I love this blog, written by a young woman who still loves living in Italy, despite the earthquakes, severe weather, state bureaucracy, etc etc… I hope you enjoy reading it too. Check out her other blogs about earthquakes in her corner of Le Marche, Italy.

Land of the Forgotten Earthquakes

The question that friends abroad often ask

I live here.

I’ve lived here for about 6 years. I’m not on a vacation. My life here is not a hobby nor an experiment.  It is – for better and for worse, my life. The life that Steve and I have here is a good life, a better life than we had in London. I work here (well, not at the moment obviously!), I pay taxes here, I’ve had major surgery here, I’ve been to funerals here. I see beauty here that surpasses my wildest dreams and I see it every day. I am part of a small, basically healthy, civic society.

We don’t have much crime and we don’t have much violence.  We don’t drop litter, we don’t get drunk and throw up in the streets and we…

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