 🇮🇹 and Japan 🇯🇵 couldn’t be any happier! Congrats again! Welcome to Italia 🇮🇹
How great!! Thanks for sharing and enjoy!
Hello there ; Do you work Remotely or Retired??How do you make Ends meets living in two separate countries?? Just curious 👀; Thank you
@@Wiseamphibian87MONEY, and probably lots of it🫣😉🙄
Tanti auguri per la vostra Nuova Vita in Italia.
Grazie!!
Da italiana orgogliosa del mio paese vi auguro tantissimi anni di felicita ' ! ❤ Benvenuti !!!
Italia è un Paese MERAVIGLIOSO!!
Perchè non gli dici che qui fa schifo LA VERITA' è bello solo da tutrista!!!! Qui le tasse ti mangiano il 47% del reddito, la corruzione è lo sport nazionale e peggiora spostandoti da Nord a Sud!! Non se sei americano anglosassone o tedesco, ma GIURO che nessuno sano di mente si trasferirebbe in un paese dove ci vogliono due mesi per allacciare acqua e luce, dove non tutte le case hanno il metano, dove per ogni documento che devi fare te ne serve un altro che non hai, e te lo dicono solo se non ti lamenti di persona all'INPS, AGENZIA DELLE ENTRATE ECC. anche se hanno i siti web..... ma lì lavorano persone con la licenza media!!! E passano il tempo a giocare a solitario su Windows!!! Ci sono dei meme a riguardo, immagina quanto sia endemico e cancerogeno il fenomeno. Spero che il sindaco e un paio di assessori regionali di qualsiasi posto tu abbia sconsideratamente deciso di vivere siano amici e parenti fidati perché in Italia senza favori politici NON SI VADA DA NESSUNA PARTE. Io sono medico e seguendo tutte le regole in un anno ho fatto solo i documenti e pagato, geometri, architetti, lattonieri, geologi, esperti ambientali....... 30.000 euro e la casa era ancora nel mondo dei sogni, alla fine non ce l'ho fatta per un cavillo amministrativo sull'eredità legata al terreno e un documento scritto male di 100 anni fa!!!!! Molrale ha bloccato il terreno. Certo che non sono l'unico!! State attenti ai ristoranti perché appena vedono stranieri aumentano i prezzi del 300%, la pizza è migliore all'estero perché fregano la farina soprattutto a Napoli, il pesce non è fresco perché hanno rovinato tutti i fondali soprattutto nell'Adriatico, nemmeno gli arrosticini si sono salvati quando ero in Croazia ho visto un camion refrigerato che trasportava gli arrosticini sulla costa adriatica, perché in Italia non ci sono abbastanza pecore. Inoltre il vino è quasi sempre una TRUFFA provate a cercare notizie sull'aggiunta di zucchero al BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, c'è gente che è finita in galera!!! La cultura è peggio della peggior provincia americana abbandonata alla consanguineità, solo Facebook tik tok va avanti e la TV spara assurdità!!! MI CHIEDO COSA HAI TROVATO DI TI PIACE HO CAPITO IL PANORAMA E L'ARTE MA SPERO CHE TU MANTENGA LA CITTADINANZA E VENGA SOLO PER LE LUNGHE VACANZE ALTRIMENTI DEVO PENSARE CHE TU ABBIA, SENZA OFFESA, UN GRAVE RITARDO MENTALE, QUESTO PAESE È MORTO E SI SENTE ANCHE LA PUZZA. L'inflazione ha divorato gli stipendi come una donna obesa a un matrimonio, è scomparsa la classe media quello che un medico come mio padre poteva permettersi senza troppi sacrifici 20 anni fa oggi lo sogno e mia madre era una casalinga invece mia moglie è un medico come me!!!! Per il vostro bene, fate il vostro "buen retiro" in Grecia, in Spagna a Creta, in Provenza, in Corsica e in Portogallo (i migliori) MA PER FAVORE NON FATEVI MALE VENENDO IN ITALIA!!!!
