tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post7222020645892956718..comments2023-09-15T15:22:54.167+02:00Comments on From Australia to Italy - and back: Looking but not 'being' ItalianLeanne was in Italy now in Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240105726417037664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-41001951109728574332008-11-30T11:24:00.000+01:002008-11-30T11:24:00.000+01:00hi i want to move to italy for ever asmy gfriend i...hi i want to move to italy for ever asmy gfriend is italian, i have no italian roots. but want to move over there and get a job etc.. i can speak the language so thats fine.. what would you suggest<BR/><BR/>i'm 33 and desperatedamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092228831118849304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-77625488204890127892007-09-12T17:14:00.000+02:002007-09-12T17:14:00.000+02:00Oh you are going back to AUS with the ragazzo! I a...Oh you are going back to AUS with the ragazzo! I am from Melbourne, and to get out and about we spent one week in far north queensland. We stayed in Carins for 4 nights as accom is cheap and you can join lots of tours to the Great Barrier Reef. We loved it so much we went twice, and Giuseppe scuba dived while I snorkelled. Then we did a tour up to the Daintree Rainforest and spent 2 nights in the forst which was so beautiful.<BR/>You should def go to Melb too, and we even went to Tasmania and the Cradle mountains which are stunning. The rest of TAS is a little quiet and all.Leanne was in Italy now in Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240105726417037664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-78297202986991539842007-09-12T15:22:00.000+02:002007-09-12T15:22:00.000+02:00I get that in Sweden as my dad is Swedish and I ta...I get that in Sweden as my dad is Swedish and I take after him (tall, blonde etc.). My mum is Anglo-Scottish Australian but I don't look like her at all. Here in Italy, I get subjected to the usual sexual harassment meted out to tall, blonde tourists. It gets rather old after 2 years here and I am thoroughly sick of being stared at, followed, whistled at and having comments made at me in either bad English or crude Italian. The fun part, though, is answering back in romanesco. That gets em. :)<BR/><BR/>BTW - I'm dragging my boyfriend back to Australia in Jan/Feb. He's never been there. I gather from your last post that you went back to Oz with your boyfriend recently. Any suggestions for placed which a European might like where I can take him to get away from the family in Sydney?<BR/><BR/>KataromaKataromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978496810226430712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-58861770370380540172007-09-12T11:05:00.000+02:002007-09-12T11:05:00.000+02:00Thanks Jessica,Like wise with your blog (in partic...Thanks Jessica,<BR/>Like wise with your blog (in particular the wedding party)Leanne was in Italy now in Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240105726417037664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-41802096137754784502007-09-10T15:47:00.000+02:002007-09-10T15:47:00.000+02:00Hey thanks for finding my blog, and for the link! ...Hey thanks for finding my blog, and for the link! I look forward to reading more about your adventure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-86972944288645838932007-09-09T13:45:00.000+02:002007-09-09T13:45:00.000+02:00Ciao songnatrice, Thanks for the advice - I will w...Ciao songnatrice, <BR/>Thanks for the advice - I will wait till I next visit my dad's village to do this, as I have no proof of living anywhere in Italy. I pay no bills, I have no bank account and I have no lease for a house as work pays for that and I get paid via my English bank account.<BR/>If I go to dad's village then it should be easier as the family friends I always stay with work at the commune... Always who you know isn't it? It is just the viligi people coming to check on me,which is the problem as I don't live anywhere in particular!Leanne was in Italy now in Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240105726417037664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945600374886655820.post-41072193170237916832007-09-08T12:57:00.000+02:002007-09-08T12:57:00.000+02:00Hah! You definitely "look" more Italian than I do,...Hah! You definitely "look" more Italian than I do, but I pass because I have dark hair and eyes, and some of the local cheekbones :) All of what you say here is *so* true.<BR/><BR/>As for the residency, it shouldn't be any trouble at all. Basically right now you are registered in Australia at the consulate as an Italian resident abroad in AIRE. Your comune now will just have to transfer your registration in Australia to here, and you'll have residency (after the vigili urbani come and check to make sure you live where you say you do)--and then you can get that wonderful carta d'identità!<BR/><BR/>Actually I went through a similar thing because my Italian citizenship was finalized when I was already in Italy; I had been illegal here up to that point (shhh). So when I went to my comune here to request residency, I took them copies of my Italian birth and citizenship certificates (proof that I'm an Italian citizen) and my American passport (photo ID) and they did everything for me. <BR/><BR/>You won't need any of that stuff as you already have an Italian passport--a photo ID saying you're an Italian citizen--and that should be enough.<BR/><BR/>Shouldn't be too hard at all :)Michelle | Bleeding Espressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578703393987896737noreply@blogger.com