This is a lovely way to tell a story. Just sitting with a backdrop and talking like normal people talk. No background music , no editing. Perfect. Thank you. As a Puerto Rican I’m enamored with the idea of living in Italy, land of my ancestors. ❤

My family moved to Sicily last year and everything you stated about the people and culture is spot on. Glad I found your channel.

Hello guys. I'm sicilian living in Acitrezza. Causally I found your video and you know your kind words warmed my heart. As proud sicilian I have been flattered and at the same time so happy you moved here and apreciated our land. I'd like to meet you to have some chat. I could even to suggest you some place to visit, you know Sicily is so plenty of many hidden places to find out.

So happy to have discovered your KZfaq channel today. I moved/retired to Sicily in 2021 from Northern California. I applied for my Italian citizenship recognition, today is the 2nd anniversary of receiving my dual citizenship recognition! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your joy of living in Sicily. The people ARE so kind and welcoming! The topography offers just about anything from beaches, mountains, forests, countryside to city life! I lived in Avola before discovering Ispica which is now my home. 😊 Benvenuti nella nostra bella Sicilia! VI auguro tutto il meglio! 🎉 ❤️💛

You're look so happy. Nice to see. Beware the summer months.

Just found your channel and you are living my dream. Full immersion in another country. Thank you!

As a proud Sicilian who LIVES abroad, I must say that seeing your video made me really emotional and even shed a few tears. You feel good in Sicily, because I see that you too are open and friendly. I loved your video because it focuses on people, on Sicilians and their essence, their way of living and coexisting with others. Thank you very much! ❤🇮🇹

Ottima scelta. Bravi. Respect and friendship for sicilians is sacred. You're not just a friend, you're part of the family. Greetings from Rome.

This is exactly 💯 the way my husband and I feel about our trip in Italy! It is what America is missing!!

Grateful I found this video. I spent a semester in Italy in the 1980s and before COVID, I wanted more countries (quantity), instead of quality. Once borders opened up, I went to my "safe" first trip to Europe. Spent my post-COVID birthday (July 2021) mostly in Firenze. Since then, I've been back to Italy 4/5 times, because Italy is me. I spent a week in Sicily in 1988 and loved it. This summer, I'm heading north. Trieste+....cities I've never been. There is something about Italy's everything that speaks to my soul. I've never found it anywhere else in the world. Grazie monto/mille!

I visited Sicily for 2 weeks when I lived in London England (over 20 years ago) and I cried all the way to the airport when I left. You are very fortunate to have made a life there. I am looking forward to your videos!

I’m moving to Italy from Hawaii, Honolulu Aloha State. Here are so expensive to survive 😢😢😢 I was born in Hungary. God bless you guys great video ❤ Janos.

My wife speaks Sicilian (and Italian). Realy wish my American tongue could learn it. My plan is to spend February - April in Sicily

That's how you do Easter! Wow!

Thank you for sharing. I always say life is a journey and you have to create it as you go. People, places and environment make life amazing. Be blessed!

A very enjoyable video. I was in Scicily last year for 2 months. I didn't want to leave. I'm planning a move there but will rent first and take it from there. A beautiful island, culture, and food are amazing. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Greetings from Silicon Valley , south of San Francisco. I am so excited to have found your channel! I just watched the last 15 videos and have thoroughly enjoyed your journey. I can't wait to see what you do with your little house. Everything you are doing is of interest. Even what you think is mundane is interesting. I love the people you are meeting and I may have a little crush on Massimo 😉I am looking forward to your next video. Thank you for sharing your life!

Just stumbled across you guys! Welcome to sicily, totally agree with you on the hospitality of the sicilians. I'm a Scottish expat been living on the island for many years and although it has it's challenges I wouldn't change it now.

We miss our Sicily! Enjoy ❤

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your journey.

So beautiful❤ the church with easter

u guys belong there.. ur heart is in sicily... ur blessings are where ur heart is .. god bless

Amazing ❤❤❤

Love this ❤, community and just pure joy.