I recently got my Italian citizenship by decent recognized and received my passport as well. Looking to retire in Italy.
@@timlinator best wishes with taxes and bureaucracy, there is no worse deaf person than those who don't want to hear!!!
@@NourishyourBeauty2027 I don't have any issues with taxes or bureaucracy.
I love Italy so much. This country is very special to me. I will always love this country. If I ever have enough money to move to Italy, I will definitely do that. ❤🇮🇹
Thanks for sharing! Feel free to reach out with questions if you decide to make the move.
They definitely have the right attitude -- live now, enjoy Italy, don't wait, do what you want now! Saluti!
Totally agree!
Happy Retirement! Keep Italy beautiful!
Very well done Smart Move Italy..if I had any doubts..I don’t have them anymore❤
I live and grew up in NYC. I moved to Rome in 2015, best time of my life. I'm now thinking about moving back to Italy. It will be a bit harder now that my british passport is no longer part of the EU. I will definitely contact smart move Italy when I'm ready. I love these videos! Congrats to all the Americans that realized America is no longer the best place to be.
It definitly makes it more difficult than before but still possible! Glad you like the videos!
Moved to Italy, I hope you didn't get citizenship!!!! Here taxes eat up 47% of your income, corruption is the national sport and it gets worse moving from North to South!! Not if you are American English or German, but I SWEAR no one in their right mind would move to a country where it takes two months to get water and electricity hooked up, where not all houses have methane, where for every document you have to do you will need another one that you don't have, and they will only tell you if you fail to complain to the government agency INPS, REVENUE AGENCY ETC. in person even if they have websites ..... but people with a middle school diploma work there!!! And they spend their time playing solitaire on Windows!!! There are memes about it, imagine how endemic and cancerous the phenomenon is. I hope that the mayor and a couple of regional councilors from wherever you have thoughtlessly decided to live are trusted friends and family because in Italy without political favors, YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE. I am a doctor and following all the rules in a year I only did the documents and paid, surveyors, architects, roofers, geologists, environmental experts....... 30,000 euros and the house was still in the world of dreams, in the end I didn't make it because of an administrative quibble about the inheritance linked to the land and a badly written document from 100 years ago!!!!! Molrale blocked land. Of course I'm not the only one!! Be careful with restaurants because as soon as they see foreigners they increase their prices by 300%, pizza is better abroad because they screw over the flour especially in Naples, the fish is not fresh because they have ruined all the seabed especially in the Adriatic, not even the arrosticini are saved when I was in Croatia I saw a refrigerated truck that carried arrosticini on the Adriatic coast, because in Italy there are not enough sheep. Furthermore, wine is almost always a SCAM try to look for news on the addition of sugar to BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, there are people who have ended up in jail!!! Culture is worse than the worst American province abandoned to consanguinity, only Facebook tik tok goes forward and the TV shoots nonsense!!! I WONDER WHAT YOU FOUND THAT YOU LIKE I UNDERSTOOD THE PANORAMA AND THE ART BUT I HOPE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR CITIZENSHIP AND COME ONLY FOR LONG HOLIDAYS OTHERWISE I MUST THINK THAT YOU HAVE, WITHOUT OFFENCE, A SERIOUS MENTAL RETARDATION, THIS COUNTRY IS DEAD AND YOU CAN EVEN SMELL THE STINK. The inflation has eaten up the salaries like an obese woman at a wedding, the middle class has disappeared what a doctor like my father could afford without too many sacrifices 20 years ago today I dream of it and my mother was a housewife instead my wife is a doctor like me!!!! For your own good, make your "buen retiro" in Greece, in Spain in Crete, in Provence, in Corsica and Portugal (the best) BUT PLEASE DON'T HARM YOURSELF BY COMING TO ITALY!!!!
