Category: Italy

Moving to Italy With Kids: What Nobody Tells You About Small-Village Life

A quick heads up: some links here are affiliate links, which means they support this blog at no extra cost to you. I only share what we actually use and believe in. If you have ever caught yourself scrolling photos of Italian villages and quietly wondering whether your family could actually live there, this one is for you. Moving to Italy with kids is a […]

How to Afford Living Abroad With Kids: The Honest Math

A quick heads up: some links here are affiliate links, which support this blog at no extra cost to you. I only share what we actually use and believe in. When I ask families what really stops them from moving abroad, the answer is almost never the visa or the packing. It is money. Can we actually afford this? That quiet fear sits underneath the […]

What Is Worldschooling? A Real Look at 10 Slow Days in an Italian Village

A quick heads up: some links here are affiliate links, which support this blog at no extra cost to you. I only share what we actually use and believe in. If you have started hearing the word worldschooling and are not totally sure what it means, you are not alone. So let me give you the simplest honest definition, then show you exactly what it […]

Can You Really Buy a House in an Italian Village for €15,000?

A quick heads up: some links here are affiliate links, which support this blog at no extra cost to you. I only share what we actually use and believe in. One of the first questions every family asks when they hear we are building something in a small Italian village is the one you are probably thinking right now: what does a house there actually […]

Slow Travel in Italy: The Real North, and Where to Stay in Ormea

Everybody wants to go to Italy. Almost nobody actually wants what Italy has become in high summer: forty degree heat, lines that wrap around every famous thing, and towns so packed with visitors that you can barely find an Italian. We love this country too much to keep experiencing it that way. So here is the other way, the slow way, and exactly where to […]

Sleepy Italian Villages Where a Home Costs Less Than a Car

Heads up: some links below are affiliate links. They cost you nothing extra and help keep this blog free. I only share people and places we genuinely love. I have a habit I am not proud of. Every time we fall in love with a small town, I quietly look up what a house costs there. And in a lot of these sleepy Italian villages, […]