Posts By Carla Bastos
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67News & BuzzCarla Bastos: Meeting Google’s Roy Lin, and finding out what city limit signs really mean in Italy
Tourists and aspiring expats know to expect challenges when navigating unfamiliar places. Fortunately, because of the need for tourism revenue, most popular...
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155Lifestyle & CultureCarla Bastos: My ‘joyous and eye-opening’ first Christmas in Florence
After more than a week of nonstop rain and chilly temps in Tuscany, I decided I couldn’t wait any longer to visit...
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177TravelCarla Bastos: Cruising out of Venice to Greece and Croatia
Having seen a great deal of Italy by now, but not yet Venice, it was an easy decision to plan a birthday...
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234Lifestyle & CultureCarla Bastos: My first year as an expat in Italy
I recently read, yet again, that it typically takes two years to fully acclimate to life in a new country. Those two...
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185News & BuzzYes, Italy’s new far-right government is anti-immigrant, but that doesn’t extend to Black Americans
Since last month’s election of Italy’s new prime minister, I’ve been bombarded with questions from folks in the United States. Friends, distant...
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307TravelCarla Bastos: Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy
It was the most curious thing I’d seen all weekend – maybe even since I’d arrived in Tuscany. Sitting prominently in a...
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475News & BuzzDreaming of moving to Italy, Americans? Here’s a reality check from an expat who did it
(Editor’s note: This post about moving to Italy is third in a series looking at the best countries in Europe for American expats....
