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. What does it actually look like to spend time living in an Italian village with kids? That is the question behind everything we have been building in Ormea, a 700-year-old village in Piedmont, […]

How to Afford Living Abroad With Kids: The Honest Math

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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. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Plan your Italy trip ๐Ÿจ Hotels: Booking.com Italy  |  Trip.com Italy ๐ŸŽจ Tours & activities: GetYourGuide Italy  |  Viator Italy ๐Ÿš— Car rental: DiscoverCars Italy (best family rates) ๐Ÿš„ Trains: Omio, book trains across […]

Can You Really Buy a House in an Italian Village for โ‚ฌ15,000?

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 […]