It’s summertime here in Italy, and that means that my husband and I have packed up our bags and our cats and headed down to Messina, Sicily to visit my husband’s family. I could write a whole post about all the wonderful food here and the unique Sicilian dishes everyone should try (and I just…
How to Get an Apostille for U.S. Documents
If you have read my post about getting married to an Italian in Italy, you will know that there are tons of documents and bureaucracy involved (not to mention that pesky marca da bollo). Then, when you’ve gotten all those documents, you have to get even MORE documents to make your American documents legal in…
Our Path to Dual Citizenship in Italy by Barbara Palermo
Today I am kicking off a new initiative on the An American in Italy blog: guest posts! Today’s guest writer is Barbara “Barbie” Palermo, an American in Sicily who obtained Italian citizenship through ancestry. Her husband (whose name is Ken, by the way — and yes, these two are real!) also got Italian citizenship through…
5 Tips for Learning Italian
If you are planning to live in Italy (or even just to come and visit), you are going to need to learn a bit of Italian to help you get around. I have written in the past about how lonely it can be to learn a language, but today I want to write something that…
9 Italian Holidays That Aren’t Celebrated in America
In my last post, I gave you a list of American holidays that aren’t celebrated in Italy, and this time I’m here to do the opposite. This can be useful if you are in Italy and wondering why the bus doesn’t run on a certain day or whether you need to plan to visit your…