Once again, I’m doing something unusual: leaving my husband behind in Italy while I move (mostly) to the US for work. And, as usual, I’m struggling to explain to people what I’m doing and why. (The story of my life is that there is almost no question about me to which a simple answer can… Continue reading Leaving Italy
Category: living in Italy
Italy Changing: La Dolce Vita Ain’t What It Used to Be
A few days ago I posted a message on the [now defunct] Expats in Italy forum about the fact that I am (partially) leaving Italy to take a job in the US. This has engendered much discussion, and has raised some points that I want to expand on. Simo, an Italian now resident in the… Continue reading Italy Changing: La Dolce Vita Ain’t What It Used to Be
Off the Phone in Italy
Since I’ve been in Italy, I’ve gotten out of the habit of telephoning: anywhere, anyone, for any reason. Aside from the enormous difficulties of installing a phone line in Italy and keeping it working (which, if you’re lucky, you will only suffer through once), everything involved in using a phone is simply ridiculously difficult here.… Continue reading Off the Phone in Italy
Finishing Touches
When we moved into our apartment in Milan in 1991, we were young and just getting started in life – which is code for "didn’t have much money". Our furniture all came from Ikea, with supplementary storage: the old trunks we had shipped our stuff in from the US. Our light fixtures for years were… Continue reading Finishing Touches
Vergogna Postale
Ci lamentiamo in molti del pessimo servizio delle poste italiane. In tutti questi anni, pensavo che stesse migliorando, e forse é cosi’, ma soltanto se contrastato con i propri livelli (ancora peggiori) di prima. Prendiamo in considerazione: Dagli USA quest’estate, ho dovuto spedire due pacchi: uno a mia figlia in India, l’altro a me stessa… Continue reading Vergogna Postale