Italian Living

If you read my post from February 26th, you know that I was sitting in the bar drinking an espresso and eating a brioche when I got the news that my citizenship had been granted. It was, I said at the time, the most Italian possible moment to receive that notification. I stand by that. What I didn’t mention was that the journey from “citizenship granted” to “actually Italian” still had a few steps left.

As I sit here on January 8, 2026, I’m waiting patiently (hmmm) for word on my Italian citizenship by marriage application.  Some lucky people in Italy receive their citizenship in less than a year after application, but the law says “within 24 months, unless of course we need more time and we can then extend it another 12 months” (highly paraphrased of course).  The waiting game has me contemplating just how we got here in the first place, so let’s reminisce!

Six years ago I started this blog. At that time, I didn’t know much Italian. Certainly I couldn’t write well in Italian. You might assert that I still don’t know enough to write in Italian today 🙂 – but I’ve improved a lot in these six years, and I need to try harder! So, today I made some modifications to this site so that I can write in both English and Italian.