4 Reasons Why We Live in Sicily

In this video we're explaining a few of the reasons why we chose Siciliy as our new place to live.
We sold all of our belongings, filled out the immigration paperwork, moved to Sicily and started looking for houses. This is just the start of our palazzo adventure and our renovation series and it's definitely going to be interesting. If you like house renovation projects, Sicily, Italy, how-to videos, travel and a good laugh, join us!

[@rufus2o]

Hi guys! I am a Sicilian, I'm so happy and proud that you have choose my land to live in and I want to thank you about this! I like your reasons to live here! and I am here to give you my warm welcome! If you need advice for all, I will help you with very pleasure because I know that sometimes can help to know locals for a better and fast integration (I have lived in London) ,Sorry for my not perfect English! Só... I wish you a beautiful long experience in this colorful,perfuming,historic particular and really different part of Italy! WELCOME!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Piacere! We are so happy to be here and grazie mille for the warm welcome. Tu sei molto gentile! Where are you in Sicilia?

[@ShihanTomCallahan]

fantastic. I am Sicilian American and recently became an Italian dual citizen and very much considering moving there

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Congrats on the dual citizenship! 👍🏻❤️

[@Sezfluffy]

I lived in Sicily for 6 months and made my move there I 2019,Siracusa, unfortunately I lost my Job snd chance to get residency in covid and had to flee back to UK. I'm OK now doing my old but miss it a lot .

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

I hope you will be able to visit your dear Sicily again soon! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jodidelucca4190]

Welcome to Sicily!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Thanks! Where on the island are you? Do you agree with our reasons?

[@jodidelucca4190]

Yes, I do agree with your reasons. I live in Ispica ❤ I have lived in Sicily for 2 years and am a dual citizen.

[@gigi-jeff]

Welcome to Sicily! Enjoy! We lived there 6 years more near Catania Aci Castello areas We loved it! Unfortunately with Hurricane Ian coming we had to return to our house there so We left a year ago … hoping to return soon. La Vita Dolce! 🛵🛵 Gigi & Jeff

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Ah, when the hurricane calls you have to go. That is a lovely area, too. So glad you found our humble little channel. Ciao ciao!

[@mysicilycorner]

Nice vlog and I couldn't agree more with these 4 reasons!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Thanks! It was nice to finally figure out how to tell others our “why” in a coherent fashion. 😂

[@antarart]

I am glad to stumble across your channel. I am a German-Flemish-American artist from SoCal, where I lived for 45 years...Now thinking about moving to Sicily later this year! - I have long-term EU residency, and also getting my German passport back, since it is now possible to have dual citizenship. - I will follow your adventure on KZbin and may have some questions in the future....Best wishes and good luck!!! Ciao! Antar

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

I’m glad you found us too! I’m Belgian and Irish and a little bit of a lot of other things but Italian only at heart.

[@anitacook3003]

I want to move now!!’

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

It’s not a bad thing!

[@josephpravata7764]

Good luck to you both, I was born in Sicily and have started the path to retire there soon. Buona fortuna

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Grazie Mille! What part of this beautiful Island are you from?

[@joerosa2532]

"knock on wood" is "tocca ferro", translated "touch iron" whose meaning stems from touching an iron horse-shoe which is thought to bring good luck!!!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Fantastico! We will work this into our new lexicon immediately. Grazie

[@dmz7550]

OMG! You just said you come from Michigan! Detroit! Me too! My parents were born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Canadians are definitely some of the nicest people around. As are the people of Italy. I'm of Italian descent (Calabria and Friuili) as well as my husband (Sicily and Lombaria). We are about to embark on getting property in the southern part of Italy and getting dual citizenship. Location yet TBD. I look forward to following you through your journey and seeing the process you went through to buy property there. All the best to you.

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Small world, eh?! I’m excited for you! I hope you have fun picking a location. Are you considering Sicily at all?

[@dmz7550]

It hasn't been ruled out but I have cousins in Reggio Calabria that I would be visiting from time to time and crossing the straights by ferry can be rather expensive. We also hope to travel around to other areas and feel it would be easier from the main land. However, flying in / out of Catania airport to other places in Europe would be convenient (and cheaper) vs the smaller airports of Lamezia or Reggio. We are going to start our location search along the west coast of Calabria in May 2024.@@OurPlaceinSicily

[@michellespezialetti3122]

Wow.. I am so jealous. I am trying to get over there ❤!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

It’s a fabulous place. So easy to love it here!

