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I am by training an English and History teacher and worked overseas for many years as well as in state education in the UK. During lockdown I discovered how I could marry the beautiful Abruzzo locations with creative writing - as I’d always wanted to do! My crime stories featuring...

Ciao![br][br]We are Jessica and Stefano. Our story took flight in 2013, in the corridors of an airplane, where as flight attendants, we met and began more than a decade of travelling the world together.[br][br]Over the years, we have cultivated two other great passions: nature and sports. Stefano, is a passionate...

Jeanne Valsi Fastero is an Italian American living in Crown Point, Indiana. Her father was born in Santo Stefano di Sessanio whilst her mother’s family is from Petilia Policastro in Calabria & she has proudly visited both. High school sweethearts with her husband Jim, she’ll be celebrating her 34 anniversary...

We're Jane and Biagio, and we've called Abruzzo home for six years. Our story started ten years ago when we fell for a farmhouse in Pollutri, complete with a lavender field and over a thousand plants. Since then we've lovingly renovated three more properties, each with its own character. Biagio...

James Schwarten is an American who lives in Velletri and works in Rome, where he teaches at Loyola University Chicago’s Rome Center. His mother was born and raised in Civita D’Antino.

Two outdoor enthusiasts with a passion for hiking, climbing and living a life close to nature we moved from the south of England to Abruzzo in 2011 where we set up, developed and established Kokopelli Camping Retreat, opening to our first guests in 2012. [br][br]Before we moved here, we both...

Ingrid Christensen is a Writer, Life Coach and ESL Teacher with a home in Abruzzo since 2011. She holds a BA in Psychology as well as a Graduate Certificate in Career & Organisational Development. In August 2023 she began ‘For Women in Italy’, a platform for women led businesses/visitors in...