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Documenting my life abroad as an American in Italy—from everyday adventures and cultural discoveries to the honest realities of starting over in a new country. 🇮🇹

28/10/2026

a few thoughts on what’s been happening in Italy recently from a dual-citizen immigrant from the U.S. 🇮🇹🇺🇸❤️

26/10/2026

postcards from a city that’s revealed itself to me, slowly.

finally, what once was new and unknown has begun to unravel into something more familiar.

it takes time to get to know a city, just like it takes time to get to know a person.

I haven’t rushed to know every corner and detail of Florence. I haven’t visited as many museums as I thought I would have, and I haven’t memorized all the streets just yet. I still can’t claim to know the city in and out, and I don’t know if I ever will.

why rush to see everything, when that’s part of the joy of discovery? deepening a relationship with a place and its people over time is something i think we often forget is a pleasure.

what I have begun to know is: florence is a city of creatives, of craftsmanship. It’s a city unafraid to hide its old-world beauty.

there is still so much for me to learn here. there is still so much to explore. and that’s the joy — getting to know a place well, over time, with no demands, no infatuation, and no glossy promises.

how do you continue to be a traveler in your own city? leave a comment

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20/10/2026

I’m not saying I’m the perfect example of work-life balance 😅 but here’s what a realistic weekday in my life looks like as a freelance business owner living in Florence.

Some days are more exciting. Some days I barely leave my apartment

My days are shifting from exciting to something a bit more routine lately, but I think that’s really just a sign that I’ve finally begun to feel at ease in my newly adopted city ⚜️

Follow Jen | Florence, Slow Travel & Freelancing for more of the *actual* everyday reality of building a life and managing your freelance business abroad

03/10/2026

not sure if my dog approves of the new Italian guy in the house tho 🥴😂😅

17/09/2026

the truth is, the decision to stay in Italy meant leaving a 3-year relationship.

I thought I was moving to Italy just for the citizenship process, maybe for 4 or 5 months. But when it took longer than that, i looked at my life, and I said, I don’t want this to stop.

I didn’t hate my life in LA, I had good friends, I had family, I had many things there that made me happy and were hard to let go of.

But the reality is, I’d been dreaming of Italy ever since I picked up my great-grandparents’ birth certificates at the anagrafe office in a little tiny seaside town in Sicily.

And I’d been dreaming of Florence ever since my parents took me here for the first time as a kid, back in 1995.

And so, I chose myself.

I hope this inspires anyone who’s stuck. Anyone who’s having a hard time making a big life decision. Sometimes you just have to dive into the deep end when the opportunity presents itself.

Find the faith in yourself that you will be fine, no matter what may come.

follow as I figure out real life in Italy as an American immigrant.

This is another episode in my series of what it’s really like to move abroad (the pretty and the not so pretty side of it all)

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