Italy
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cindy Sheahan, 64, who retired from real estate in 2017 and left Colorado to travel abroad. In 2025, Sheahan settled in Palermo, Italy. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.In 2017, I was at a crossroads. A lot of…
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Kelly Beigle, 38, and Boris Krstevski, 39, a couple based in Washington, DC, who bought an apartment in the Lombardy region of Italy. The conversations have been edited for length and clarity.Kelly Beigle: I actually started looking to buy in DC back…
My husband and I visited Italy for the first time a few years ago on a Disney cruise, kid-free. Italy was so special, I returned home dreaming of returning with my teenagers. It took a few years, but this summer, we booked an Adventures by Disney trip — a highly…
I was five months pregnant when my husband and I boarded a plane from Columbus, Ohio, to Rome with two young kids and a third on the way.It was March 2014, and I was feeling nervous but excited. I was fully convinced we were chasing a beautiful, slower-paced life abroad.We…
Every time Laurie DeRiu visited her father-in-law in Sardinia, she left enamored by the Italian island’s beauty and relaxed atmosphere.”It’s a totally different quality of life there,” DeRiu, 60, told Business Insider. “It’s not at all the hustle and bustle that happens, especially in the northeast.”Though she fantasized about someday…
I’ve been to Italy twice, each trip exactly two years to the day apart. While iconic spots like Rome’s Colosseum or Florence’s Piazza Santa Croce haven’t changed at all, there’s a lot about me that’s unrecognizable since my first visit.In recent years, I’ve started therapy, abandoned toxic friendships, and embraced…
