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The Dolce Vita Diaries
A deliciously different travelogue
In 2005, Cathy and Jason threw in successful careers as TV presenters and producers to become olive farmers in Italy. With their one year old daughter and Italian dictionary in tow, they found themselves in the middle of a European nowhere untouched by modernity.
They were on a steep learning curve in more-or-less everything – finding out h...more
In 2005, Cathy and Jason threw in successful careers as TV presenters and producers to become olive farmers in Italy. With their one year old daughter and Italian dictionary in tow, they found themselves in the middle of a European nowhere untouched by modernity.
They were on a steep learning curve in more-or-less everything – finding out h...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 29th 2010
by The Friday Project
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I enjoyed a whole lot reading this book. The fact that their story is real and packed with constant adrenaline rush as their business started to roll out makes me want to be there in person so badly. The insight into Italian culture and way of doing business is really enlightening and nerve wrecking at the same time. I'm not sure if it has something to do with Italian people's reverence for flair. Cathy and Jason's decision to make a move to Italy despite zero grievance with their normal if not...more
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this.
And even laughed out loud on the top deck of the number 3 yesterday.
Plus the recipes are a bonus.
And will check out the website to adopt a tree.
And even laughed out loud on the top deck of the number 3 yesterday.
Plus the recipes are a bonus.
And will check out the website to adopt a tree.
Maybe I'm only loving this because I am a huge Cathy Rogers fan, but I am enjoying it more than I expected. I have never been one for travel writing or really for Expat-in-Italy narrative, so I waited to read this for quite some time. But it's a great little piece about how even optimists and generally competent people struggle with life change, which I totally (as a pessimist and someone with intense Impostor Syndrome) find comforting as hell, in a misery-loves-company way. Learning curves! We...more
Love their olive oil, love their story
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