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Properties for 1 Euro??? Oh My!

5/20/2015

Yes, that's what the title says, and for writers! OMG, check this out:

http://www.ilgiornaledelmolise.it/2015/05/14/borghi-della-lettura-sbarca-a-pizzone-il-primo-comune-del-molise-a-vendere-case-a-1e-agli-scrittori/

Also,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3078943/Buy-house-gorgeous-Italian-countryside-just-1-Village-homes-given-away-stop-blight-ghost-towns-ll-need-promise-18-000-up.html

at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3078943/Buy-house-gorgeous-Italian-countryside-just-1-Village-homes-given-away-stop-blight-ghost-towns-ll-need-promise-18-000-up.html

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I love Italy & I love Australia

5/7/2015

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The photo to the left is Calabria, Italy. You can see why I love Italy but the photo below that is of Australia, and you can also see why I love Australia!
Italy represents many things for me - food, family, architecture and history and Australia represents beauty, amazing wild life, open spaces and friendly people.
They are two amazingly different countries although they are both in my heart. Right now, both are being inundated with refugees, some 14 million or so. This is a terrible situation for many people who have nowhere to go and have relinquished control of their own lives and that of their families.
This makes me terribly sad and frustrated, bu the shameful thing is that many people are still against taking people in. It should be remembered that passports are only a recent addition to our society and have only been enforced in the past generally during the war periods, but what does a border mean? What do passports that say 'Italian', 'Kenyan' or 'Australian' really mean? What right does one group of peoples have over a particular piece of land? Aren't we all part of one world? Will we one day be travelling through space and have EARTH passports?
Please think about what is right and not what has just been accepted as the 'law'.

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Abruzzo, the North, or the South?

3/5/2015

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The above photo is of the coastal town of Scilla in Reggio, Calabria. This is not far from where my family is from in Reggio, Calabria, Italy.

To some of you this photo might look typical of the brochure style Italy that is marketed by the marketing people of the world, but it's far from that fake, shallow 'ideal' life style that is promoted as being Italy. People that truly know Italy, know it for much more than this, AND much less!
That's right I said less and the reason I say less is because that's what Italy is about in more ways than one can ever know.
Simple has often been a word associated with the Italian lifestyle, but the word itself has connotations of no complexities or backwards or even prehistoric. I find that the lifestyle in Italy (not il dolce vita by the way - originally used as a derogatory term in Italy now hijacked by the marketing people...) is balanced. What do I mean by balanced? Let's look at some things:
Italians love food, that is no secret.
Italians love family - LIVE for family!
Italians do things well as can be evidenced by the way Italian food and products are all over the world, and yet in direct contrast to the cheap rubbish that comes out of China - more often, Italian products are expensive, but nonetheless the industry of producing marketable and salable products has thrived.
So, what don't Italians care too much for?
Unnecessary rules?
Fascist laws?
The cold, aloof, and somewhat clinical society of Anglo-Saxon states such as Australia?

Italy can be called many things, but cold is not one of them. Love is in the air all around and that is what draws me to want to live in Italy, because from where I stand right now, I'd rather live in a society that is bound by affinities rather than by rules and regulations.
But where do I go to live? I have thought much about Abruzzo; visited it, looked at land and houses for sale and researched it. Then there is the south, such as Calabria, where my family is from, but the Mafia remains a deterrent for me, or am I being silly? Lastly, the north. The north has some appeal because economically it is better off, but am I missing out on so much more by contemplating leaving the south out of my search?
I have yet to decide.
Perhaps letting my heart decide once we are in Italy will help.

catch you later.

Aden

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Italia or Bust!

3/4/2015

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It's the simple things about Italy that make it very special to me. I am well aware, living in one of the richest (and most expensive) countries in the world, that Italy is not well off economically, but that is part of what makes Italians and Italy special.
People don't travel to Italy and fall in love because it runs like clockwork like Japan or Germany. People love the way of life, and that is what truly draws me to live there. Not only that though because my father was Italian and my mother of Irish descent, so there are ties that are undeniable.
I have to go now, but welcome to the blog.
This is a continuation of my SPACE blog on a former site that I have now amalgamated.

Ciao

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