We've gotten some questions about how we are able to rent / move to Italy so here is how: Chris is a dual citizen with Italy and the United States. Since we are married, I'm (Sam) able to stay through the Permesso di Soggiorno. We both work fully remote jobs so we were able to live anywhere in Italy, but fell in love with Bologna.
Just a reminder that travel doesn’t come with a script... We like to think we are a balanced travel duo. I guess it just depends on who had the coffee and who had the wine!
The milk, egg bit is very common here in Europe. They don't pump things full of pesticides and other chemicals like the US does. I've lived all over the US, down into MX and back to Europe. You'll find a whole new experience in regards to good, healthy food.
As others have already said, there are two types of milk: the fresh one in the fridge, and the one with a long shelf life. We don't usually drink as much milk as people do abroad. When I was in kindergarten-elementary school and had lunch at my school, I was never given milk, only water. Same when I had breakfast or lunch at home. As for the eggs, many supermarkets store them on shelves, only one that I know of (Esselunga) does store them in the fridge. When you buy them, turn the box upside down and there should something along the lines of: si consiglia di refrigerare una volta a casa (please put in the fridge once you're at home)
Thanks for the info and for watching! Still getting used to seeing the different ways of storing things in a store…many of them just so different than what we are used to in the US. 🇮🇹😁🇺🇸
Just found your channel. The videos are so helpful! We are also planning this move at some point in the near future. I am also a dual citizen like Chris. Appreciate your time and honest commentary.
Thanks so much for watching and reaching out! Glad these videos are helpful to you…the move took a lot of planning for sure (and also some figuring it out along the way) 😁 Let us know if you have any questions - cheers!
But what will you call your RUclips once you are no longer bound for Italy, but in Italy?!? 😉 We’re over here just trying to live our best life. Cheers 🍻🍷
Thanks for watching! We’ve seen the ipermercato recently in writing and it makes more sense…that’s what google translate does sometimes 😉 P.S. we love your city! 🇮🇹😁
Because eggs are not chemically "cleaned" in Italy (I believe also im the whole of Europe) they keep their natural protective film and don't need to be stored in a refrigerator.
@@boozing_abroad well in 2020 there was covid, of course it seemed different. I've been living here since 1993 and don't find too many changes in the past 4 years (apart from the many construction sites for the tram tracks and the popping up of places aimed for tourists)😁
Lol, you live so close to my apartment I can see your building from my window. Welcome in Bologna guys, from your neighbours. If you need some advice let me know, I'm a 50 year old engineer with a wife and two children, nothing to be scared of 😅👋
You won't ever need a big fridge for 2 people. In Europe our food spoils much faster due to the lack of preservatives so you'll tend to buy perishables in less quantity and more often. Enjoy the city and have fun, and I'm not sure if it's annoying anyone else but the O in Bologna is short not long, not Boloooogna it's Bologna.
We found this out VERY quickly as most of our food was spoiling from our first few grocery trips! But it’s a good excuse to get out of the house more often 🇮🇹😁
@@boozing_abroad Se volete vedere dei bei mosaici dovete andare a Ravenna, famosa per i mosaici bizantini. È vicina a Bologna, a 60 chilometri di distanza.
Reach out to us on Instagram when it gets closer! We have a lot of family visiting that month so we may not have much free time, but can try to sneak away - cheers! 🇮🇹😁
We love Italy in fact we are there now but leaving Wednesday , one question do you guys speak Italian yet? great videos good luck with the new venture. 😀
Stiamo imparando ma piano piano! 😁 The Italian language is HARD but we are learning bit by bit every day. Thanks for watching - hope you’ve enjoyed your time in Italy. Where have you been? 🇮🇹
@@boozing_abroad We went to Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Lake Como and Sicily in 2023. Did all the tourist stuff and loved it. October 20th, we went to Naples, Minori, The Amalfi Coast. Now we are in Switzerland we visited St. Moritz now in Zurich our last day.
