C.O.S.I

Hello Guys! Welcome to C.O.S.I, the expat mafia! I come together once or twice per month with these badasses to write about one topic to gather different viewpoints for all of you out there who are kind enough to support our blogging/wine habit. Members of our group are residing all over Italy from Piedmonte to Sicily and we’re originally from all over the world from Australia, to England. We use humor to approach the beauty and bullshit of living abroad. We band together to brag, to cry, and offer support in times when our in-laws move into our homes with their donkey, Ted. Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like living between the cheap wine, magic chest-hair, the romantic winding streets, and the pigeon shit? You’ve come to the right place. Is there something you’d like us to write about? Leave it in the comments below!

Are you an expat living in Italy? Want to join C.O.S.I? Leave a comment below with the name of your blog (just the name, not a link) and we’ll get back with you shortly. Want to join in on the fun? Use #COSI

Maria is a 30-something (something low) American Texpat, living and working in her husband’s tiny hometown in the province of Reggio Emilia. Her blog, Married to Italy, is home to her rants and raves and serves as her therapeutic search for hilarity amongst the chaos.

Rick Zullo of Rick’s Rome – an American expat living in Rome. Born in Chicago and raised in Florida, he came to the Caput Mundi in 2010 and forgot to go back. When he’s not exploring his adoptive hometown or writing for his blog, he spends his time teaching the world English, one Roman at a time. Rick is also the author of the silly little eBook, “Live Like an Italian,” available on Amazon.

Georgette is an American social media strategist, copywriter, blogger and a certifiable ‘Tuscan Texan’ living and breathing all things Florence. Social inside and out, she lives in the moment and eats way too much pasta. She blogs about life in Italy, travel around Europe {and the world}.  Check out her blog, Girl in Florence.

Gina is 26 year old California native whose unhealthy love of cheese, wine and gossip has made her a perfect transplant to Italy. She blogs about life in Florence, tour guiding for college students abroad, traveling and her dog Gorgonzola. When she’s not busy writing down all the crazy stuff that happens to her, she’s listening to Snoop Dog and trying to figure out how to open an In-N-Out Burger in Italy. Here is her blog: The Florence Diaries

Rochelle Del Borrello – a writer, translator, blogger and journalist from Perth, Western Australia. She has a complex relationship with her adopted island home of Sicily and still has much love for her native antipodean land, even if it is too far away from everywhere. She blogs about all things ‘expat’ at Unwilling Expat and contributes regularly to the Times of Sicily which brings Sicily to the world.  Read her article here.

‘Pecora Nera’ of Englishman in Italy. Pecora Nera (Black sheep) lives in Piedmonte, Italy with his wife (Mrs Sensible) and his trusted Italian – English dictionary. Mrs Sensible emigrated to Great Britain to escape the chaos of Italy, while she was there she married Pecora Nera and against her better judgement, she allowed Pecora Nera to persuade her that they should live in Italy. Pecora Nera writes about life in Italy, from the trials and tribulations of obtaining an Italian driving licence to being detained at Gatwick Airport because his Sicilian mother in law decided to go through the airport security with a rather large pen knife in her handbag.

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