Hello, Slow Europe friends. I was a constant lurker, sometime poster on SlowTrav beginning in 2009, but didn't join back in with this community until today. I'm looking forward to chatting with you again.
We are planning a move to Abruzzo in early 2020 for an indefinite period of time. We're done with the big-city, downtown-office-tower, big-house-two-cars life. We intend to take advantage of the new law offering a flat 7% tax rate to retirees who settle in the south. We also intend to learn how to live a smaller life with fresh daily meals and lots of walks and exploring. We believe this will improve the quality and reduce the cost of our daily lives.
Despite a number of trips to Italy, we have never been south or east of Rome, so we have lots to learn and explore. We're booked for a 3-week apartment-hunting trip in September, and booked one-way on the QM2 in January (so we can take our French bulldog, who can't fly due to lack of a proper nose.)
I'm working fiendishly on all the organization that goes along with this plan: updated wills and financial plans, visa application prep, readying the house for sale, wrapping up my volunteer work (paying work is done), and a million other things. My husband is happy to support this plan as long as I do the planning...but I'm a project manager, so I'm happy to take that on.
I'll be asking questions and looking for information from those who've gone before me...happy to be back.
We are planning a move to Abruzzo in early 2020 for an indefinite period of time. We're done with the big-city, downtown-office-tower, big-house-two-cars life. We intend to take advantage of the new law offering a flat 7% tax rate to retirees who settle in the south. We also intend to learn how to live a smaller life with fresh daily meals and lots of walks and exploring. We believe this will improve the quality and reduce the cost of our daily lives.
Despite a number of trips to Italy, we have never been south or east of Rome, so we have lots to learn and explore. We're booked for a 3-week apartment-hunting trip in September, and booked one-way on the QM2 in January (so we can take our French bulldog, who can't fly due to lack of a proper nose.)
I'm working fiendishly on all the organization that goes along with this plan: updated wills and financial plans, visa application prep, readying the house for sale, wrapping up my volunteer work (paying work is done), and a million other things. My husband is happy to support this plan as long as I do the planning...but I'm a project manager, so I'm happy to take that on.
I'll be asking questions and looking for information from those who've gone before me...happy to be back.