Once it was Italians who emigrated to America. Now it's the Americans who come to live in Italy. 😊 Benvenuti in Italia ! 🇮🇹👋
I'm moving to California
Do it! You can also plan city like Bologna or Florence too. Tuscany in general in a great move too. Lots of ppl moving here. My advice is move where there is big english community. Can be useful also about the job. Wish u good luck
We're neighbors! We moved to Assisi, and we love it. Wine in Montefalco is amazing 👏 🤩
So cool!
We almost bought an apartment across from Assisi train station, next to “Hotel Mom.” We love it there so much!
We almost bought an apartment across from Assisi train station, next to “Hotel Mom.” We love it there so much!
Last time I was in Italy, Assisi area to be specific, the earthquakes were rattling the Cathedral. So scary to be woken up in your ancient stone home being shaken. Yikes 😬!
Benvenuti tra noi…auguro una lunga felice e piena vita.
Veramente cierto ❤❤❤❤❤
You have chosen a very beautiful and calm area of Italy.
Great video and great choice. I made the same decision and im happy. Im Malaysian and I love my country but for me Italy hits different. I live close to the vineyards and its beautiful. Overall many parts of Europe is my vibe. Lovely couple ❤
That's awesome!
Wishing you happy memories ahead in Italy ...... very inspiring story, thanks for sharing
Our pleasure! Thanks for tuning in and for the well wishes!
Looks like you made the perfect move👍 Umbria is truly gorgeous!! I have lived on the Tuscan Coast since the age of 23😍nothing would induce me to go back to the U.S. esp. now😔 it simply doesn’t attract me anymore 🤷🏻♀️ I’m 75, last time l was “home” 2018, my relatives come every year🙏
It really is!
ogni tanto mi chiedo cosa sia successo agli Usa negli utimi 20-30anni; violenza, stress , sanita' e vita molto costosa , comunque benvenuto nella vecchia Europa.
We moved from Australia to Italy in our 60s.. It's not always easy but that's life, we have no regrets and no plans to return...you only ever get one chance to live life!
Did you have a government pension. How did that work. Do you need to go back to prove your citizenship for the pension?
Hi there. Love to know how you did your move. We are in NZ, me 60, want to move to Italy but how ha. Appreciate any pointers - thanks.
@@rowandowland1391 Life can be harsh everywhere.
Unless of course you reincarnate..
@sharonmerton9812 we're Kiwis living Spain. Government super is transportable but there are conditions attached to it. One of these being, you must be "normally resident" in New Zealand when you apply to transport it to a new country.
The first place to start is to check what visas you might qualify for by looking at the conditions and criteria for each online. Google, for example, Retirement visa to Italy for New Zealand citizens. I also recommend checking to see if either of you has a descendancy pathway to an EU member country citizenship. Some EU countries allow for up to 4 generations back. The Italian embassy or consulate website will have useful information too.
I'm from Umbria...this lovely couple got the essence of life....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Aw thanks for sharing! We think so too!
Semplicemente Grazie. Siete delle persone bellissime e ben venuti in Italia ❤
Grazie 😊😊
Lovely couple and lovely video. We just moved to Lucca last week.
Have fun!
Wow, I love Lucca so much
@@lisabarr1672 That is the place I have in mind from watching many videos of expats living in Lucca. I'm happy for you. Did you see any single expats living there?
Great choice. You're near to Pisa, Livorno, Florence, Volterra, Elba island.....👍🔝
Toscana in generale, quando si è in Toscana non bisogna fermarsi solo a queste città, ma alla campagna montagna paesaggi , panorami stupendi mare isole, la Toscana va vista tutta .
Congratulazioni..... Welcome 🇮🇹
Lovely video, lovely couple and lovely life...we relate quite well! Thanks Smart Move Italy!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
Benvenuti nella mia regione Carole e Micheal , tanta felicita' per voi🙌
Hope you enjoy and have a happy life in Italy! I am an argentine coming from an italian family and I always think how pure, authentic and lovely is the italian culture, my grandparents raised us with simple values and with lot of food haha
Thanks for sharing!
