Silvia Marchetti

1 week ago | local3news.com | Silvia Marchetti

Una casa a precio de ganga en un pueblo hermoso —incluyendo una persona como parte del personal de limpieza y otra para el mantenimiento— sería suficiente para que muchas personas dieran el salto a Italia, pero el estadounidense Keith Richardson tenía otro requisito clave. La propiedad donde pretendía comenzar su nueva vida no debía estar cerca de un McDonald’s o Starbucks, para él, dos símbolos del mundo comercializado del que intentaba escapar en EE.UU.

1 week ago | en.pressbee.net | Silvia Marchetti

By Silvia Marchetti | CNN A bargain-price home in a beautiful town — with a cleaner and a handyman thrown in for good measure — would be enough of a deal for many people to make the leap to Italy, but American Keith Richardson had one other key requirement. The property where he intended to start his new life must not be anywhere near a McDonald’s or Starbucks, for him two symbols of the commercialized world he was trying to escape in the US. RELATED: Many US retirees are looking to move abroad.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Silvia Marchetti

For travel tips, recipes and more insight on Italian culture, sign up for CNN’s Unlocking Italy newsletter. This eight-part guide will have you packing your bags in no time. CNN  —  A bargain-price home in a beautiful town — with a cleaner and a handyman thrown in for good measure — would be enough of a deal for many people to make the leap to Italy, but American Keith Richardson had one other key requirement.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Silvia Marchetti

A British couple who won a €1 long weekend in Sicily as part of a scheme to attract more tourists has said it was “fate” that they secured the trip. The town of Siculiana in the island’s south launched the programme, offering tourists a weekend holiday for the symbolic price of €1 (87p). The aim was to boost tourism and introduce more people to the town, as years of depopulation had reduced the local population to about 5,000 residents.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Silvia Marchetti

A Brit living in Barcelona, who with his American wife helps foreigners relocate abroad, says he can’t wait to get rid of his UK passport and get European Union and American passports instead. Back when he was born, when the UK was still part of the EU, having a British passport was “like gold”. But now he finds it restrictive and “frustrating”. Daniel Every, 32, an electronic DJ and producer, was born near Málaga to English parents.