Finding Gina Marie - Travel the World

Ep.31 After a few glorious weeks as digital nomads in Southern Italy, we decided to fly back to California. This wasn’t our original plan when we were leaving San Francisco, but you know how our plans don’t always go as planned. ❤️ Watch us on YouTube ! Support the show

Ep.30 Friends and tour guides told us to avoid places like Naples and Palermo in Southern Italy because they are gritty and dangerous. After a month in these two cities, we have our own perspective on how safe it is to travel here. ❤️ Watch us on YouTube ! Support the show

Ep.29 Leaving San Francisco was incredibly messy. Our first two Airbnbs had power problems, slow internet speeds, lack of space to work, and the world’s smallest showers. But are we happy with our new lives as digital nomads? ❤️ Watch us on YouTube ! Support the show

Ep.28 We started our digital nomad lifestyle by doing almost everything wrong. In this episode, we share the most important things we could have done better… and hope this helps other first-time digital nomads avoid the same mistakes. ❤️ Watch us on YouTube .  Support the show

Ep.27 We can’t believe we actually did it, but we did. We’ve sold or donated all our stuff (and put a select few things in storage), gave up our San Francisco apartment, and flew to Italy! We’ve officially started our journey as digital nomads, but our exit from the U.S. didn’t go smoothly. Watch as we tell our story from Napoli. ❤️ https://youtu.be/bQMtRmTHnhA   Support the show

Ep.26 After months of mental gymnastics and a long-awaited trip to Portugal to see if we want to move there, we’ve made a decision. In this episode, we reveal our plans and the deadline for our move. Unfortunately, we still have to sell nearly ALL our stuff. It’s pretty chaotic around here! ❤️ Watch us on YouTube to see what’s left in our apartment. Support the show

Ep.25 We made it to Portugal… finally! But what were our first impressions? Join us as we discuss our thoughts about this trip from beautiful locations in Lisbon and Porto. We also chat about how this much needed vacation was overshadowed by the pressure we put on ourselves to decide if Portugal is the right place for us to live. ❤️ Watch us on YouTube to see all the beautiful scenery. Support the...

Ep.24 Join us as we stroll to Cheese Plus in San Francisco, grab some breakfast, and try to decide if we’re ready to process paperwork and move Portugal, or roam around the world as digital nomads. And did we pick a date? Judy seems to think so. ❤️ Watch us on YouTube to see the scenery in San Francisco. Support the show

If we choose to be digital nomads, there are a lot of positives. But we also have to give up more stuff and make some really hard choices in our lives. In this episode, we sit in San Francisco's Lafayette Park and share our pros and cons list. Watch us on YouTube ! Support the show

Join us as we sit on a beach — with the Golden Gate Bridge as our backdrop — and discuss how we’re going to get to Europe. We’ve planned 3 different paths and received plenty of signs that we should pick one now and go faster. But various life events keep holding us back from moving forward. ❤️ https://youtu.be/2_Xe1AZk82M Support the show

We try to share both our successes and our failures in our videos. By keeping it real, we hope to make real connections with you — our viewers. But how much sharing does it take to turn it into oversharing? In this episode, we try to answer that question. Support the show

Life goes by so fast sometimes and often we don't take the time to slow down and just breathe. This episode is about our daily rituals that help us stay connected with each other and find ways to draw closer to family and friends. Watch us on YouTube . ❤️ Support the show

Timing is tricky when it comes to downsizing the bigger items, like furniture, electronics, and things we need to keep using until we are ready to move. We talk about and work the problem in this episode. Support the show

At the end of March, 2023, Kevin will be the same age his dad was when he passed away. When he realized our plans will overlap that date, it triggered a flood of emotions. We felt we needed to pause our downsizing and share this moment with you. Support the show

Ep.17 This episode is about getting rid of the things we’re not using daily or just don’t love. The limitation of 5 suitcases is a good plan, but since we don’t have our European destination finalized, emotions still come into play. Some of this turned out to be harder than we had expected. Support the show

Ep.16 Downsizing for our move to Europe looked like a simple process, but as we broke it down into steps it got complicated. Can we keep from feeling overwhelmed by this task? We talk about it in this episode. Support the show

Ep.15 One solution to being stalled from acquiring an Italian Residency Visa is to move to Portugal… at least for a little while. In this episode, we talk about the D2 and D7 visa options and why we’ve planned a trip to Lisbon and Porto in September. Support the show

Ep.14 After picking an Italian city in episode 13 that we would love to call home, we hit a roadblock. This led to brainstorming a solution and gaining a better understanding of the Schengen 90/180 days rule. This is a good episode to watch on YouTube . Support the show

Ep.13 Follow us on our journey to find a new home in Italy. From Lucca to Florence, then to Parma, and on to Verona and Venice, before we finish our tour in Bologna. We share beautiful views, foods, and experiences. At the end, we reveal our favorite city. This is an episode you’ll want to watch on YouTube .  Support the show

Ep.12 On New Years Day 2022, we planned a 6 city trip to Italy to find our next home. We explain our top 9 criteria that a city has to meet to inspire us to move there. There’s also a senior moment shaving incident and a lot of laughs. Support the show

Ep.11 After Judy hit several dead ends with her quest to be an Italian citizen, a glimmer of light appeared at the end of the tunnel. A friend’s wedding in Guildford is an excuse to fly to the UK and more birth family meet-ups happen in California. Judy also breaks down the 1948 and 1983 Italian rulings for citizenship. Support the show

Ep.10 In 2021, Judy and Kevin travelled to Buffalo to finally meet her sisters and celebrate a 90th birthday party for Kevin's aunt and uncle. We also bought e-bikes and rode them to Napa for my birthday trip. Judy also breaks down our first attempts with Italian Dual Citizenship. Support the show

Ep.9 Immediately after Judy’s family reunion, COVID shut everything down. While Judy stayed connected to family via video chats, Kevin struggled with depression during the summer of 2020. A move to a new apartment in the fall gave us renewed energy and rekindled the idea that Judy should seriously explore Dual Italian Citizenship. Support the show

Ep.8 A hug from a mother after 55 years is an emotionally charged moment. Meeting a dozen family members for the first time amplifies the love. This reunion episode might even have you reaching for a tissue. Support the show

Ep.7 Only a month after returning from Italy, DNA results led to first contact with a cousin. Soon after that, the floodgates poured open and more family was connected. The best was yet to come when Judy listened to her voicemail. Episode 7 is packed full of special moments… including finding Gina Marie. Support the show