This amazing couple made me cry ..I'm from that place but unfortunately I live in London ....that place is paradise on earth ❤
We purchased our lovely home. It is perfect for us!
Great to hear!
So very true Italy is an open air museum 🖼️🎨.
Indeed ! An open-air museum ! 🇮🇹
L Italia ha il 75% dei siti UNESCO a livello mondiale,praticamente i 3/4 dei siti storici importanti sono in Italia, l Italia è un museo a cielo aperto
Beautiful. So happy for you.👍🏾 I've made plans to live in Italy. Eager to come & live there. Continua ad essere felice. Ciao.
Thanks for sharing! Wishing you the best of luck!
Fantastic to hear about your experience of moving to Italia. We’re from Norway but love Italy as well. We would love to move to Italy when we’re done working.
Montefalco is an amazing wine.
Lovely couple, love your attitude! Welcome to Italy 😊
Thanks!!
I met an Italian woman that took my heart and breath away. If I could go it would have been yesterday.
Felicità means happiness in Italian...
That's what exactly living a slower-pace life is.
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I got about 7 more years of work then I'm retiring to Italy
It will go by fast!
5 years for me, and see you all there. :). I am already learning Italian and loving every word.
@@Dada_Benedetti have you decided on which area?
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Because America is a sh hole....fact
Lucky you guys! Greetings from a German - from Panama. I was October 2018 for 5 weeks in the Florence area. Drove 5,800km !!! through the area. Sienna, Rome, Vatican, Pisa, and, and, and. The art in Italy, thousands of years old - it made me just think: “Wow! How can people do that?” Stunning! I do live in Panama. Different country and live style. After 5 years, I’m still happy here. Enjoy your life. We have only one. Nice video.
This video put a smile on my face. You sure chose one of the most beautiful corners of Italy and your happiness shines through.
We're happy to hear it!
Ciao, penso di conoscerti..fai di cognome Napoli e sei di Palermo?
My Mamma was coming from Umbria... from the area of Cascia. The people there is wanderfully friendly. You're lucky to live there
Thanks for sharing!
You are so lucky. I want to do the same thing. I used to live in Padova when I was single. Loved Italy.
These guys made their dream come true! Impressive!
Excellent video. Love your attitude and advice. This has always been my dream. P.S. your home is absolutely beautiful. Wish we saw the upstairs......
What a beautiful couple ! What a great adventure ❤
I can’t wait to leave Canada. Italy’s where I’m going! Having visited 4 times, I realized that as much as Italy is amazing, Italians are even more amazing. Great, great people.
Too bad the EU has banned ICE cars from 2035-on. I might need to reconsider. Not living in a place were I can only buy a shitty EV.
Great video. You two really scored on the house and Montefalco is a great little town. I'll be over in November for my house closing in Umbria (near Marsciano) closing. The plan was to visit a few months at a time for the next few years, but that timeline shortens every time I see videos like this.
It's an amazing place! Especially if you love 🍷
@@smartmoveitaly conveniently, I'll be within walking distance to 3 wineries.
The only challenge for me in their scenario would be missing those moments with my kids and later grandkids
Benvenuti in Umbria. In effetti ultimamente vicino a me ci sono parecchi inglesi e americani. E pensare che una volta l'Umbria era praticamente sconosciuta anche dagli stessi italiani!
Abruzzo lo stesso.
L'Umbria è sottovalutata perché tutti pensano alla Toscana ma l'Umbria è uguale ma meno costosa
Oh! So dreamy! Congratulations!
Welcome to Italy ! Enjoy !
Such a wonderful couple with a beautiful viewpoint of life. Thank you so much for this video. God bless you both. Hello from Tasmania.
My ex husband and I lived three years in Vincenza, Italy in our 20's. I loved everything about it then, and would love to go back! I live in Green Cove Springs, Florida...very close to Orange Park, where you are from. Very relaxing video!
