Join us for a fun visit to Umbria, Italy to visit some other TH-camrs, Stijn and Debbie, in their home. We ate way too much pasta and gelato, but had an amazing time!
We had the best times with you guys!! The video turned out great and you know I, Debbie had tears in my eyes as I watched. The clip of John and Stijn running was brilliant 💞 Love and miss you two so much! Can't wait to see you again and have some more fun in Italy! 💞🇮🇹Debbie and Stijn
Thanks again for a wonderful visit. We had an amazing time that we will never forget. We look forward to meeting again. Enjoy your beautiful home and life in Umbria. John and Bev
Thanks.❤️ Italy has been amazing (although we have eaten way too much). It is always nice meeting new people, especially nice ones that live in Italy. Thanks again, John and Bev
John and Bev, it's time for us to catch up! We miss you guys! This was an awesome video. We're blown away by your filming, music, and fun energy. We too are SHOCKED that a beautiful condo like that is only $115,000! What an incredible city with great friends.
Thanks. Yes, it is time to catch up. We miss you guys too. We are having a blast and having fun. Believe it or not, we are now in a much lower cost country! John and Bev
Such a great video! Loved watching you run 🏃♂️ with your new friend John! Beautiful countryside and towns. Two lovely inspiring couples! Thanks for sharing!
Great video! We follow both couples channels. We can’t wait to start our world tour next year. We had originally planned on retiring in three years and buying a place in Italy. Now we plan to retire next year and travel until we find our spot. So for now we are taking in all the information we can!
Thank you mac for your support! Wishing you all the best in finding your spot. If you ever find yourself in Umbria we'd love to show you around. Debbie & Stijn
Always nice being able to meet new people! It's easy to see why people would choose Italy. My old boss now lives there (Tuscany area). Wow, you were treated to quite the selection of food! Looks amazing.
@@RetirementTravelers We would love to host you here at the Lodge next time you're stateside! Up and running after all those months of renovations, it's much improved since your last visit!!
@@vmichelita We would love to see the finished product. Our schedule is a bit “unconventional”, but hopefully we can work it out at some point in the future. John and Bev
Loved this video, you guys always cheer me up and loved seeing the wonderful Italian food! When I was there I didn't know how to order so I didn't get to experience that lovely cuisine...next time!
@@RetirementTravelers We were kinda all over, we started out in Rome, then Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Naples then back to Rome. My Aunt lives in Rome so that was our home base. I would love to go back with no time constraints like you do it. You're living THE life!
“This is a tree”😝. This is the white mulberry which I grow in northern CA. The leaves are the food for the silkworms the ancient Chinese would raise for clothing and that is true today. The trees come from Asia but thrive in Mediterranean climates like California and Italy. Harvest season is the same time in NorCal and a Italy. If you travel to Sicily please make some videos around the base of Mount Etna. I’m very Interested in seeing the farming communities on the hillsides. There are enterprising farmers who farm avocado there which I do as well in CA. Trees thrive in the volcanic soil.
@@RetirementTravelers we eat raw but they can be dried and eaten. People also make jellies and jams. The white mulberries is actually the lowest quality mulberry in terms of flavor. The better varieties can taste almost as good as blackberries and are similar in flavor and color
Lovely time y’all had it seems! Loved the music too, folks! I tried to look for more in description, but couldn’t find. Really set the vibe for this! What would be some affordable coastal towns to stay long term in Italy? Would much appreciate any shares. Thanks much!
Thanks. We did have a great time. This was our first time in Umbria. It seems just as beautiful as Tuscany, buy much lower cost! We are so glad we went down and visited them. John and Bev
Umbria has so much to offer even though it's the only land locked region in Italy. From our area we only about 2 hours from either coast! Umbria has all the beauty of Tuscany but without the high prices and the tourists. Thank you so much for watching! Debbie & Stijn
I am 45 years old with very little set aside for retirement at this point. I have always been curious about the stock market and have witnessed some people who played the game right and retired early because they used the stock market. When I ask them, most said that they invested very little to start with, but their portfolio grew. I do have a significant amount of capital that is required to start up but I have no idea what strategies and direction I need to approach to help me make decent returns
I recommend to pick up and read a few books. Peter Lynch is where I was recommended to start. Learn different strategies so that you might develop your own
@@verndubin2209 Even with the right technique and assets some investors would still make more than others, as an investor, you should’ve known that by now, nothing beats experience and that’s final, personally I had to reach out to a market analyst for guidance which is how I was able to grow my account close to a million, withdraw my profit right before the correction and now I’m buying again
@@idellameyer7411 Thanks for sharing, just looked up the broker you mentioned on google and I'm super impressed with her credentials. I will be writing her an email shortly
This tree that these guys are eating a run it’s actually one of the most magical trees so the gals eat it and that’s made that special perfume from the gazelle liver and then the caterpillar eat it and then you will have soak and the goats eat it and then you will have special milk
@@RetirementTravelers From what I can tell, even this is excessively hot for Central Italy in July due to the more extreme and more frequent heat waves Europe and other places are experiencing. Being in Seattle, this has me rethinking various potential retirement destinations.