Have you already got into the habit of stopping at a bar mid-morning, having an espresso at the counter, exchanging a few jokes with the barista and taking a look at the newspaper? Buona permanenza in Emilia
Since we work remotely from home, our daily routine looks a little bit different but we are certainly developing our own and interacting with the locals (and trying our best to become “regulars” at different places). Still don’t think we could master reading an Italian newspaper though - this language is HARD! Cheers! 🇮🇹😁
Hey there! Moving from Spain to Australia soon with my husband, and we are literally looking at what company to use to ship over some stuff. Could you please tell me more about what company you used and how many boxes you shipped? We were thinking 3 boxes of 30kg each, one for household small items (souvenirs, ceramics, decor we wanna take with us, photo frames, etc) and one box each of 30kg for clothes. Looks like the boxes will look a bit like yours, so does a lot fit in there? I am super lost about how to pack for this...thank you! Enjoy your new life in Italy!
Australia! It’s on our list 😁 We used a company called Send My Bag and we’d highly recommend them. They had SO much information on their site about customs and timing and prohibited items all specific to the country you’re sending to. We shipped two boxes over and were able to fit all of our winter and hiking clothes plus some other odds and ends. Highly suggest you use vacuum-seal bags to compress everything too! Hope this helps - good luck with the move!
@@boozing_abroad Thanks! I had heard of them, but I thought they were only for short distances and sending excess luggage, didn't occur to me we could send boxes too! Thank you!
I love Italy and lived in Torino several years. I go back often to Italy, due that I have many friends and family there. The only thing that I really do not like about Italy, is the amount of Graffiti that you always find in all the major cities. That always makes me sad and bothers me. Why they keep doing that in such a lovely country ?
Torino is one place that we are hoping to get to soon (along with everywhere else in Italy…😁) As for the graffiti, it’s definitely part of the local landscape, both here in Italy and in most major cities we’ve ever been to. Thanks for watching! Cheers!
@@boozing_abroad Yes, it is an ugly thing that it is all over Europe and still it is sad. If you go to Torino do not miss to visit Caffé Al Bicerin and la Mole Antonelliana
Cambiate tutte le serrature della porta del vostro appartamento per la vostra sicurezza. Potete farlo da soli. Da Leroy Merlin troverete quello che vi serve. Buona vita
@@giannicossu3282 pericolosa o meno resta il buon senso.....ritieni offensivo suggerire di sostituire delle serrature? Si offende qualche bolognese ? Mah!
@@boozing_abroad We spent a week in Bologna - scouting out if we could live there. Stayed on Via del Pratello, lots of fun cafes and places to eat but man, was it way too loud late in the evening! 🤣
Hi! Can you tell me how much it cost to ship those boxes? It’s always difficult to see if it’s worth it. Thanks! (Enjoying your video, we’re planning a move to Spain, but it may require a stay in Italy for citizenship.)
Hi there and thanks for watching! It does depend on where you are sending from/to and the size/weight of your boxes and whether you need to express ship it or not. But for ours which we did standard shipping and up to 30kg per box, I think it was about €180 per box. Hope this helps - good luck with your move 😁📦
😁 thanks so much, it means a lot. Everyone does seem to have their own opinions about things... we just want to share our adventure of a lifetime - cheers!
Rents in Bologna have sky rocketed after covid years, it's crazy....many people have been forced out of the city because of rised up rents ..It's a shame! Probably they will not appear expensive to someone who comes, let's say, from the US and work remotely for US companies, but for an Italian with an average or minimum wage they are unaffordable, above all if you're single and don't come from a wealthy family. For that reason in Bologna is very common to live in flats shared with other people. (I've been living here since 1993 and I was able to remain here only because my request of a "council flat" has been accepted, otherwise last march I would have had to leave Bologna after 31 years!)
Don’t mind at all! Chris is a dual citizen with the US and Italy, so we don’t need any visa as he has all the rights of any other Italian citizen. He just has to declare residency which allows me (Sam) to apply for a Permesso di Soggiorno via marriage (which is essentially a long-term visa). Hope this helps but let us know if you have any other questions! This video has some more basic info - ruclips.net/video/h7hn7_JeP-M/видео.htmlsi=pFpEJCUyvFl858xZ
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We've gotten some questions about how we are able to rent / move to Italy so here is how:
Chris is a dual citizen with Italy and the United States. Since we are married, I'm (Sam) able to stay through the Permesso di Soggiorno. We both work fully remote jobs so we were able to live anywhere in Italy, but fell in love with Bologna.