Thanks! Sounds like you had a great time! We hope you can visit again soon and enjoy sunny Florida!
What a small world! I knew Green Cove, Springs well. I loved growing up in Orange Park, but it has changed so much.
We love our life here! Don’t hesitate to return one day!
wine is a good enabler of truth
Felice di avervi nella nostra bella Italia ❤
Come no...vengono in Italia a farsi la bella vita, e a servirsi del nostro sistema sanitario gratis, mentre gli italiani hanno pagato tasse per una vita e sono alla fame. Gli english sanno dove prendere, potevano ritirarsi in Gran Bretagna?
We love having you wonderful beautiful people live in IItaly welcome ♥️
Welcome in Italy 👍🇮🇹👍
😃⚘️📸because Italy is an open-air museum
Ciao 😀
Festival at all I’m very happy to you both! Bravo! I’m dreaming with Italy for years, what tons of videos, went to Italy 4 times and do not have one day I not think of it. Watch this video take tears of my eyes. I very close to saying enough is enough and follow the dream. I’m crazy or I just want to live a simple and enjoyable life?!? Val from Kansas needs help with accomplishing my dream…
I commend you for following your dreams ❤❤❤❤❤. Elizabeth. Have continued love and fun and magical moments ❤
Very nice video, and it's easy to see you've made the right choices for yourselves to be lived, loved and enjoyed. Ciao!
So nice, thank you for sharing. We're inching closer to the decision by the day.
Our pleasure! Our free annual Move to Italy Bootcamp is actually starting today if you're free to join. It's spread across 3 days, LIVE at 1 pm et (10 am pt) and replays will be available for a few days after. smartmoveitaly.com/themovetoitalybootcamp
Benvenuti e godetevi la vita!
Grazie!
L’Umbria É splendida!
As badly as we were treated when we arrived in the USA this is interesting …. We Italians KNOW the meaning of rich living !!
"rich living" means literally nothing
@@OtaBengaBokongomeans being able to enjoy very very little things
Sorry you were treated bad. The Italians were great to me when I took a sabbatical to Rome.
Im so sorry to hear you were treated badly when you arrived. If you make it to Portland Oregon, we’d be happy to take you out to a good lunch to show you hospitality in the US.
@@nicolettastrada5976 if you enjoy the very very very little things you end up neglecting the big big big things
Delightful couple.
Stiamo parlando di 50 stati ( stati uniti) e non credo che in America esista neanche minimamente un posto così meraviglioso....Italia Magnifica.
Vero!
Probabilmente non ci sei mai stato, gli Usa sono stupendi ma ad un certo punto della vita cambiare fa bene.
Certo se togli le mafie una per regione ,la corruzione gli uffici e i servizi che non funzionano !!! L'inflazione che si mangia gli stipendi , la criminalità da cui non ti puoi difendere , gli enti che sono cancri per il sistema , mesi o anni per un documento ,la ragazza poi è andata a Roma , voglio vedere come ha fatto per un parcheggio , da Fiumicino al centro il taxi viEne 60 euro anche se il comune ha messo il tetto a 40 euro L'ITALIA VE LO DICO DA ITALIANO FA SCHIFO !!!!
@@ridilusicuramente non ci é mai stato, è parla solo da Italiano patriota,gli stati uniti sono MOLTO più belli di quanto molti credano,non esistono solo New York o Los Angeles..
@@rufus2o La bellezza da sola non basta. In un luogo dove devi andare a vivere, devi fare i conti con mentalità diverse. Un conto, è quando fai il turista, un conto è viverci negli stati uniti, dove vivono solo per lavorare, fanno una vita frenetica, e sostanzialmente è tutto molto più complicato
Happy to see you have find a peaceful spot here in Italia where to enjoy your retirment years.
I wish you the best. Oh and: welcome in Italia. 🇮🇹😎👋
Thanks Daniele!
Welcome here. You are a beautiful couple 🎉🎉
Thanks!!
