It has been ten years since I moved to Rome but I have yet to sit down and write out exactly how I did it. That is partly because I believe that the individual reasons and ways that people move are so personal they are impossible to replicate. That being said, it is the question that I get from non-Europeans most often: how did you do it?

You can legally move to Rome (or anywhere in Italy) if you are an EU citizen, a family member of an EU citizen, or if you hold a visa. When I first moved to Italy, I had to get a visa because I am American and do not hold any other passports.