Thanks. We assume it is one of these 2 songs. Thanks for following along. th-cam.com/video/5WJcj8ZUbL4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/cnDJ349xaoY/w-d-xo.html John and bev
I have a silly question. Getting usage rates for music is quite expensive. Where do TH-camrs find the music that they overlay in their videos? Is there a free site to get this music?
Can you share the name of the song throughout this video? Loved the video but surprised there wasn't an attribution link. Is it copyright free content?
We would never use copyrighted music without permission. We pay for our music and are not required to list the artist, per the agreement. I went back and looked, and these are the songs I have listed. There might be one I missed, if so, let me know the time stamp and I'll look again. Run by Tyler Brown Williams; Sunshine by Soldiers Story; Who You Are by Steelings Most of the time you can look these up on TH-cam for the official video or artist. Thanks for asking and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Bev www.retirementtravelers.com
@@RetirementTravelers Thanks for your response, and for the song titles. I assumed you had an agreement of some sort, but it's great to have the titles too. Do you license all of your music through one company, or get individual licenses for each one?
We have been on a number of cruises, but typically only about 1 per year. We went on one with our daughter this spring, but didn’t do a video. John and Bev
Italy is beautiful and Umbria is a nice location in Italy. You could contact the people we stayed with in this video and they could probably answer some questions for you. There is a link to their channel and video in the description. John and Bev retirementtravelers.com/
Se vuoi spendere meno valuta l'Abruzzo ed il Molise, la cucina è anche migliore. Io sono del Veneto ma te lo sconsiglio in quanto caro e la gente pensa solo a lavorare.
We found quite a bit of English, but it would certainly be better the more you knew. It is probably less English the further you get away from the touristy areas. John and Bev retirementtravelers.com/
What’s the actual cost to live in Umbria? I’m new to the channel, liked and subscribed but would appreciate the true estimated costs to live in these preferred areas, to rent or purchase a home and a normal Middle to upper Middle Class lifestyle. Thank you
Thanks and we hope you enjoy our channel and website. John and Bev retirementtravelers.com PS. For detailed cost info on Umbria, we will refer you to our friends Debbie and Stijn, who are living in Umbria. Their channel is @ouritaliandestiny7955 Hope this helps!
@@RetirementTravelers this is when we went in 2012 and stayed in agriturimo, closed to perugia, was the end of May and unusual very cold. We went in the castle, and couldn’t get out. Do your friend live there? Do you see properties at good prices? Nice to live there, enjoy
Thanks for the sharing such information a bout panama mom, I am from afghanistan and have MBA degree currently student in PhD pakistan can you help us regarding panama Education and Visa of student I will be glad for your kindly response Thanks
Bonjourno! We are retired educators considering moving to Italy using the ERV. What is the time frame? I read online about the required documents, but must these documents be transcribed? Would you recommend a lawyer? Grazie! Dean & Cindy
Join us for a fun visit to Umbria, Italy to visit some other TH-camrs, Stijn and Debbie, in their home. We ate way too much pasta and gelato, but had an amazing time!
We had the best times with you guys!! The video turned out great and you know I, Debbie had tears in my eyes as I watched. The clip of John and Stijn running was brilliant 💞
Love and miss you two so much! Can't wait to see you again and have some more fun in Italy!
💞🇮🇹Debbie and Stijn
Thanks again for a wonderful visit. We had an amazing time that we will never forget. We look forward to meeting again. Enjoy your beautiful home and life in Umbria. John and Bev
Umbria is such a lovely and quaint region, particularly in the countryside! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Thanks for watching. We loved our time in Umbria. Hope you can join us on our journey around the world. John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers I will follow you! And should you come back to Torino, there are many other things to enjoy, other than exquisite chocolate!
@@olditaliantree We will definitely be back to Torino some day. It was a city that surprised us in many ways. John and Bev
You guys are living the dream!
