As they celebrated the milestone of their 50th wedding anniversary in Venice, Italy, in June 2023, Tony Smarrelli, 74, and his wife, Francine, 75, made an important decision.

Christina and Pete Sobolev, both in their 60s, bought a ruin in the hilltop village of Santa Domenica Talao, near Scalea in Calabria, a southern Italian region filled with depopulated towns, in ...

As they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Venice last June, Tony Smarrelli, 74, and his wife Francine, 75, resolved to leave the US and move to Italy for good. A year later, they did ...

The Sobolevs, who had already been spending much of the year in Italy, opted to make Calabria their permanent base in 2021. They say that the Covid-19 pandemic was a big factor in their decision.

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As they celebrated their 50th anniversary in Venice last June, Tony and Francine Smarrelli resolved to leave the US and move to Italy. A year later, they did just that.