Scratcher

After 5 years working overseas, I'm moving back to Italy next week. I'm currently surrounded by boxes and all the chaos that goes with a move, but the excitement of being back in Italy is growing daily. I can't wait to arrive!!

Scratcher

MarkRD

Makes a nice change, although quite why you're so excited about coming back to Italy I can't imagine, unless:

1. you're a patriotic Italian
2. you've been living somewhere even worse
3. you have family and good friends here...


All the best anyway!

ononno

welcome back anyway.

Scratcher

Apart from catching up with friends and family, I'm looking forward to enjoying all the good things Italy has to offer (weather, culture, food, wine). I am also looking for a property to renovate, so it should be an enjoyable year.

Scratcher

Patty

welcome back Scratcher (even if I think you must be barmy )

Scratcher

Thanks Patty. If you don't mind me asking, why would I be barmy? There are a lot of worse places than Italy to live in.

We will be moving back into our apartment in Turin and I see you are near to Turin. Where are you?

Scratcher

Patty

I know Scratcher - but there are many places much better to live in and specially at this moment after the elections. I just think that if I could turn the clock back I definitely wouldn't have come back here - but then we're all different

We're near Pinerolo by the way.

Isakat

Patty, can not agree more, the country is a mess.

Scratcher

I know that Italy is a mess, but so is the UK, Spain, Greece and just about every european country. There are particular negatives to every place in the world, nowhere is perfect or we would all be there! I guess at the moment I am just thinking of enjoying myself, and I am not paying too much attention to the political and economical problems.

I arrived last night, so I'm still surrounded by boxes but now slowly unpacking.

Scratcher

PS I used a fantastic "man and a van" to transport our things from the UK to Italy. An absolute first class service. If anyone wants any info or contact details then PM me.

Pica

I escaped from Wales 2 and a bit years ago-so -Congratulations Scratcher, Italy is better in every way!

Scratcher

I've not missed the place for a second

Lorna at Vicenza

That's what it's all about.
Not politics.
Not religion
Not comparing
Not discussing

Just ..... I live better here ......... or there.

At least that's what it's supposed to be about.

MarkRD

True, but comparing is inevitable ...

If you try to avoid it yourself then people will always bring it up, both here and there ..

After 26 years I still get people asking me if I like the food....and which is better.

Pica

I'm seldom asked to make comparisons by Italians but often by the Brits both by the expats here and the Brits when I take trips to the UK.
My answer is usually that neither is "better" it's just different.
People always have choices, what to buy, make,eat and can source,one way or another what they prefer to eat-if they can be bothered. I can make any dish here that I could make in Britain and vice-versa.

Pica

Oops-looking at my previous post re "What's better" ....that was in reference to the food.
Italy has better weather-nobody can deny that, the lifestyle is more relaxed and generally people are happier (that'll be the sunshine) at least that's my experience but maybe it's because I live in the country
PS I haven't missed it either.