Nearly 2 years ago, I wrote a post titled My Dominican Life as I had moved a few months prior to Punta Cana. I took some time off and spent it with family while the real estate market began to sort out its issues. As many of you know, I love to work and after about 15 months, I was off to Florence, Italy to take over marketing at a project here.
I have had over a year here, and it is now time to add this post. Different country, same culture. My Italian work life is very similar to my Dominican work life...while personal life is very different. Suffice it to say, both countries have their positives and negatives.
Positives - Italians love family, the love babies, they really love cute babies, they are stylish, they are part of my heritage (I went to Napoli and saw my father everywhere), they like to have fun, they take a lot of vacation, what's not to like about the history, architecture and art and they love food and wine. I am sure there are many more I am missing.
Negatives - this is personal because it is different living inland than living on the Caribbean Sea. I love the warm water and warm temperatures of the Dom Rep...but Florence is beautiful too. We live on the River Arno, the sky is blue on most days, but at least now, it is too cold for my cold blood. The family misses our Dominican food, our Dominican help, the hair salon (even though there are Dominican salons here too) and family.
Now, would I trade one for the other? If we could live 6 months in Punta Cana and 6 months in Florence, consider it done. Now, if I can only find a job that allows for that schedule.
Well, off to make that happen!
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