I really enjoy the stories that you both talk about and look forward to learning more of your Sicilian adventures! Great vid BTW... 😘

Just found your channel! New subscriber now! We went to Italy for the first time last summer and we definitely want to move there when we retire. My husband said we’ll visit Sicily next! You didn’t talk a lot in your video, I was ready to hear more! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

I'm happy you enjoyed it! ❤

Enjoyed hearing your observations and what you love about your new surroundings. Our first time in Italy we also fell in love with the people snd culture. Were a few years from retirement and will end up somewhere in Italy. Thank you for sharing!

You both are so nice! I love watching your videos. Your house looks great. The landscape anyway. You have made a good decision!

OMG your property looks perfect! That entrance gate and garden! I’d sign up for that in a beat as well. You seem to be a lovely couple. Best wishes to you and everyone watching!

Thank you for sharing ❤

I look forward to watch your video every Sunday morning after my breakfast. Thank you for your videos.

Just found your channel and we love it! We continue to think about living in Sicily which is where my Great Grandparents are from and I'm working on dual citizenship. We'll be there in September for another visit. Keep the videos coming please! Brian and Amy

So awesome!

your presentations are getting better and better!!!....and thank God no blues/rock!!....bless you both!!

Love the feel of this video! So happy for your adventures/discoveries and new home.

Hi guys! Really enjoying your videos. I'm nearing the 50 mark and planning early retirement (and on an odyssey for Italian citizenship through my Sicilian great-grandparents!). You're both an inspiration. Would love to see more about who you are and how you got to this point. Keep up the great work!

So happy you love sicily so much, we love it too😊

He Is Risen! That procession was beautiful. Felt Holy

Welcome!

I love it!❤

Hello there, just discovered your video, everything you describe is just amazing, you both look so relaxed & happy, & thank u for the lovely video. I am living in New York many years but born in Ireland, my husband is American, i to am trying to find my little oasis in the warm sun & am leaning towards Italy, but never thought of Sicily. It looks & sounds perfect, I miss the small town atmosphere, friendly people & delicious homemade food of my early years…you made me feel homesick for Europe. Looking forward to watching more of your lovely videos, enjoy your day…ciao 🤗

Happy Sunday!

What a fun and good idea. Sitting at a table and having an interesting conversation with each other with that wonderful Sicilian background. It was as if I were there myself. Heartwarming to see how you have been included in the Sicilian community. We ourselves are soon to retire early end of 2025 and then emigrate, so your film also gave some courage to take this step. For a big part it is all about the willing to embrace a new culture, learn a new language and take initiatives to get in contact with the local community. Somethimes it works, somethimes it won't. But there is already much value in trying and being open for the challenge. Europe is a wonderful patchwork, not only of different climate zones, but cultures, customs, architecture, history, languages and I could go on and on. A good place as a base, where you feel at home and have friends, is important and I am happy for you that it went so well. If it gets too hot you can always travel more t he northern part of Europe in the summer months. Greetings from Switzerland.

Just got back from Sicily with my daughter visiting with family in Santo Stefano di Briga. Easter Monday was exactly what you described. With family, like we’ve known them for decades although we just met. So easy. The food and conversation was amazing. It felt like home. Maybe I’m meant to move there?? ❤

I traveled to Sicily in 2019, pre pandemic, and loved our time there. This is the first time I’ve seen a video like yours and it makes me want to revisit soon.

Hello from Portland! I saw your Gigantic Brewing Tshirt. We’ve to Sicily and I’m enjoying your videos quite a bit!!! Thanks for sharing.

How wonderful. What a lovely video. I love you guys! Hello from Tasmania,

Love this video.❤❤❤❤❤

yes, the area (Hyblaean Mountains) where we live used to be a seabed. Originally it was a massive underwater volcano, older than Etna. And all the soft stone you see in your property most likely is sea sediment. Once your eyes will be sharp enough, you will see fragments or entire shells in the walls of Noto (or Malta, where it's even more evident)

You guys are awesome. Nice people draw nice people.

Just found you today, Looking forward to seeing your adventures in Sicily !! Best Wishes from Southern California !! 🌴

Thank you great video

Like others, I’ve just come across your videos. I live here and I have to say it’s really refreshing to see the green hills behind you. I just had a weekend near Agrigento (gli archi di pane a San Biagio Platani, go check it out) and the siccità (drought) that’s affecting the island is very noticeable. Especially in the plains of Catania. Small pockets of green but not at all what it should be like in April. Comunque, auguri! Enjoyed the video.