He's so calm and sensible, she's so frantic and emotional.
Just a reminder that travel doesn’t come with a script... We like to think we are a balanced travel duo. I guess it just depends on who had the coffee and who had the wine!
There’s a group of Americans in Rovigo. Probably 20 of us! Welcome to Italy
Thanks! You guys are just up the road from us so when we make it up there, we’ll have to let you know 😁🇮🇹
Un-refridgerated milk is long life so you refridgerate after opening. Eggs are not washed so have their natural protective coating.
Thanks for the tips and information. All things that will just take some getting used to!
The milk, egg bit is very common here in Europe. They don't pump things full of pesticides and other chemicals like the US does. I've lived all over the US, down into MX and back to Europe. You'll find a whole new experience in regards to good, healthy food.
That’s certainly been our experience so far! A welcome change 😁
As others have already said, there are two types of milk: the fresh one in the fridge, and the one with a long shelf life. We don't usually drink as much milk as people do abroad. When I was in kindergarten-elementary school and had lunch at my school, I was never given milk, only water. Same when I had breakfast or lunch at home. As for the eggs, many supermarkets store them on shelves, only one that I know of (Esselunga) does store them in the fridge. When you buy them, turn the box upside down and there should something along the lines of: si consiglia di refrigerare una volta a casa (please put in the fridge once you're at home)
Thanks for the info and for watching! Still getting used to seeing the different ways of storing things in a store…many of them just so different than what we are used to in the US. 🇮🇹😁🇺🇸
Just found your channel. The videos are so helpful! We are also planning this move at some point in the near future. I am also a dual citizen like Chris. Appreciate your time and honest commentary.
Thanks so much for watching and reaching out! Glad these videos are helpful to you…the move took a lot of planning for sure (and also some figuring it out along the way) 😁
Let us know if you have any questions - cheers!
@@nickdifeo We are planning on retiring in Italy too! I wish we could go right now. 😊
No need to worry about the eggs. They don’t wash off the protective layer that the US does. The protective layer keeps the air out.
Good to know! Still just weird to see and something we’ll have to get used to. Thanks for watching - cheers! 😁
Canadians here living in Ferrara!!! and woking in Bologna|!
For a city so close to us, we don’t really know much about Ferrara! But it’s now on the list 😁
Beautiful city, good food and friendly community
You summed up Bologna perfectly! 😁🇮🇹
We could not be more jealous of you guys. Our goal is to move to Italy in retirement. You beat us to it. 😂
But what will you call your RUclips once you are no longer bound for Italy, but in Italy?!? 😉
We’re over here just trying to live our best life. Cheers 🍻🍷
@ Maybe something along the lines of We Made It To Italy! 😂
Love it! Let’s make it happen😁🇮🇹
@ I couldn’t agree more!
beautiful video!
Thanks so much for watching 😁🇮🇹 it’s been fun getting settled these first several months
I am italian, from Bologna:-)..actually when you said " Hypermarket " I couldn t understand..then I realized it's ipermercato 😆😆 Enjoy Bologna!
Thanks for watching! We’ve seen the ipermercato recently in writing and it makes more sense…that’s what google translate does sometimes 😉
P.S. we love your city! 🇮🇹😁
Welcome!🍾
Grazie! It’s awesome to be here 🇮🇹😎
Because eggs are not chemically "cleaned" in Italy (I believe also im the whole of Europe) they keep their natural protective film and don't need to be stored in a refrigerator.
Things we’ve learned since moving here 😁 thanks for watching!
It has been many years since I was in Bologna. It has certainly change a lot! 😍
Yes, it has changed and grown quite a bit even since we were first here in 2020. We are loving it so far! Thanks for watching 😎🇮🇹
@@boozing_abroad well in 2020 there was covid, of course it seemed different. I've been living here since 1993 and don't find too many changes in the past 4 years (apart from the many construction sites for the tram tracks and the popping up of places aimed for tourists)😁
I lived in Bologna for a year....take the train to Ikea! Much more convenient than the bus.
