![]() ![]() ![]() If you happen to consider Italy, then this is the book you need to read. There is a good chance that at some point in this turbulent political atmosphere we face you will come to think of moving abroad. Stef Smulders, a Dutch expat and the author of Living in Italy: The Real Deal-How to Survive the Good Life, does what a good writer does: He writes what he observes and leaves the judgement to you, the reader. Have two Twinkies and wash them down fast with a watery Bud, for these are the products of mechanized efficiency. ![]() Their battle cry is a scream, “If only their institutions were more efficient, like in America!Ĭhill. The same slowness they love in cuisine and the art and crafts they desperately want to reverse in Italy’s institutions. They originally arrived in Italy to guzzle the cheap and tasty wine, eat slowly the fruits of the hunt and the forage, gawk at the abundant art, and show off their bods on the sandy beaches-the joys born of a culture they will come to loath upon trying to become a citizen or renovating a house. Lots of expats who’ve landed in Italy have written books about the “hidden” trials and tribulations of settling down on the boot. ![]()
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