Living, Studying, and Working in Italy: Everything You Need to Know to Live La Dolce Vita - Softcover

Monica Larner; Travis Neighbor Ward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080507306X ISBN 13: 9780805073065

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks, 2003

Synopsis

All the information you could possibly need for your time in Italy, whether a week or a decade, in a completely updated and revised edition
So, you want to move to Italy for six months but you don't speak the language well. How do you look for a job? Your heart is set on buying a farmhouse in Tuscany. What are the legal pitfalls to avoid? You'd like to study in Rome, but your college doesn't have a program. Which schools should you apply to?
With all-new information on the Internet and on the effect of the conversion to the euro, this essential companion guide to Italy features
- hundreds of addresses and Internet sites, from real estate
agencies to job banks
- details on visas, banking, taxes, and residency permits
- freelance, seasonal, part-time, and full-time employment
options
- more than two hundred language schools, American colleges,
and Italian universities
Written by two seasoned expatriates, Living, Studying, and Working in Italy is packed with candid insider's tips and practical, up-to-date information for travelers of any age.

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Review

The title of Living, Studying and Working in Italy says it all: this book is intended for would-be expatriates with an eye for Italy. The authors have both had extensive experience living and working in the Bel Paese--Neighbor was in Florence for four years while Larner still lives in Rome, where she is a journalist for Business Week. Together they have pooled their experiences and collective knowledge of living abroad to address the practical side of living, working, or studying in Italy.

The first thing you might notice about this book is that it lacks references to Italy's great art, popular tourist sites, and best hotels. But remember, this is no ordinary guidebook--leave the tourist stuff to others and let Neighbor and Larner take you on a tour of everyday life as an expatriate in Italy. Here you'll find information about taking language courses and teaching English, volunteering for archeological digs, and starting a business. There are plenty of practical tips about visas, banking, residency requirements, and--alas!--taxes. There are lists of language schools, volunteer opportunities, and internship programs as well as information about freelance, part-time, and full-time employment opportunities. In short, this guidebook extraordinaire might just be an expatriate's best friend in Italy.

About the Author

Travis Neighbor Ward was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated with an M.A. and B.A. in English literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She moved to Florence, Italy, for five years before writing Living, Studying and Working in Italy. Since then she has worked as an award-winning magazine editor-in-chief and writer in New York City and Atlanta, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. She is the author of the novels Come Find Me (pub. date April 15, 2014) and The Unified Theory of Love and Everything (pub. date June 1, 2014). Visit travisnward.com

Monica Larner has lived in Rome and Milan on and off for ten years and is now writing a guide to Italy's most romantic hideaways. She was a foreign correspondent with Business Week, Italy Daily, and the International Herald Tribune.

About this edition

• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 080507306X
• ISBN 13: 9780805073065
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 365