So glad i found this video and your channel many thanks Im looking for some land to try get my kids out of the city as much as possible & Sicily is looking so appealing ! Thanks

Ciao Amici! Loved your commentary. We bought a fixer upper around the corner from Tenuta San Marco. Still needs fixing up. I’ll be looking for you when we get back there. Greetings from Vieques, Puerto Rico!

Another great video. My great-grandfather is for Calamonaci, Sicily and we are planning a fall trip to southern Sicily to research family history. We will also be house hunting for a small winter get-away property. Our search area is a triangle from Syracuse-Scoglitti-Pachino. Any tips would be appreciated and or any great properties.

Congratulazioni 🎊🎉🍾

Wow! I want to be like you when I grow up. You live boldly and in the present!!!

HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME... I go to Italy yearly, my family is originally from Emilia Romagna. I finally made it to Sicily last year (Palermo, Cefalù, Messina, Taormina, Bronte, Syracuse, Noto, Agrigento, Trapani, Erice). Beautiful region, amazing food, nice people and the climate does seem nice all year round (ok maybe too hot in July and August). You guys are living the good life. It's all about these little moments. I simply love your location (very green for Sicily). 30 min from Syracuse or Noto, 2 hours from Taormina (music concerts)... We need to check this out!!!

excellent!

It was my 1st video- & now I want to check out Sicily!🙌🏼

My First visit. NICE. Appreciate the way you gave us THE BEST View of all the BEAUTY of Nature & pics. of your escapades. Sounds absolutely Amazing. I went to Tuscany for 30 days a few years ago & THE PEOPLE were so warm & friendly. Sounds like I need to visit Sicily next! I'm looking for Warm Friendly people who are OPEN & Inviting. That sounds like FAMILY to me.

The food, that must be amazing!!

Really enjoyed the content and style of your commentary in the video. Very conversational. Refreshing. We're debating about how long to stay in Italy. Can't get my head around the significant tax difference between US and Italy through. So we may have to be part timers. Best wishes

Ok you have convinced us. we will come in September :)

New sub from North Carolina! I want to learn more about that Easter celebration and want to experience it! 🙏🏻❤️

Hello Beth & Brian! My husband woke me up one am and said I had to watch this video. I did and at that moment I felt like our lives will be taking a wonderful new directions. We are visiting the whole island for a month next year to look around. Thanks for sharing your experience! JO.

i hope you are still going to have informative podcasts. you have me sold. there is not much out there about sicily. i would like to see the various seasons, some beaches...gardens...harvest & the people the way it really is. Thankyou.

My relatives live in a town in Enna province. I think there was a procession every other day when we were visiting. 😊 My grandparents emmigrated in 1920 to the US as there was no opportunity in Sicily.

3:38 It’s always about the people. Sicilians are special. The great beauties the island has to offer and the historical foreign influences may explain their unique character.

You guys are the greatest. We will be coming soon

I just discovered this channel. We are expats in Portugal. Keep up the good work. We plan to visit Sicily in 2025.

Great story! We should meet when I go visit my parents in Sicliy (I live in Pesaro).

I sold my home in Lake Garda area in April for the same reason.very cold and no sun for half the year. Also air quality not so good in the Poe Valley. I grew up traveling Italy with my parents, and we spent a few years living in Trecastagni near Catania and then later in Greve just south of Firenze. I’m dual national (grandparents were Siciliani) and now I have a home in Orlando and looking for something affordable in Sicilia. Maybe I’ll pass that way during my house hunting later this summer.

Looks lovely. My first time to your channel. I am US native and love the US , have traveled all over US. Your video makes me want to visit Sicily , but I would probably do lots of eating. LOL I love the greenery

Canadian from Vancouver and I've recently begun to explore my options for retirement... still many years away. However, Sicily is very high on my list atm for places to retire to.

First time viewer of your channel and great presentation btw.... need to mention this though, 1:40 , or so, i see footage of my Mexican culture, in Mariachi attire, i believe so.. thought i need to bring it up. Italia es un pais INCREIBLE! ❤. Have fun!

I didn’t know Sicily could be so green!

Viva la mia bella Sicilia! A presto!

Excellent video! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. We are Canadians and are also hoping to retire to Italy.❤ have you thought about doing a kickstarter for the family who needs an irrigation system?

