This Is Italy
Emigrate to Italy, these three words have such a romantic sound… And I cannot say otherwise, it is.
We emigrated to this beautiful country almost 10 years ago. The nature is beautiful, the climate very pleasant and the people very nice.
A ruin restored
Like so many others, we also bought a house that still had to be renovated (it was just not a ruin) and we started an agriturismo. This is in a nutshell what the past 10 years have looked like for us.
We have done the renovation of our house ourselves and we have realized 5 holiday apartments and a spacious living area for ourselves. This renovation has of course been accompanied by the necessary highs and lows. But we are very glad we did. It has taken a long time, but the result is impressive, if I do say so myself.
We have been receiving guests since 2010 and everyone is very enthusiastic and satisfied. That's always nice to hear. We are therefore very happy that the company is running well.
Time to go back
But there is one but… We are and will remain Dutch, and we both feel very clearly that now the time has come to go back to the Netherlands. So our agriturismo is for sale.
We want to return to the Netherlands for a number of different reasons. The most important is probably my parents. My father has become ill and therefore both my father and my mother both need more help.
I find it annoying that I can't do more for them and that's why we want to live close to them in the future. We notice that we will also miss the rest of our family and friends. In short, it is clear to us that it is time to go back to our roots.
A new company
We already have an idea of what we want to do when we get back. A company in wall decoration. And we owe that to the major renovation of this beautiful house in Italy.
During the renovation we noticed that we really liked tiling bathrooms and especially mosaics. We have applied this in every bathroom in the holiday apartments. We therefore want to specialize in wall decoration such as mosaic work, but also murals, wall panels and so on.
I can certainly recommend it to anyone interested in emigrating to beautiful Italy. Just do it, la dolce vita really exists!
Update January 2018
Eric and Nanja have decided not to sell their agriturismo for the time being. The main reason is that Nanja's parents come to live with them. So for the time being they will remain in Italy and you can still book a stay at Agriturismo Carincone. Nanja: 'We'll see what the future brings.'
ℹ️More information about the agriturismo can be found at www.carincone.com.
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