[QUOTE=Barry;36441]
MaryAnn,
Speaking Italian certainly gives you an advantage. Some of the non english speakers in our village are giving me a bad time because I can't speak it!
I don't know if it is worth it trying to ship furniture to Italy. Prices seem to be the same as here so we are just buying what we need there and we can't own a car because we don't have residency status. We've been renting whenever we go over but this fall I think we will try the bus service. My wife complains that with a car I make her travel everyday and she wants to just stay in the village and relax.
I don't know if I can talk her in to a permanent move. We also have a daughter and even more of a problem a new grand daughter. Currently we've been spending 2 months a year but hope to get that up to 6 months in the near future. The Canadians living in the village say it is pretty boring during the winter so for now we will travel back and forth.
Hi, Barry,
I learn a lot just by reading in between the lines. I must have misundersood your wife, for I thought that you and she were moving there permanently and that it was what you were doing the renovating for. I see, the decision, the large, very large decision, is still in the making. Yeah, well, we'll see how Miss MaryAnn does when push comes to shove, but honestly, Barry, I jsut feel the need to. I feel that at my age, I want to have a new beginning, something exciting, a place which I began at and will end with. I just love hearing the Italians speak, answering; I seem to change into another person, I guess, the actual me. Do not get me wrong, I am happy here, but it is just my daughter here giving us the roots. Everyone says she can call, email, im, and even maybe visit. Costs a lot to come back to the US, and my husband already informed me that it may not even be once a year.
I feel we will end up doing this. You are lucky to not be that far.
So, listen, I never knew you had to be a resident to own a car. But Iguess when I move there, I would apply for residency, correct? Because, I believe you can only stay there, what is it , 90 days on that permit? Am I correct?
Then you need to apply for the residency, I think.
Say hello to Judy for me.
MaryAnn