Hey guys, really enjoyed your video. We are Aussies and moved here 3 months ago and agree it’s wonderful and hard. We’re also learning Italian…… quite a challenge but also rewarding. We will definitely keep tuning in to what you have to share. We are living in Aci Trezza Catania.

Hi Elizabeth and Brian, this was fun to watch and very informative. I'm a single 59 Dutch and US citizen and would like to move back to Europe at some point. I'm fluent in French, so France is my focus. I'm looking at the area above Menton, near the Italian border (not the coast but more inland in the mountains). I'm ok with 4 seasons, but like you, I would get depressed with a lot of cloud coverage. I've looked at Italy as well, as it's so much cheaper, and started learning Italian. I'm torn...Would love to go fossil hunting, the fossils looked amazing!!!

Australia is wonderful and I love being an Australian. But it’s so far away from everywhere! My dream is to live in Europe for a few months (as a start) - It sounds like you’ve found the perfect spot!

You can have roots in many places but it is nice to have found your spot. 💚🤍❤

You have a new sub. I lived in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Catalunya, for five years, the culture and the people were amazing and I haven't really settled back in the UK since. The communal outdoor life of southern Europe is wonderful. We never got to Sicily but travelled round a lot of Italy - how are you finding the Italian drivers? In Spain I had a battered 4x4, my best car ever :o) i look forward to your videos.

Haha! I bet the weather has something to do with that! We live in the UK, originally from Poland, honestly, sooooo missing the sun, especially this year! The weather is just absolutely dreadful, so disappointing. Italy - here we come, haha! (in few years...)

I have been a part-time in Tuscany for many years in the past. I am returning in April for approximately a month. Everything I’ve learned about Sicily makes it very interesting place and I’m glad that it is a friendly and supported place. Have you had any experience with the mafia or with crime in general? Finally, from what I’ve been told about Italy healthcare gets worse the further south, you go. Living there and advanced age could be more challenging because the less sophisticated healthcare technology that is available there.

I spent two weeks on Sicily this past May. Loved it and agree with you about the people. Question: are there any challenges with finding contractors to do renovations? I have heard people describe renovated properties taking years to finish. Curious about your experience is with that.💁

Real nice video! Im in NY and have dual USA/Italian citizenship and i'm thinking of getting a place in Sicily. My father is from Pachino, Siricusa and its not far from Noto. Pachino is the last town on the most southern tip of Sicily. Have you ever been to Marzememi? Its a beautiful place with a gorgeous beach and restaurants.

I like you guy's!

I'm watching with a cappuccino in my hand as we get ready for church. I absolutely loved this video, guys❤ It's so heartwarming to see people enjoying the simplicity of nature and other kind souls......the food and weather is icing on the cake! Good on you guys for following your dreams!!! From British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Jason

Hello from Montana!!! I would like to know how many videos you made??? I have seen 18 total. Are there more!? 🤞🏽 Grazie Mila!

Great to watch your videos and I can completely relate to you both. My husband loves France and wants to buy there but as much as it is lovely I think they are clannish. I think the Italy the people are warmer. So in the next few months we are going to buy. Can you give us some advice as to where to start. Do you have your own car as I was told that could be a problem. Love your videos. Regards Brigid from Ireland

We are currently living in the north of Italy and have often wondered about Sicily. The thing that scares me the most is the heat in the summer because I can't stand the heat here in Venice. But I've been told it's more of a dry heat like Arizona and not the high humidity we have up here.

Brian you even look Italian..

Ironic how a region of Italy once viewed as low class, backwards and cheap has evolved into a place worth living, investing and socializing. With great food, culture, scenery, people.

We often laugh at the English, Americans, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders who have never experienced Mediterranean food habits like lemon on peppers and in fact many vegetables, lemon on meat, olive oil and fresh bread….. it is just so different to how the west eat! You enjoy this amazing place ! Ciao!

Interesting! We speak English, French and Greek. A little Italian, but could easily pick it up again. We just spent February and March in Crete. Where in Greece did you stay? What were the pros and cons of Greece over Italy? We also spent a month in the Puglia region fall of 2022. Also liked the area. Maybe Sicily this fall. Interested on your thoughts.

La dolce vita!