Under the Tuscan Sun?

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worldsowide

Visiting a place and living in it are two very different things. I have lived in Tuscany for 10 years now and I can assure you that life is not all "Under the Tuscan Sun" dreamy (unless you have unlimited funds and a lot of help from people).

Don't get me wrong, I love it (most of the time). But it is also a real life, not a film or a dream. I still have to work, pay bills, clean the house, etc...all things that don't quite lend themselves to the glamorous lifestyle that many imagine in living in a foreign place. Remember too that you will likely be far away from home, family and friends and while you'll make ones here, somehow it is not always the same. And you'll have to manage living in another culture and doing it while speaking another language.

Not trying to be discouraging (obviously I'm doing it so I can't think it's all bad), just trying to be realistic.

zimÃ² ama la Sicilia!

Oh, I' m Italian and my aunt lives there.
I've been in Florence a lots of time, but it is always beautiful.
But in Tuscany you have to see a lot of beautiful places: Pisa,
Lucca, Siena....
Anyway try to discover other beautiful places in Italy that aren' t so famous in the U.S....
South Italy is also rich of beautiful places

isa

You are right , Tuscany is very beautiful, peaceful and quite. It's also a modern and well organized country.
There are many beautiful town like Montepulciano, Pienza, Arezzo.

It's only difficult choise the better.

ninaol

Every time I come back from Sicily I swear to myself that I want to live there but then reality sets in. Living life there and visiting for a few weeks are totally different. With the Euro everything is so much more expensive. Finding a job is hard enough but finding one to sustain the bare necessities if even harder. Don't get me wrong I would move back in an instant if I had access to unlimited funds or make the same amount there as I'm making here as a RN. La Dulce vita is beautiful but reality is an eye opener. I wish you well.

magenta twinkle

I hope your dreams come true...
I loved Tuscany - Siena is my favorite town. We stayed in a villa in Ville de Corsona (?).
Lucca was some of my friends fav
The wineries are to die for!
What is great about this region, no matter what vista you see - It is gorgeous.

Italy touches a place within me too.

Matteo M

Living and visiting are very different!!
TUSCANY is just another place in the world... it has its good and bad things. Don't get mistaken with Hollywood make belief......you will find a huge villa to be renovated for a couple of million Euros... and it won't be easy to renew due to the bad condition of the walls and humidity!!
If its in your soul then congrats.. try going there and adjusting for a year... you will still need to pay bills, clean etc.......
I agree with WORLDSOW..

eddie f13

Go For It!! I want to retire in Italy also..I was just in Radda in Chianti and LOVED it. Will return there soon and it will be even harder to leave the food the wine and the people it gets no better than that. I still have wine shipments coming daily...still cant let go!

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