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Move to Italy

Moving from the UK to Italy – Part 6

  By mid September, we were settling into the house, the children were attending school and we were actively searching for work. We had days that were very positive, when we’d been pro-active in delivering the translated CV’s to various workplaces and the children were making friends and going out after […]

Move to Italy

Building A Life In Italy

Success on building a life in Italy really depends on your own particular situation and amount of input from yourself to strive towards achieving your own personal goal.  People move to Italy from ‘all walks of life’.  Many have an Italian spouse with a good knowledge of the language and […]

Culture

Young Italians and alcohol, dangerous love

Italian newspapers have reported two cases of young people, aged 14 and 15 years old, that required medical assistance after falling in an alcoholic coma. Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases. A recent report released by the Italian institute for statistics, ISTAT, painted a dire picture of the situation. The majority […]

Italy with Kids

Italy with Kids

If you are planning a visit to Italy with a baby, or young children, but are possibly feeling a little concerned about eating out in Italian restaurants, now is the time to take a deep breath, relax and cross this off your ‘worry list’! On reading the previous section, Visiting Italy […]

Italy with Kids

Visiting Italy with Toddlers

Kids in Italy For those of you who are parents longing to visit Italy with your young ones, I hope that this particular section ‘Italy With Kids’ will give you the encouragement to stop worrying and give you the confidence to visit a beautiful land with your children. It should […]

Sport

Sport

Not Just Soccer Fans Italians don’t live exclusively for soccer. It’s more of a 360 degrees love for sports in general and even though soccer’s victories remain the highest in the hit parade of our national desires, there is a good number of sports that still represent a traditional importance […]

Travel Diary

Travel Diaries

Win a Deruta hand painted Pitcher Did you go to Italy as a tourist, student, or for work? Share your experiences with the Italiophile community of Life In Italy! Who can write a travel diary? Anyone who visited Italy and has a story to share. We are looking for people […]

Travel Diary

Venice Travel Diary

Venetian Dreams Venice is a city suffused with light and beauty. To say it is lovely is like saying St Peter’s is a church, or Siena a walled city. It isn’t untrue, it just isn’t saying nearly enough. Canals that widen and narrow as they twist, their currents unknown by […]

Gossip

Gossip

Gossip: Miss Italy ( Ansa ) Gossip, who doesn’t love it. Even the most hardcore eschewers of silly talk can’t resist the curiosity and take a peek at the headlines about the latest scandal. And in Italy there’s plenty of scandals. ( Please check also the related Category  Italian Celebrities […]