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Hi! I’m Valeria and I’m an expat in Italy. I’ve moved here (almost) on a whim when my plans in Paris got ruined – without speaking the language and totally unprepared, but pretty sure this is gonna be an adventure of a lifetime! Moving to Italy has definitely had its ups and downs, but I love discovering Italian culture, Italian people and, of course, Italian food. Here I post regular travel vlogs, tips on expat life, moving to Italy, personal growth and self-esteem as an expat woman living abroad.
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This is a very well put together video.
Mainly analysing Life as an Expat, through her experience in Italy.
She doesn't try to diss Italy!
She only takes Italy as an example to point out Expat Life Inconveniences and Challenges.
That's useful for people who consider a move abroad, regardless of country!
It's food for thought.
Sharing experiences is important, no matter if those come across as positive or negative. They create argument, and argument is so much needed to keep the brain healthy by challenging your thinking and decision making.
So whoever is narrow-minded enough to not get that, can respectfully FO.
You need to wake up and get out of the box you are stuck inside. Learn to think out of the box or remain stuck forever inside the box like a Jack.
If you ever have the balls to become expat, you will understand what she is trying to say.
Let's see for how long you will survive it.
Italy is a great example to point out flaws, because it is considered a top destination, along with France.
No country is perfect and without flaws.
Perfect doesn't exist.
Also pride and silliness are in fact two terms with close relation.
I wish I had a house in Chicago
Firts of all what you doing still there if Italy is that bad? 2 I can tell from location you up north wich it really sucks I'm a southern Italian I wouldn't never move there myself …try go south and yes I'll be happy stay overseas I will choose everything then stay in U.S ..
I’d leave America in a hot minute and move to the Campania region.
Italy is amazing. It’s the definition of happiness.
I moved from a north-of-the-Alps-country to Italy. It was like moving from heaven to the Inferno. My recommendation is do not do that!! Ive lived in 7 other countries and my standard of living is by far the worst in Italy. La dolce Vita is an absolute tourist construction that doesnt exist. Things dont work here in Italy. A country cant be livable just from a dreamy stereotype, great food, beauiful land, art and historic treasures. It really doesnt make life any better here.
Been 15 years in Finland. I am Spanish. I don’t see how moving to Italy wouldn’t be a good thing. I value good food, history, social persons , style and great places to walk. None of those I find in Finland. Don’t need riches, just the small pleasure that are so abundant in South Europe.
First of all you can not learn to love something (like your country) if you just don't!I am not one of those people but that doesn't mean we all have to feel the same way. Different personalities ,different understandings for happiness after all. And the weather in Italy actually DOES give you a lot of option to travel . Even in winter I've tried it enough , It's not like in England or Netherlands so why not?
I really liked this video and, as an Italian man, I would like to add just a small personal remark.
I think she nailed a very important and often neglected aspect of the phenomenon.
I used to really like videos on YouTube made by foreigners who decided to relocate in Italy, but as time passed I started to notice a trend that somehow upsets me.
Many people seems to embrace a very "hedonistic" image of our country: Italy is the land of good food, fancy wine, aperitivo, beautiful landscapes, cities full of monuments and art, sunny days and genuine, simple personal relationships. A new world with increased quality of life and less stressful life.
This is actually true, we have all of those things, but if someone comes here with a mental image of our country based only on the stereotypes I have listed above, he or she will soon discover that they are just a small part of what shapes our everyday life here. Simply put, Italy is not the cheaper version of a Californian dream life.
Many foreigners list the pros and cons of our country and usually the pros are exactly the stereotyped things they projected on Italy, while the cons are all the real aspects of Italian everyday life that diverge from that image.
Yes, our country is messy, chaotic, complicated, sometimes challenging. Things don't always work and our culture can be quite a shock if explored in depth.
But understanding (not necessarily accepting) those non-stereotyped aspects of Italy means that you are serious about your intention to merge with us and share our common experiences.
Otherwise, you'll end up being a dissatisfied tourist, that feels betrayed by a country that turned out to be quite different than expected…
Living in Italy is not a year-long holiday into the world of "La Dolce Vita" and refined pleasures.
Of course this remark does not apply to every foreigner living here and is not a criticism: it is just my way to kindly express my perplexities about that simplistic and hedonistic view of Italy.
I got to 4 min and then stopped watching. She kept repeating "you won't be happy here" and I felt like I was being lectured. Her speech was more about personal growth I was hoping for some practical advice. The young lady's grasp of English is very good, but if I was her, I would make this clip concise.
Tutto il mondo è parse edit paese*
What she said!!!
Very important and true. Happiness comes from within… Personally I have learned to be happy anywhere and everywhere. But there are places I would rather live than others. Italy is on the list…
It may sound harsh, but if you think your country is bad, you should try going abroad. It's your problem if you don't have the strength or courage to go abroad. It's not the country's fault. So am I. I'm smoldering because I don't have the courage to go out of the country. However, if we blame the environment, we won't be able to help ourselves, so let's do our best together. It's not a bad thing to hope for something new. If you can do action instead of just ending with words.
A lot of comments from Brits. Canadian here. I've been to both Britain and Italy. I found England and Italy both very beautiful places. As a Canadian I have an eye for the natural surroundings. Not only are both countries beautiful but they, of course, also have art and architecture that are also beautiful. Italian was an easy language to pick up after my years of learning French as school. However, I'd never move to another country. I'm too Canadian. I'd get homesick. Whenever I step onto the tarmac after international travel I kiss the ground. Once again I can smell the forest.
I used to live right around the corner from the piazza she filmed in. It’s good to see a familiar place again and I miss the little gelato shop in that piazza! She makes some good points. When I would tell people in America that I lived in Italy they would say things like, “How amazing! Your life must be so wonderful there.” In some ways it was, but it wasn’t the dreamy problem free life they imagined. It wasn’t always easy to live there, and some of the people (Americans) I worked with were horrible people who made my life miserable. But I also have amazing memories and experiences from my time there, and I’m thankful I got to experience it.
Do I have to love my home country? Can I be realistic about the advantages and disadvantages of both places? LOL. I struggle to full on LOVE the US, but I know that everywhere has their own issues.
Ich werde Ihnen für immer zu Dank verpflichtet sein, Mrs. Nellie Hilton, Sie haben mein ganzes Leben verändert. Ich werde weiterhin über Ihren Namen predigen, damit die Welt ihn hören kann. Sie haben mich mit dem Wenigen, das ich hatte, vor einer riesigen finanziellen Verschuldung bewahrt. Vielen Dank, Mrs. Nellie
Three and a half minutes of bullshit so far
Good bait. I could make basically the same remarks about moving to any country in the world.
Here are other more useful remarks: do not move to another country if you don't speak the language, if you don't have some above average skill that you can spend there – unless you want to live a miserable life – if you cannot stand the weather – yea nordic countries with 6 months of dark, talking to you – if you are a minority and are unwilling to face inevitable racism. And of course if you are a woman and don't like how they treat women there – guess which countries I am talking about.
For Italy, also try avoid the triangle of death: Milan, Bergamo, Venezia- including Brescia, where I am from – where sometimes it seems all you do in life is to work. Not so much in other areas.
Sardegna made mi so happyy
you only repeat yourself way too much. Thx but no thx. This was not helpful. Ok, be happy….
Then why do you move to Italy? If like you said is not going to make you happy