Mini Series: The First 60 Days in Italy

Our family leaves behind America—family, friends and everything we knew to start again—abroad. These are the first 60 days.

For us, Italy was the threshold.

This mini-series captures:

  • Arrival without certainty
  • Parenting through cultural transition
  • Identity evolving—abroad
  • The quiet courage of staying present while everything is new

Episodes in This Mini-Series:
a chronological series of fortunate events


Episode I — Beginning Anew (moving from America during COVID + the Quarantine)
Episode II — Hotel Life, an Empty Venice, and our first weeks as a family in Italy
Episode III — A Birthday Surrounded by Water and a Castle (Lake Garda / Sirmione)
Episode IV — Buying Our First Car in Italy and Our First Epic Winter
Episode V — Thanksgiving in an Italian Hotel: Creating Home Abroad
Episode VI — House Hunting in Italy and Settling In Before Christmas