America is GREAT, but Sicily is BETTER! #36

[@CarolClothier-j7u]

So pleased you two are back! We have missed you. X

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks!

[@ronbahrey2403]

Awesome great to see back on Utube...your place is coming along beautifully!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks! Piano piano but we’re really close now 😊

[@salvogallo9660]

Welcome back dear to our little village. Now when you leave you also miss this land, Sicily, as happens to every Sicilian who leaves this paradise. This means that the transformation is complete, you are 100% Sicilian!!!

[@beeseurotravel]

Grazie Signore Sindaco 😉 Beth e io ci sentiamo davvero privilegiati di vivere qui e apprezziamo tutto il vostro duro lavoro.

[@The7AcreWood]

Your videos are wonderful! I just bought a home in Abruzzo and can't wait to get started on my own renovations. I appreciate seeing how the channels are done in the floor and walls for the electric. It helps me mentally prepare for what's next at my place. Thanks for sharing your joyous adventures and your happy natures. You hit the nail on the head with the economy in the US. I've been here in Sulmona Italy for 3 weeks. Cooked all my meals in my apartment, and it was so inexpensive. So I fly home tomorrow. Back to the fantastic south.... I'm glad to see my family, but I really enjoyed this time to myself. It's been very healing. I missed you while you were away. I'm glad you're back safe and sound. ❤🎉❤

[@lorraineperron4840]

We just bought our beautiful condo in Abruzzo and fast track for citizenship, Italian descent.

[@The7AcreWood]

@lorraineperron4840 Congratulations! It's so serene here. I can't wait to get the renovations finished and to settle in. Best of luck in your path to citizenship.

[@dianamartin9558]

We are renovating our Sicilian home right now. Will be posting some new videos soon. We fly back to Sicily tomorrow!

[@cathiphilibert9145]

@@lorraineperron4840 We bought in Abruzzo in June of this year! Italy's best kept secret!!!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. I hope you’re as happy here as we are.

[@Robert-xy4gi]

The Bee’s Are Back!

[@beeseurotravel]

…in town. Yeah. Maybe a new them song 🤣

[@skx9159]

A 'tapestry lawn' would be great. All low growing stuff that looks more interesting than a lawn and doesn't need mowing but can still walk on it. It's quite a knack getting the right mix of plants but it's great if you can get it right.

[@beeseurotravel]

Yeah… it’s complicato. No interest in a lawn so-to-speak but don’t want to waste water and be ecological irresponsible either. It’s just that all of the weeds turn it into a complete mess despite all of our best efforts.

[@2CorgiMom]

Welcome home! The video clips of your family were fun to watch. I couldn’t help but notice you two are bundled up in your winter sweaters. It will be interesting to hear what the temps do in your area this winter.🥶

[@beeseurotravel]

It’s not bad actually. During the day the sun is out and it’s really comfortable BUT? As soon as the sun goes down it’s sweater/hoodie time!

[@KeesPilaar]

Welcome back to Europe, busy bees! Well done for having your floor installed immediately. Now that that's taken care of, I hope you'll experience so much more joy and contentment in your Sicilian country home, surrounded by lush lemon and walnut trees and an abundant olive grove... You deserve it!

[@beeseurotravel]

Ah! Thank you. We can’t wait to start making the outside more beautiful and to start exploring more 😊

[@anne4083]

Welcome back!! ❤

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks!

[@LouiseSkonberg]

Nice to have you back! Your place is looking really good and must feel great having the floor done (so well)! Love your upbeat personalities!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks! 😊 And thanks for watching

[@glomar97]

So excited to watch!!!

[@beeseurotravel]

So happy you like to watch. The videos can be a lot of work when we’re busy but comments like yours fill us up. Thank you 😊

[@sharonWT0804]

You were missed' but so glad you had a great time with family. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

[@beeseurotravel]

Thank you. And thanks for watching 😊 We just try to make fun, happy videos. Really glad you like them

[@SandiHooper]

Things are looking good! It was wonderful that you had the whole family together. Honestly, that’s what’s keeping me here. But things around the farm are really looking great.

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks! We talk all of the time, so we’re good BUT? It’s the worst part. And yet? If we were together all of the time? It probably wouldn’t be as good as it is now? I dunno. Complicato.

[@sonandsal307]

You have inspired us so much in your journey stories that we have just bought a move ready home in mussomelli. We will have handover perhaps around april, the owners are very flexible and we will arrange for my daughter and family to move into our home in australia while we are away, ( to look after my elderly pet chickens). I know, i know, working around my pet chookies, but they are adorable and probably in their the last year. Anyway we are in catania most of this week. If you are coming to catania again this week please let us know, we would love to catch up especially if you need to go shopping for for stuff haha Cheers sonya and sal

[@beeseurotravel]

Wow!!! Congrats! I don’t think we’re going to make it that way again but please check in when you’re back. Really happy for you and glad for all of the fun things in front of you now 😊

[@landalson]

Kitchen is looking good. Floors look great!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. Piano piano!