Thanks for the tip! We’ll have to check it out. 😁🇮🇹
Lol, you live so close to my apartment I can see your building from my window. Welcome in Bologna guys, from your neighbours. If you need some advice let me know, I'm a 50 year old engineer with a wife and two children, nothing to be scared of 😅👋
Howdy neighbor! 😁 thank you. We'll let you know if we need anything ❤️
You won't ever need a big fridge for 2 people. In Europe our food spoils much faster due to the lack of preservatives so you'll tend to buy perishables in less quantity and more often. Enjoy the city and have fun, and I'm not sure if it's annoying anyone else but the O in Bologna is short not long, not Boloooogna it's Bologna.
We found this out VERY quickly as most of our food was spoiling from our first few grocery trips! But it’s a good excuse to get out of the house more often 🇮🇹😁
They have a fabulous Mosiac artist school in Bolonga. Lovely video.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words. Had no idea about the mosaics but will have to put that on our list to look for! 😁
@@boozing_abroad Se volete vedere dei bei mosaici dovete andare a Ravenna, famosa per i mosaici bizantini. È vicina a Bologna, a 60 chilometri di distanza.
There are 2 types of milk, fresh and longlife. The fresh milk is refrigerated and tastes much nicer than the other type.
Thanks for the tip! Still getting used to seeing it on the shelf 😊 cheers!
We will be in town in December and would love to grab a drink with fellow Americans.
Reach out to us on Instagram when it gets closer! We have a lot of family visiting that month so we may not have much free time, but can try to sneak away - cheers! 🇮🇹😁
@@boozing_abroad will do!
We love Italy in fact we are there now but leaving Wednesday , one question do you guys speak Italian yet? great videos good luck with the new venture. 😀
Stiamo imparando ma piano piano! 😁 The Italian language is HARD but we are learning bit by bit every day.
Thanks for watching - hope you’ve enjoyed your time in Italy. Where have you been? 🇮🇹
@@boozing_abroad We went to Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Lake Como and Sicily in 2023.
Did all the tourist stuff and loved it. October 20th, we went to Naples, Minori, The Amalfi Coast. Now we are in Switzerland we visited St. Moritz now in Zurich our last day.
An action-packed itinerary! You saw some amazing places 😁
Have you already got into the habit of stopping at a bar mid-morning, having an espresso at the counter, exchanging a few jokes with the barista and taking a look at the newspaper?
Buona permanenza in Emilia
Since we work remotely from home, our daily routine looks a little bit different but we are certainly developing our own and interacting with the locals (and trying our best to become “regulars” at different places). Still don’t think we could master reading an Italian newspaper though - this language is HARD!
Cheers! 🇮🇹😁
@@boozing_abroad Of course 😁. I mean the coffee break atmosphere, which I wrote in a fictional way.
Hey there! Moving from Spain to Australia soon with my husband, and we are literally looking at what company to use to ship over some stuff. Could you please tell me more about what company you used and how many boxes you shipped? We were thinking 3 boxes of 30kg each, one for household small items (souvenirs, ceramics, decor we wanna take with us, photo frames, etc) and one box each of 30kg for clothes. Looks like the boxes will look a bit like yours, so does a lot fit in there? I am super lost about how to pack for this...thank you! Enjoy your new life in Italy!
Australia! It’s on our list 😁
We used a company called Send My Bag and we’d highly recommend them. They had SO much information on their site about customs and timing and prohibited items all specific to the country you’re sending to. We shipped two boxes over and were able to fit all of our winter and hiking clothes plus some other odds and ends. Highly suggest you use vacuum-seal bags to compress everything too!
Hope this helps - good luck with the move!
@@boozing_abroad Thanks! I had heard of them, but I thought they were only for short distances and sending excess luggage, didn't occur to me we could send boxes too! Thank you!
Check out their website - all sorts of great information. Worked perfect for us!
