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Coming back to Sicily: contrasting reflections

Categories About me, C.O.S.I (Crazy Observations by Stranieri in Italy, Culture Shock, Expat, Expat experiences, Life in Sicily, Living in Italy, Living in Sicily, Opinion piece, Reflection piece, Sicily, Travel, Uncategorized15 Comments on Coming back to Sicily: contrasting reflections

People love Italy, they fantasies about it, they want to live here but never realise how broken a place it is. It is slow in mentality, stubborn to change and frustrating for someone who is used to living in a younger faster moving, more efficient country. One day when the rest of the world is…

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Going home: an expat’s internal conflict

Categories About me, Authentic Sicily, Culture Shock, Expat, Expat advice from Italy, Expat experiences, Italy, Life in Sicily, Opinion piece, Photography, Reflection piece, Tastes of Australia, Tastes of Home, Travel, Uncategorized2 Comments on Going home: an expat’s internal conflict

Every time I go home for a visit I get terribly excited, start making lists of what I want to do, who I need to see and what I should buy so I can make the most of my three months in Australia (as my Italian husband travels on a short tourist visa- I’m sure…

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