[@janetlombardi2314]

Great, to see you guys. I'm glad you had a fun time with your family. Have a good week 😊

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks! You, too 😊

[@tiannemarie]

Hello from the Pierces in ME- Beth you look so Sézane in this episode. We love your channel and cheering you on. We too ponder being away from our kids and are trying to convince them to come. Until then we split our time. Have a lovely week! - Jeff & Tianne

[@beeseurotravel]

Too funny 🤣 She had to check the label. Beth’s sister is really into Sézane and does some work with Garnet Hill (where the sweater is from). Very similar. Check her out on Instagram: _ifitstuesday_

[@zonezume]

Best to you two on your hardworking journey! You are an inspiration as my husband and I are considering a move to Italia. Thanks for sharing!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. And thanks for watching. At this point in our lives it was a really good decision. Good luck!

[@johnferguson6675]

So happy to have you both back again! I totally agree that 'merica is too expensive after living in Sicily. Something truly special about this place for sure. Buy your at home wine in 5 litre jugs, just €8.50 for Nero di Avola, of course, you don't have that great atmosphere of the restaurants and the quant villages of Sicily if you don't leave the farm once in a while. Cheers and see you soon. 🍷

[@beeseurotravel]

Love you guys. You’ve made Sicily that much better for us 😊

[@lindadez5532]

Your videos are great It’s inspiring to see the progress on your lovely Sicilian home. Thanks for documenting your adventure. All the hard work is morphing into beautiful surroundings. Well done you! ❤

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks 😊

[@solamano7239]

Welcome back! For some reason, I thought that you would be away until the new year!! House is looking good!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks! Though it would’ve been great to be there for the holidays? Living in our daughter’s basement for that long would’ve been a bad idea! 🤣

[@solamano7239]

@@beeseurotravel - LOL! I can well imagine!🙄😄

[@bethfortin5757]

Glad you got to spend time with family. That's the best. We had the same price shock when we recently returned to the US. 4 meals at my fav chicken fast food was $70.I must have asked the cashier to repeat the price three times cause I couldn't believe it,

[@beeseurotravel]

🤣🤣 It’s a completely different economy…

[@timothyshortnacy7550]

Glad you had a great time with your family. Welcome home!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thank you! 🤩

[@lynetteg2357]

We missed you! Things have been so hectic that I thought I would’ve missed at least a couple of videos. Glad you had a good time in the states. Not surprised at your shock of the prices here now. I am looking forward to one day experiencing a lower cost of living and healthier, fresh food! The house is looking good!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks 😊 We enjoyed slacking!! Best of luck getting to Europe. It’s a great place to live

[@SherryPlouffe]

Wow your place is looking amazing, great job on everything! Glad you got to see all your kids and the Granddaughter, how fun !

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. And yeah. She’s great 😍

[@BabyMama1234]

Good to see you back in Sicily . A

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. VERY happy be here !

[@dianamartin9558]

Great video! Home is looking good! Piano piano ❤

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. Will be happy to get outside!!

[@cfuller466]

Happy Sunday! ☕️

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks, Cheryl. Loved seeing you in RI

[@aleksandraalexander4506]

Nice video. Yep the market prices in US are crazy. I hardly go out to eat, I can’t justify paying high prices for food that is so so, when I can cook at home and make a great meal. So watching your videos make me smile especially seeing the amazing pizza .

[@beeseurotravel]

Yeah… and when you buy the beer you’re immediately hit with a tip suggestion. I was a server and my kids have been servers so I tip generously. But that $12 beer is actually $15. And all the kid did was pour a beer and set it on the counter. It’s out of control really…

[@KristinNaso]

So fun to see! We live in Water Mill NY Know the east end so well. Will be living in Catania for the month of February ❤. Had my medical office in Greenport that I started 33 years ago , looking forward to the market prices in Catania 😉 Love your Video’s!!

[@beeseurotravel]

Nice! Catania is wild. If you come to Palazzolo hit us up 😊

[@AmyHanson-k7g]

Missed you. You two are living my dream

[@beeseurotravel]

Hopefully one day you can do the same 😊

[@ilovebeautychristine]

Welcome home to Sicily. ❤

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks. Very happy to be back 😊

[@jerryriccio5680]

Love your videos...if you get a chance go see the aquarium in Genoa, Italy...it's awesome.❤️🇮🇹

[@beeseurotravel]

We will go to Genoa and now we will go to the aquarium, too. Thanks!

[@randygulleyjr2180]

So nice to hear that your trip went well and you were able to spend time with your family. I thinking you could plant clover or something like that. It is supposed to be great for the soil and very low maintenance. Anyway, you both are beautiful and I really enjoy your videos and hearing about your adventure in Sicily.