Thanks. We do love this life.
John and Bev
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So happy everyone meet up. This is so great you guys are wonderful.
Thanks so much. It was a great get together! John and Bev
Oh man, it was so great to see two of our favorite channel creators getting together. What a great time!
Thanks so much. We had a great time with Debbie and Stijn. John and Bev
@slowertravel thank you so much 💞 Debbie and Stijn
What a wonderful collaboration! Their new home surrounding areas are beautiful. Wow the food it all looked delicious. Great video guys~Cara 😊
Thanks. We going to need a lot of exercise to offset that delicious food! Umbria was beautiful. John and Bev
Hello John and Bev
Another great video I Love Italy so much,, Your new friends are awesome as well. You both look great !!!
🌏🍰🍒🌹🌻
Thanks.❤️ Italy has been amazing (although we have eaten way too much). It is always nice meeting new people, especially nice ones that live in Italy. Thanks again, John and Bev
Congratulations on your Italian, you can tell you put quite some effort in learning a new language, well done.
Yeah thanks
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
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This looks so fabulous. Italy is on my list! I was there a long, long time ago on a tour of Europe. I’d love to go back!
Hi Donna, Italy has been great, but we’ve eaten way too much pasta, pizza and gelato. 🤣 Hope all is well, John and Bev
John and Bev, it's time for us to catch up! We miss you guys! This was an awesome video. We're blown away by your filming, music, and fun energy. We too are SHOCKED that a beautiful condo like that is only $115,000! What an incredible city with great friends.
Thanks. Yes, it is time to catch up. We miss you guys too. We are having a blast and having fun. Believe it or not, we are now in a much lower cost country! John and Bev
Love it guys! You guys have so much joy!
Thanks so much for following along! John and Bev
Umbria is where I spent much of my childhood and youth. Both my grandparents are Umbrian born. It has the best food in the world.
Wonderful food, beautiful countryside and nice people!
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com
Such a great video! Loved watching you run 🏃♂️ with your new friend John! Beautiful countryside and towns. Two lovely inspiring couples! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks. We really enjoyed visiting Umbria. Very beautiful and much lower cost area than Florence.
Great video! We follow both couples channels. We can’t wait to start our world tour next year. We had originally planned on retiring in three years and buying a place in Italy. Now we plan to retire next year and travel until we find our spot. So for now we are taking in all the information we can!
Thank you mac for your support! Wishing you all the best in finding your spot. If you ever find yourself in Umbria we'd love to show you around. Debbie & Stijn
Thanks so much and congrats on your retirement. We hope to give you lots of ideas and inspiration for your journey! John and Bev
Always nice being able to meet new people! It's easy to see why people would choose Italy. My old boss now lives there (Tuscany area). Wow, you were treated to quite the selection of food! Looks amazing.
Thanks. Lots of great food options! We hope to get treated this well in Canada someday! 😉 John and Bev
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How wonderful to visit with new friends and learn so much about beautiful Umbria! Wonderful video!
Thanks so much. We seem to like popping in and staying with friends.😉. Maybe next time we will be paying customers at Timberrock Lodge. 🤣John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers We would love to host you here at the Lodge next time you're stateside! Up and running after all those months of renovations, it's much improved since your last visit!!
@@vmichelita We would love to see the finished product. Our schedule is a bit “unconventional”, but hopefully we can work it out at some point in the future.
John and Bev
Great video John and Bev! The food looked great and the place is so beautiful.
Thanks so much. We had a great time with our friends in Umbria.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
Your music selection and editing are fabulous.
Thanks so much!! John and Bev
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Loved this video, you guys always cheer me up and loved seeing the wonderful Italian food! When I was there I didn't know how to order so I didn't get to experience that lovely cuisine...next time!
Thanks so much for following along. The food here was delicious. Where did you visit when you came to Italy? John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers We were kinda all over, we started out in Rome, then Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Naples then back to Rome. My Aunt lives in Rome so that was our home base. I would love to go back with no time constraints like you do it. You're living THE life!