How romantic !😍 I am envious of their lifestyle. I love that they said "maybe" their kids would inherit some money, but if not that's ok LOL 😅
Bravi!
This is my dream -- to live in Italy, the home of my entire family and where my cousins still live and THRIVE! Kudos to both of you for decision and new and bella vita! I will certainly contact Smart Move Italy!
We look forward to connecting!
God bless you.
Italy and USA will be friends forever.
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Oh gosh I love those two!!🎉I want to be your neighbor ❤
Be happy and enjoy life. The best things we take with us are the good memories and the moments spent together. Life is too short not to let ourselves be carried away by emotion. Planet Earth is our nation🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
What a wonderful couple and wonderful area, Umbria is beautiful! I live in Viterbo and in one month we will be harvesting our olives. If anyone wants to come and help, we will give you some olive oil and feed you well 🥰
Thanks for tuning in! Good luck with your harvest!
Umbria Is one of the best region in Italy. But not overtourism please!
Ragazzi l Italia è meravigliosa
Ricordatevi che c'è anche il Piemonte, regione del nord Italia, che ha le Langhe, dove si produce il vino Barolo, il Monferrato, dove si producono ottimi vini (Barbera, Moscato, Arneis, Freisa, Dolcetto, Asti Spumante, ecc.), il lago Maggiore, il lago d'Orta, le Alpi, ecc. Recentemente ho conosciuto una coppia di Malta, che ha comprato casa vicino al mio paese (colline del Po - Monferrato).
Beautiful video, I would love that life!
Benvenuti in Italia.
Grazie!!
The people we want ❤
I the early 70's I vagabond Europe for 1.5 years much in Italy's little villages some making me Mayor for the night to celebrate.
L’italia è nel mío cuore
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More details please! Do Michael and Carole speak Italian? How are they handling the immigration aspect. Need more please!
Ciao Diane, non-EU citizens require visas to stay long-term. You can explore our free visa guide here smartmoveitaly.com/visa22 . We also have an episode on learning the language www.sentiremedia.com/show/anewlifeinitaly/la-dolce-lingua-boosting-confidence-in-your-language-journey/
We couldn’t be that far away from our kids and grandkids. We were in Italy for two weeks in October, and although we’d love to go back, we just couldn’t leave them.
I recognized the couple of Our Italian Destiny
Good friends of ours!
looks beautiful there! congrats on your move! lots of good luck to yous
Thanks!!
What a wonderful move you made.
You are an exceptional couple who seem to know how to live life.
All the best to you in everything you do.
Brian
Thanks for your message, Brian!
Beautiful video! I'm thinking seriously about moving to Italy. I wonder how the transition to Italy is for a single woman in their fifties?
There are many single women who move on their own. The best next step is to sign up for the bootcamp. It's free and next week so your timing is perfect ❤ www.smartmoveitaly.com/themovetoitalybootcamp
I am in a similar boat
I am moving to Italy be myself in 2 more years. I will be 67. Don’t let anything stop you.
very bad. no air con. no guns. everybody stares at you. No BLM. Terrible
Good choice! 👍
Great choice 😊
Enjoy Tuscany and don't forget to visit Firenze, Pisa and expecially Siena during the 'Palio'..
Thanks for sharing!
Benvenuti in Italia!
Grazie!!
It helps to have money! Us poorer people can’t afford to move abroad. But, good for you
Fabulous!!
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❤❤❤❤❤❤from Ottawa ❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome!!!
We’ve been to Rome 34 times. Time to move there
America is a work work ,working in America and have lived other countries,is a best thing
The US is where you can make the money and then retire somewhere else
@@New-bw4kz absolutely. No job and low wages in europe..im planning to leave France. Awful place.
you took the best decision...enjoy la bella vita!+1
Brnvenuti. Sicuramente la qualita della vita la qualita e la genuinita del cibo. Adoro l'Umbria una terra speciale