Melinda Gallo
@Melinda
American expat in Italy
Forum posts
9
Contacts
7
About me
American
Lives in Florence, Italy
Speaks French and Italian
Registration: 18 December 2005
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What's up in June? by Julien
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Looks great, Julien! Read More
What is the real reason to be an expat and being proud of it? by awa@lecce
Good morning, After answering to the questions "why did you start to travel" or "what was your motivation" by "I answered to a job announcement", I realised that we are all PROUD TO BE AN EXPAT. :D After all, that's why this website has been ...
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Ciao a tutti! by Melinda
Hi, My name is Melinda Gallo and I'm American (from California) and have been living in Florence, Italy for the past year. I speak Italian fluently already and am enjoying living in Florence with my husband (who is now learning Italian). I've ...
That's true, it doesn't help much! :lol: I studied Latin three years a long time ago, it helped me a little bit to understand Spanish, Catalan, and my mother tongue! I think I could understand a few word in Italian but I am not sure ...Helping to ... Read More
Ciao a tutti! by Melinda
Hi, My name is Melinda Gallo and I'm American (from California) and have been living in Florence, Italy for the past year. I speak Italian fluently already and am enjoying living in Florence with my husband (who is now learning Italian). I've ...
I don't know Spanish, but I think you might be able to understand a little bit, but to really be fluent, I think that relying on Latin origins will not help much. But, I must admit that a few Spanish tourists walked by me the other day and I could ... Read More
Ciao a tutti! by Melinda
Hi, My name is Melinda Gallo and I'm American (from California) and have been living in Florence, Italy for the past year. I speak Italian fluently already and am enjoying living in Florence with my husband (who is now learning Italian). I've ...
I know that I'm very fortunate. I've been working freelance for about 4 years, so I didn't "see" my clients much. Moving "across the pond" wasn't too big in the end. :-) I keep in contact via Internet and iChat (instant messenger). French grammar ... Read More
What is the real reason to be an expat and being proud of it? by awa@lecce
Good morning, After answering to the questions "why did you start to travel" or "what was your motivation" by "I answered to a job announcement", I realised that we are all PROUD TO BE AN EXPAT. :D After all, that's why this website has been ...
Well I think I moved because we're living in a big big world, we we've got so many things to learn n'see, so many people to meet and so many cultures to discover ... I think a lot of people don't live their dreams. Now that I am back at home for a ... Read More
Cost of living in European countries by Julien
Hi everybody, I thought it could be interesting to start a topic about the cost of life in the European countries. We already began to speak about cost of life in others posts, I thought it would be interesting to gather everything in one unique ...
Here in Florence, Italy things are a bit more expensive... - accomodation: 1000聙 per month for 65 sq.m downtown near Santa Croce - public transortation: - 1,00聙 for a 1 hour ticket - 1,80聙 for a 3 hour ticket - 4.50聙 for a 24 hour ticket ... Read More
Ciao a tutti! by Melinda
Hi, My name is Melinda Gallo and I'm American (from California) and have been living in Florence, Italy for the past year. I speak Italian fluently already and am enjoying living in Florence with my husband (who is now learning Italian). I've ...
Thanks, Julien! I moved to Italy with my husband because we are both independent programmers (I do web and database work and my husband does database work). We work on many projects in the US and we decided to come to Italy for awhile because we ... Read More
Ciao a tutti!
Hi, My name is Melinda Gallo and I'm American (from California) and have been living in Florence, Italy for the past year. I speak Italian fluently already and am enjoying living in Florence with my husband (who is now learning Italian). I've ... Read More