“This is a tree”😝. This is the white mulberry which I grow in northern CA. The leaves are the food for the silkworms the ancient Chinese would raise for clothing and that is true today. The trees come from Asia but thrive in Mediterranean climates like California and Italy. Harvest season is the same time in NorCal and a Italy. If you travel to Sicily please make some videos around the base of Mount Etna. I’m very Interested in seeing the farming communities on the hillsides. There are enterprising farmers who farm avocado there which I do as well in CA. Trees thrive in the volcanic soil.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. How are the harvested berries most commonly used? John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers we eat raw but they can be dried and eaten. People also make jellies and jams. The white mulberries is actually the lowest quality mulberry in terms of flavor. The better varieties can taste almost as good as blackberries and are similar in flavor and color
Thanks so much for the additional information! John and Bev
It's like a fairy-tale!!
Umbria is a beautiful place and much like a fairy tale. We enjoyed visiting our friends, who are living there.
John and Bev
Lovely time y’all had it seems! Loved the music too, folks! I tried to look for more in description, but couldn’t find. Really set the vibe for this! What would be some affordable coastal towns to stay long term in Italy? Would much appreciate any shares. Thanks much!
Thanks. Not sure about best coastal towns. We really enjoyed Malta, just to the south of Italy.
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
Great video. It looked like you guys had a great time. We didn’t know much about Umbria, but it looks like a beautiful place!
Thanks. We did have a great time. This was our first time in Umbria. It seems just as beautiful as Tuscany, buy much lower cost! We are so glad we went down and visited them. John and Bev
Umbria has so much to offer even though it's the only land locked region in Italy. From our area we only about 2 hours from either coast! Umbria has all the beauty of Tuscany but without the high prices and the tourists. Thank you so much for watching! Debbie & Stijn
WOW. What beautiful countryside!
Thanks. Umbria was beautiful. Did you guys visit this area when you went to Italy?
Wow!! Can’t beat that kind of experience!! 😃
Thanks. It was nice to spend some time with them in Umbria. It was a great experience. John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers 👍💥
What a beautiful place. I can see why they settled down there. I was also shocked when they said $115,000 to buy a place.
Umbria is definitely a lot cheaper than Tuscany, but still in the area and very similar.
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
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We love Deb & Stijin! 👋 Deb! ~Cara
We love you too!💞🇮🇹
Debbie
We love all of you too!! Debbie and Stijn are amazing hosts.
I am 45 years old with very little set aside for retirement at this point. I have always been curious about the stock market and have witnessed some people who played the game right and retired early because they used the stock market. When I ask them, most said that they invested very little to start with, but their portfolio grew. I do have a significant amount of capital that is required to start up but I have no idea what strategies and direction I need to approach to help me make decent returns
I recommend to pick up and read a few books. Peter Lynch is where I was recommended to start. Learn different strategies so that you might develop your own
@@verndubin2209 Even with the right technique and assets some investors would still make more than others, as an investor, you should’ve known that by now, nothing beats experience and that’s final, personally I had to reach out to a market analyst for guidance which is how I was able to grow my account close to a million, withdraw my profit right before the correction and now I’m buying again
@@idellameyer7411 Please, could you pass along your analyst contact info?
@@idellameyer7411 Thanks for sharing, just looked up the broker you mentioned on google and I'm super impressed with her credentials. I will be writing her an email shortly
Thanks
Fantastic! Also love the music, couldn't locate any links...did I miss them?
Thanks. Any links are always in the video description.
Happy journeys,
John and Bev
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So sweet!
Thank you! 😊 It is always great making new friends and seeing new ways of living.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
Awesome! Another great video... Grazie, Thanks,, Gracias! 😍 (Oops... I think my cholesterol just went up from watching the delish pasta .)
Thanks so much. We had a wonderful time throughout Italy.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
La pasta è poco dannosa per il colesterolo, dipende dal sugo.
This tree that these guys are eating a run it’s actually one of the most magical trees so the gals eat it and that’s made that special perfume from the gazelle liver and then the caterpillar eat it and then you will have soak and the goats eat it and then you will have special milk
Thanks for sharing.
Safe travels,
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
Very nice! And if I could take a swim everyday I'd be in heaven.
Thanks. That does sound great with today’s temperatures. John and Bev
@@RetirementTravelers Yikes, it's 98F/36C today and 104F/40C tomorrow there.
Yes, blistering hot!
@@RetirementTravelers From what I can tell, even this is excessively hot for Central Italy in July due to the more extreme and more frequent heat waves Europe and other places are experiencing. Being in Seattle, this has me rethinking various potential retirement destinations.
Where I'm from, former Soviet Union, those mulberry trees are common, and they bear white and black color berries. So delicious 😋
Thanks for the info. It was a fun and unexpected food experience in Italy.