I love Italy and lived in Torino several years. I go back often to Italy, due that I have many friends and family there. The only thing that I really do not like about Italy, is the amount of Graffiti that you always find in all the major cities. That always makes me sad and bothers me. Why they keep doing that in such a lovely country ?
Torino is one place that we are hoping to get to soon (along with everywhere else in Italy…😁)
As for the graffiti, it’s definitely part of the local landscape, both here in Italy and in most major cities we’ve ever been to.
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
@@boozing_abroad Yes, it is an ugly thing that it is all over Europe and still it is sad. If you go to Torino do not miss to visit Caffé Al Bicerin and la Mole Antonelliana
Whole Europe...maybe little punishment
Cambiate tutte le serrature della porta del vostro appartamento per la vostra sicurezza. Potete farlo da soli. Da Leroy Merlin troverete quello che vi serve. Buona vita
Thanks for watching! Leroy Merlin looks like a fun place to waste a Saturday 😁
e Bologna pericolosa ?
@@giannicossu3282 pericolosa o meno resta il buon senso.....ritieni offensivo suggerire di sostituire delle serrature? Si offende qualche bolognese ? Mah!
Ciao, so you bought it? Auguri
Ciao! Thanks for watching 😁
If you’re talking about our apartment, we didn’t buy it. Just renting.
Hit up Vero for gelato!
Thanks for the tip! We've been, and they were good 🍨 cheers!!
@@boozing_abroad We spent a week in Bologna - scouting out if we could live there. Stayed on Via del Pratello, lots of fun cafes and places to eat but man, was it way too loud late in the evening! 🤣
We love via del Pratello and go there often but could never live there for that reason haha
Hi! Can you tell me how much it cost to ship those boxes? It’s always difficult to see if it’s worth it. Thanks! (Enjoying your video, we’re planning a move to Spain, but it may require a stay in Italy for citizenship.)
Hi there and thanks for watching! It does depend on where you are sending from/to and the size/weight of your boxes and whether you need to express ship it or not. But for ours which we did standard shipping and up to 30kg per box, I think it was about €180 per box. Hope this helps - good luck with your move 😁📦
@@boozing_abroad Thanks so much! I'm really enjoying these videos. (Ignore the nit picky commentators...)
😁 thanks so much, it means a lot. Everyone does seem to have their own opinions about things... we just want to share our adventure of a lifetime - cheers!
How much is your housing cost / rent ?
Check out this video for more details on our housing costs - ruclips.net/video/YbXInhHKy-0/видео.htmlsi=1TUsbr_PbAFFjSw3
Thanks for watching!
Rents in Bologna have sky rocketed after covid years, it's crazy....many people have been forced out of the city because of rised up rents ..It's a shame! Probably they will not appear expensive to someone who comes, let's say, from the US and work remotely for US companies, but for an Italian with an average or minimum wage they are unaffordable, above all if you're single and don't come from a wealthy family. For that reason in Bologna is very common to live in flats shared with other people. (I've been living here since 1993 and I was able to remain here only because my request of a "council flat" has been accepted, otherwise last march I would have had to leave Bologna after 31 years!)
If you don’t mind sharing, what visa are you on ?
Don’t mind at all! Chris is a dual citizen with the US and Italy, so we don’t need any visa as he has all the rights of any other Italian citizen. He just has to declare residency which allows me (Sam) to apply for a Permesso di Soggiorno via marriage (which is essentially a long-term visa). Hope this helps but let us know if you have any other questions! This video has some more basic info - ruclips.net/video/h7hn7_JeP-M/видео.htmlsi=pFpEJCUyvFl858xZ
@@boozing_abroadfioccano
I live there (Bologna)
How cool?! Are you from here originally?
@@boozing_abroad I've been living here for the most part of my life (since 1993 )
@@boozing_abroad Originally I'm from a small town in Veneto, but my father is sicilian and I left my family home for good at 18.
Chris’s father’s side of the family is also from Sicilia. We visited there back in 2020 and enjoyed it!
Open mouth ... distracting
Not sure what this means, but thanks for watching! Cheers 😁