[@mariadegan1029]

So l can tell you “knock on wood” would be equivalent to “tocca ferro” in Italian😊

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Hurray! I love learning these! Grazie 😊

[@marcocarlson1693]

Terrfic for you! Agree totally with what you said. Would just say that you will come to realize that Sicily is not really poorer than most all other parts of Italy, which are anything except poor. I totally understand what you mean and why that is said in general by others. It's also less expensive as you said. There you can have the Best of everything and live a top notch lifesyle, without being price gouged for every single thing, you find most all other places in the first world. Sicily produces lots of it's own 'stuff', and everything is very reasonable. Plus you have all of Italy at your disposal anytime you want, which is as good as it can possibly get. The great food, history, churches, scenery, beaches, supermarkets, shops, and of course the people, which are the nicest in Italy overall, and really anywhere in the world, I would say. Your comment about Canadians is funny, as I have relatives in Canada, and yes, the true Canadians are always very very friendly generally. I will also be moving to Sicily permanently from California in just a very few months, and I can't even wait to. I have been there of course and am Sicilian by ancestry. So all I can say is you guys have things figured out really well, and far better than basically everyone else, by your move and your comments. You seem like really good people, as I would expect from Midwesterners(my Dad was actually born in Cleveland, haha). So you deserve it too, right? Yes. So Best of everything to you and wishing you a wonderful stay. Auguri!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

What a lovely response. Your Sicilian is shining through! And I agree, it depend how you measure “Rich” and “poor”. I agree I feel like I’m in a land of riches! One trip through the market today and I can see that. Just wonderful, as always. All the best in your move, too! Grazie!

[@marcocarlson1693]

@@OurPlaceinSicily Thx Alot, same to you.

[@paulfreitag7772]

Ciao! I am from Wisconsin but I live in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily 6 months of the year. I will be returning on June 1st. Can I ask what type of Visa you have that allows you to stay more than 90 days at a time? Right now I am doing the 90 days in 90 days out thing. I will be looking into getting an Elective Residency Visa soon. Best wishes, Paul in Sicily

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Hi Paul! I have a Startup Investor Visa and my husband is here as my spouse. We will probably do a video on this process in the coming months if there is enough interest. 😊

[@mcognito]

Very pleasant video. I’ve was in Siracusa about 15 years ago and it was pleasant. The Greek side of Sicily seemed more to my liking. I will be moving to Sardinia when my house sells in Montana and although I was previously on the north end of that island , Cagliari will be the first stop for similar expectations. Very good luck to you both.

[@paulfreitag7772]

@@mcognito I've never been but from what I've seen Sardinia is beautiful as well! Buona fortuna!

[@pamjacobson6236]

What about the volcano that erupted?

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

We love Etna here, she is an active volcano but the kind that is much less dangerous.

[@ClaudioCappelli-ip5ej]

Posso spiegarti (in italiano, non mi fido del mio inglese!) un segreto dell'Italia e degli italiani? Un segreto che spiega perché pur avendo un reddito più basso, ad esempio di francesi e tedeschi (più basso del venticinque per cento), in realtà vivono meglio anche se non lo sanno! Il novanta per cento degli italiani (quindi tutti, tranne i poverissimi) vive in case di proprietà. Una famiglia di madre, padre è due figli ha in media almeno due appartamenti (uno per l'invero e uno per le vacanze). Questo non vale in Francia e soprattutto in Germania. Non avere il cruccio del fitto, delle spese sanitarie, delle spese di istruzione che sono molto basse anche nelle migliori Università ..., fa una grandissima differenza, di cui noi italiani siamo poco consapevoli. Inoltre diciamo pure che gli italiani hanno sovente delle entrate che non dichiarano al fisco e sfuggono alle statistiche (circa un venti per cento, secondo gli economisti). Non è un bene, ma arricchisce di dettagli la narrazione. E infatti c'è una stranezza riguardo ai dati del Sud Italia. Redditi bassi e consumi alti! Qualcosa non quadra! E' evidente che l'unica spiegazione, sta nel fatto che non tutti i redditi sono registrati! Se i siciliani fossero davvero poveri non potrebbero fare serenamente la vita che fanno! Non potrebbero essere ospitali e generosi. Infine voglio spezzare una lancia a favore della sanità italiana. Serve sessanta milioni di utenti e non guarda se sono italiani o stranieri, se sono immigrati clandestini o regolari, se ricchi o poveri, residenti o di passaggio! Se vai in una clinica privata avrai maggiori confort ma non cure migliori! Recentemente sia Re Carlo d'Inghilterra che Kate si sono dovuti operare per un tumore. Sai da dove sono giunti i medici? L'equipe era del Gemelli di Roma! Gli stessi che hanno in cura il papa (Papa Francesco) ma anche l'ultimo dei senzatetto! Peccato che proprio noi italiani, non ce ne rendiamo conto!

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

Grazie per questa informazione! ❤️❤️

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

Please stop with "dolce vita e dolce far niente"!!!!!🤦‍♂️😫All foreigners...especially americans are killing us with this two sentences!!!!! 🤦‍♂️🙇

[@OurPlaceinSicily]

🤣 it is Sicilians who taught us this. Can I ask why it is killing you and are you Sicilian? Culturally, it’s important to know. Also have you ever lived in the States? We find Sicilian life much better and much less stress. Thanks for any context you can give! 😊

[@alkemystica]

@@OurPlaceinSicily Yep, it would be more like "dolce far tutto" to make ends meet sometimes 🙂

[@alkemystica]

Welcome to Sicily!