John and Bev
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Glad John now likes tomatoes!🤣
Still a work in progress, but thanks to your efforts things are a lot better.🤣
Great vid!!!! And I also loved the song....Can you who is singing and share it with us???
Thanks. We assume it is one of these 2 songs. Thanks for following along.
th-cam.com/video/5WJcj8ZUbL4/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/cnDJ349xaoY/w-d-xo.html
John and bev
@@RetirementTravelers thank youuuuu...... The 2nd song is so lovely ❤️
We love that song too!
I have a silly question. Getting usage rates for music is quite expensive. Where do TH-camrs find the music that they overlay in their videos? Is there a free site to get this music?
There are both free places and paid monthly subscription services to get music. John and Bev
just search Free music for youtube videos no copyright
@@MadeinEataly Thank you.
@@RetirementTravelers , Thank you.
Can you share the name of the song throughout this video? Loved the video but surprised there wasn't an attribution link. Is it copyright free content?
We would never use copyrighted music without permission. We pay for our music and are not required to list the artist, per the agreement. I went back and looked, and these are the songs I have listed. There might be one I missed, if so, let me know the time stamp and I'll look again. Run by Tyler Brown Williams; Sunshine by Soldiers Story; Who You Are by Steelings Most of the time you can look these up on TH-cam for the official video or artist. Thanks for asking and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Bev www.retirementtravelers.com
@@RetirementTravelers Thanks for your response, and for the song titles. I assumed you had an agreement of some sort, but it's great to have the titles too. Do you license all of your music through one company, or get individual licenses for each one?
@@christinehiester1088 We use several different music services.
I love this!!!🎉
Thanks and so glad you enjoyed it.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com
The content looked very interesting but I gave up as the music was so distracting. Pity.
Sorry you don’t care for it. We don’t care for funky weird techno music. There’s plenty with that kind. John & Bev
how about turning down the volume, that's all. @@RetirementTravelers
Have you ever considered cruising?
We have been on a number of cruises, but typically only about 1 per year. We went on one with our daughter this spring, but didn’t do a video. John and Bev
Italy is beautiful why is different North and North Central and South, landscape, town language...
Thanks. Italy is certainly a beautiful country from top to bottom. Thanks for watching.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com
But I dont have a clue what they did or how they did it. I'm confused!
We visited our friends for a few days who moved to the Umbria region of Italy. John and Bev
You can watch our videos where we share exactly what you're asking!
Debbie and Stijn
I am 68 yrs old want to settle in Italy can i settle in umberia pls help us to get information. How can i settle there. Thanks
Italy is beautiful and Umbria is a nice location in Italy. You could contact the people we stayed with in this video and they could probably answer some questions for you. There is a link to their channel and video in the description.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
Se vuoi spendere meno valuta l'Abruzzo ed il Molise, la cucina è anche migliore. Io sono del Veneto ma te lo sconsiglio in quanto caro e la gente pensa solo a lavorare.
White mulberry. Yummy.
So good! Thanks.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
How much English is spoken in Italy? Would it be difficult to build relationships if you don't speak Italian?
We found quite a bit of English, but it would certainly be better the more you knew. It is probably less English the further you get away from the touristy areas.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
What’s the actual cost to live in Umbria? I’m new to the channel, liked and subscribed but would appreciate the true estimated costs to live in these preferred areas, to rent or purchase a home and a normal Middle to upper Middle Class lifestyle. Thank you
Thanks and we hope you enjoy our channel and website.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com
PS. For detailed cost info on Umbria, we will refer you to our friends Debbie and Stijn, who are living in Umbria. Their channel is @ouritaliandestiny7955
Hope this helps!
I went to catiglioni di lago
Thanks for sharing.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/
@@RetirementTravelers this is when we went in 2012 and stayed in agriturimo, closed to perugia, was the end of May and unusual very cold. We went in the castle, and couldn’t get out. Do your friend live there? Do you see properties at good prices? Nice to live there, enjoy
Thanks for the sharing such information a bout panama mom,
I am from afghanistan and have MBA degree currently student in PhD pakistan
can you help us regarding panama Education and Visa of student
I will be glad for your kindly response
Thanks
Thanks
Bonjourno!
We are retired educators considering moving to Italy using the ERV. What is the time frame? I read online about the required documents, but must these documents be transcribed? Would you recommend a lawyer? Grazie! Dean & Cindy
Just a video tip the view would rather see what you are looking at and experiencing rather than seeing you looking at it
Thanks for sharing.
John and Bev
retirementtravelers.com/