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.
Such a Lovely couple. I’ve got 5 years left before I can move to Italy. I’m taking Italian lessons, watching a gazillion TH-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 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 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 😬!
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.
@@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 .
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 ❤
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!
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.
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
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/
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
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.
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!
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
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
Very professional marketing video. Welcome to all rich retired Americans ready to renovate our abandoned houses in the mountains and spend lots of money creating jobs for Italians. But securing permission to stay in Italy is NOT easy. It can be done but you will definitely need help from a service such as this one. All bureaucratic procedures and medical services are extremely difficult and convoluted. You will need a fixer at every step of the way, on daily call. For example, after one year of residency, if you intend to drive, you must obtain an Italian driver's license. It is nearly impossible to pass the test if you do not speak very fluent Italian, French or German. The test is extremely difficult, even for Italians.
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).
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🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
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 live in Boston Massachusetts for now but I'm thinking moving to Italy only thing concerns me health insurance healthcare system how is it I need more information... So far I'm good and healthy 62 years old but just in case thank you
Thanks for sharing! Samantha has a really great episode on navigating healthcare as an expat, you can tune in here www.sentiremedia.com/show/anewlifeinitaly/s2-ep-7-navigating-italian-healthcare-as-an-expat/
Se vuoi vivere 5 anni in più vieni in Italia, l'assistenza sanitaria è fra le migliori al mondo ed è gratuita. Guardati le statistiche dell'aspettativa di vita italiana rispetto alle altre nazioni. Valuta però che al sud l'assistenza sanitaria non è ai livelli del centro nord.
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!
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.
Welcome to Italy, staying here is not always awesome but Italy is Italy, i can still say it's the best place to live in the world after all, despite all the problems, issues and permanent crisis. As Italian anyway i can say South France too could be a great choice, lot of similarities between us and our french cousins.
I love Italians and Italy 🇮🇹 and have visited a few times. Unfortunately I was eaten alive by bugs at a Tuscan winery this September on a scorching hot day. A few years back in May staying in a Rome monastery was attacked by bugs in my sleep 😔
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
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Italy is that place where, for its beauty, it makes your head spin. History, art, culture, elegance and good taste.
We love it!
Benvenuti nella mia regione Carole e Micheal , tanta felicita' per voi🙌
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 ❤
Such a Lovely couple. I’ve got 5 years left before I can move to Italy. I’m taking Italian lessons, watching a gazillion TH-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 💯💯💯
@@atimnile2401 I agree !!!!
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
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.
We moved to Italy in 2018, best decision ever. We love Italy.
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
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!
Semplicemente Grazie. Siete delle persone bellissime e ben venuti in Italia ❤
Grazie 😊😊
Very well done Smart Move Italy..if I had any doubts..I don’t have them anymore❤
You have chosen a very beautiful and calm area of Italy.
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 ❤❤❤❤❤
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.
Congratulazioni..... Welcome 🇮🇹
Wishing you happy memories ahead in Italy ...... very inspiring story, thanks for sharing
Our pleasure! Thanks for tuning in and for the well wishes!
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 .
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!
We purchased our lovely home. It is perfect for us!
Great to hear!
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.
@@aduateresabenedetti1585 have you decided on which area?
❤
Because America is a sh hole....fact
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
Montefalco is an amazing wine.
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.
Lovely video, lovely couple and lovely life...we relate quite well! Thanks Smart Move Italy!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!
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
Lovely couple, love your attitude! Welcome to Italy 😊
Thanks!!
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!
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/
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!
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......
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
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.
Welcome in Italy 👍🇮🇹👍
😃⚘️📸because Italy is an open-air museum
Ciao 😀
Oh! So dreamy! Congratulations!
Benvenuti e godetevi la vita!
Grazie!
Felicità means happiness in Italian...
That's what exactly living a slower-pace life is.
💕
Umbria Is one of the best region in Italy. But not overtourism please!
Very nice video, and it's easy to see you've made the right choices for yourselves to be lived, loved and enjoyed. Ciao!
Such a wonderful couple with a beautiful viewpoint of life. Thank you so much for this video. God bless you both. Hello from Tasmania.
Delightful couple.
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!
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
Welcome to Italy ! Enjoy !
You are so lucky. I want to do the same thing. I used to live in Padova when I was single. Loved Italy.
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!