[@beeseurotravel]

Yeah… I should’ve been more specific. We really don’t want a “grass lawn.” Just something natural and movable. We have friends who did the same thing. Local grass actually took over after a couple of years.

[@Robert-xy4gi]

RIGHT; do a good job!

[@marcocarlson1693]

Yes.

[@AnahataYogaCentre]

Welcome back. Economy in UK is as bad. £4.50 for a coffee. World is going mad.

[@beeseurotravel]

Ugh..

[@dougstuart8553]

Think about doing a gravel garden as part of your landscaping.

[@beeseurotravel]

Absolutely that’s going to happen. We don’t want to waste water here. Thanks 😊

[@JohnStamatakos-gl8lw]

Hi guys, love watching your episodes with my wife. We are planning to do the same thing in the south of Greece. Just curious because I love your stove, how did you get a gas range? Is it natural gas or is it attached to a propane tank or butane? Keep posting we love all your new videos.❤

[@beeseurotravel]

When we lived in France we found it on LeBonCoin (used - €10,000 new 😳) I then drove 3.5 hours to Bordeaux to pick it up and it was in our French house for 6 years. Loved it so much we paid a friend to bring it down for us. There’s a video somewhere in here about that! In France it was butane, here propane works equally well and actually burns a little hotter. Best of luck in Greece. Love it there 😊

[@Robert-xy4gi]

And Chianti?

[@beeseurotravel]

Nero d’Avola here 🤣

[@beeseurotravel]

I still have nightmares hearing his voice in that movie. 😳

[@marcocarlson1693]

@@beeseurotravel My Favorite.

[@happyhippie2853]

You two inspire me, I am 2nd generation Sicilian American and plan to retire in Sicily. YOU CAN HAVE USA 😂

[@beeseurotravel]

Yeah… if you’re into making money to buy stuff it can be paradise 😊 And honestly, we are really lucky to be here because you CAN work hard and make good money in the US. But? Not such a great place to LIVE. Best of luck getting back here 😊

[@michaele4398]

Deep mulch is the way to go for weeds!

[@Gaspar55al]

Is your son-in -laws, vineyard on the north fork or south fork of Long Island?

[@beeseurotravel]

North fork

[@NA-zo1mc]

Love the floor!

[@beeseurotravel]

Thanks!

[@AnaWolovick-lc8bl]

Grass is not the correct answer for your house-garden- look into NATIVE ground coverings that will prevent weeds- you are in Italy now- not the northeast US... PLEASE use local plants- ask your local friends...but "grass" like an American lawn- is just not a smart idea for the good of the land and will cause many problems for you... coming to you from southern Puglia.

[@beeseurotravel]

Not sure why you think I would want to plant NE ‘Merican grass after 30 years in Oregon and 7 in France but I catch your drift. What I should’ve said was something that has to be mowed. No intention of recreating an American lawn here.

[@AnaWolovick-lc8bl]

@@beeseurotravel Fair enough- But why even something that needs mowing? why create the extra work? Just curious...

[@beeseurotravel]

@@AnaWolovick-lc8bl Trust me. In France I had a grass-free yard and spent years getting things in order with perennials and ground cover and rock. I hate mowing. Here that’s just not possible. It’s farm land and it really needs to be regularly groomed which is a lot of work in and of itself. There’s also the rodent problem. This place was infested when we bought it and unless we keep it clean? They come back. Just in the short amount of time we were gone they’ve already come back! Plus it’s just plain ugly and it drives me nuts 🤣

[@lorraineperron4840]

Sorry but America is great but Abruzzo Italy is better.

[@WireItalia]

Team Abruzzo here! But I love Sicilia, too 😊

[@beeseurotravel]

🤥🤣 I don’t know Abruzzo so 🤷‍♂️ If it’s better you live in Paradiso 😊

[@WireItalia]

@beeseurotravel even if I love Abruzzo, no, I think that Sicily is even more beautiful!

[@sheshe902]

My life is so sad. I HATE the US. I want to leave and move back to Italy so bad but with aging parents and other family issues I am trapped here. Some days I think I’d rather be gone from the planet than be here. It’s sad because I love my family but I am starting to really resent them because I am in this situation because of them. It’s heartbreaking. The hate and racism and bigotry here is off the chain. And all in Christ’s name. Disgusting.

[@2CorgiMom]

Oh SheShe. Your post is so concerning. There are many resources out there to assist both you and your aging parents. Please check with your local community and parent’s physician to get referred to these resources. And I hear really good things about Zoom counseling through places like Better Help that you might look into for yourself. And if you’re a woman of any faith, please pray! I will be saying a prayer for you as well. ❤

[@beeseurotravel]

Im sorry you’re having a hard time. Life can really suck sometimes and both Beth and I have been there. We are very lucky to have siblings that live close to our aging mothers and are willing and able to look after them. You are a good person I admire you for making such a sacrifice.