The day we came up with the idea of launching How to Italy was just like any other. It was a warm September afternoon and we were at the beach for a review session of our forthcoming book on setting up a business in Italy.
The sea shimmered with transparent blues, greens and turquoise but somehow we didn’t notice. We started talking about our careers and how we could combine Mario’s business and consulting background with my experience of having lived and worked throughout Italy as a journalist, teacher, au pair and relocation consultant.
Every time I changed career in Italy and moved to a new place, I felt like I was hitting a brick wall in coming up with relevant information. I wanted to change that so other people didn’t have to suffer in the same way.
As Mario talked, I was scribbling spider diagrams and comments. We wanted to create an inspirational environment where people could start turning their Italian dream into reality.
That evening How to Italy was born.
Read our individual stories: Emma's Story | Mario's Story | Laura's Story
love your blog... full of great info! - joe
Posted by: Joe | January 24, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Thanks, Joe.
Been checking out your blog, too. Piazza Santo Stefano and Giardini Margherita are two of the things I miss most from my time in Bologna, too.
Emma
Posted by: Emma Bird | January 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Hi,
Your site is great. I checked out the jobs you list for teaching English in Sardegna and unfortunately I do not qualify as an EU citizen. I am wondering what you feel my chances are of getting work in Italy, as United States citizen. I speak Italian and have lived in Italy before (Florence.) However I was never able to get legal and luckily was able to live off a business based in the US that I was running. I want to live in Italy again, perhaps make a permanent move this time. But I know how hard it was to make a living last time I lived in Italy, and so many jobs that I find online, that are in Italy, and that I qualify for, stipulate that you must be EU. It is very frustrating to be American!
Do you have any advice for me?
Thanks so much!
Chandi
Posted by: Chandi | March 04, 2010 at 06:40 AM
Its three weeks until my Italy-born partner and I arrive in his sleepy village home-town of Moncalvo, Piemonte for a long-term stay. "How romantic!", "Ïm so envious" were some friends' comments.
So why am I having kittens? Possible Unemployment, limited funds, isolation from my inability to understand or be understood (initially of course)... living with the in-laws...
So your web site was wonderfully refreshing. So positive and comforting! Someone has been there, done it and done it well!
Posted by: Fiona Scull | May 16, 2010 at 10:54 AM