Very professional marketing video. Welcome to all rich retired Americans ready to renovate our abandoned houses in the mountains and spend lots of money creating jobs for Italians. But securing permission to stay in Italy is NOT easy. It can be done but you will definitely need help from a service such as this one. All bureaucratic procedures and medical services are extremely difficult and convoluted. You will need a fixer at every step of the way, on daily call. For example, after one year of residency, if you intend to drive, you must obtain an Italian driver's license. It is nearly impossible to pass the test if you do not speak very fluent Italian, French or German. The test is extremely difficult, even for Italians.
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!
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).
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🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I met an Italian woman that took my heart and breath away. If I could go it would have been yesterday.
I commend you for following your dreams ❤❤❤❤❤. Elizabeth. Have continued love and fun and magical moments ❤
The people we want ❤
It helps to have money! Us poorer people can’t afford to move abroad. But, good for you
Beautiful video, I would love that life!
Bravi!
looks beautiful there! congrats on your move! lots of good luck to yous
Thanks!!
The only challenge for me in their scenario would be missing those moments with my kids and later grandkids
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.
Oh gosh I love those two!!🎉I want to be your neighbor ❤
We love having you wonderful beautiful people live in IItaly welcome ♥️
Felice di avervi nella nostra bella Italia ❤
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!
L’Umbria É splendida!
wine is a good enabler of truth
I recognized the couple of Our Italian Destiny
Good friends of ours!
Ragazzi l Italia è meravigliosa
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!
I live in Boston Massachusetts for now but I'm thinking moving to Italy only thing concerns me health insurance healthcare system how is it I need more information... So far I'm good and healthy 62 years old but just in case thank you
Thanks for sharing! Samantha has a really great episode on navigating healthcare as an expat, you can tune in here www.sentiremedia.com/show/anewlifeinitaly/s2-ep-7-navigating-italian-healthcare-as-an-expat/
Qui in Italia la sanità è gratuita, a meno che vuoi pagare gli specialisti. Non è di sicuro come da voi, dovete sperare di non ammalarvi mai.
Se vuoi vivere 5 anni in più vieni in Italia, l'assistenza sanitaria è fra le migliori al mondo ed è gratuita. Guardati le statistiche dell'aspettativa di vita italiana rispetto alle altre nazioni. Valuta però che al sud l'assistenza sanitaria non è ai livelli del centro nord.
once you get a visa the heathcare is free here! wish u the best and hope your dream to move to Italy happen soon!
It is natural that an American with good taste for beautiful and good things would think of coming to live in Italy, an American colony since 1943.
Its all great when your income is coming from the US right
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.
you took the best decision...enjoy la bella vita!+1
Benvenuti in Italia.
Grazie!!
Nice one, but the background music is way too loud, sometimes is hard to listen to what this lovely couple saying
Thanks for sharing, it's good to have feedback for future vids!
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!
Fabulous!!
Enjoy Tuscany and don't forget to visit Firenze, Pisa and expecially Siena during the 'Palio'..
Thanks for sharing!
Travel to visit France too!
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
Welcome to Italy, staying here is not always awesome but Italy is Italy, i can still say it's the best place to live in the world after all, despite all the problems, issues and permanent crisis. As Italian anyway i can say South France too could be a great choice, lot of similarities between us and our french cousins.
I love Italians and Italy 🇮🇹 and have visited a few times. Unfortunately I was eaten alive by bugs at a Tuscan winery this September on a scorching hot day. A few years back in May staying in a Rome monastery was attacked by bugs in my sleep 😔
Note the bug killer on the wall behind Carole.
L’italia è nel mío cuore
😍😍
Brnvenuti. Sicuramente la qualita della vita la qualita e la genuinita del cibo. Adoro l'Umbria una terra speciale
Benvenuti in Italia!
Grazie!!
Our place is about 1h away from yours! We bought in the medieval town of Orte
Congrats on your place!
Great choice 😊
Good choice! 👍
You're welcome!!!
The food is healthy in Italy, mediterranean diet, people expectancy is 90 year
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
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❤❤❤❤❤❤from Ottawa ❤❤❤❤❤
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.
Enjoy you make a great decision,
Thanks for tuning in!
Aaaah beato a te. Saluti from Australia
Felicita’ means happines in italian… and that’s it!
Nice couple!
Thank you!