Category Archives: Italian Citizenship
Italian at Last
I become Italian. Continue reading
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Waiting on the Italians in Brazil, Mom Pesters till the End
Mom travels overnight to try to resolve citizenship issues at Italian consulate. Much back and forth but not much getting accomplished on the part of the Italians. Continue reading
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The Lost Italians
The document organization system of the Italian consulate in Brazil involves putting one paper on top of another and their paper-processing task-force is comprised of 2 people. They don’t answer questions and stopped picking up the phone. Couchsurfing comes to the author’s rescue once again. Continue reading
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Italians in the “New Yorker”?
Because they know just too well what Italian bureaucracy looks like… http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2010/08/30/cartoons_20100823#slide=6
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Eternal Pazienza
The Italians sent my documents to Brazil by mail. The fax wasn’t working so Citadinanza Lady just mailed the documents. “To whom?” I asked. “Oh, I think Signora Giovanni is in charge.” “Think” is the word she actually used. She … Continue reading
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The Cops Finally Come for Me
The morning after my ripped pants and I got to Milano I announced to the local authorities that I had returned upon Italian lands. The vigile was to come within the next couple of days. At the end of the … Continue reading
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Mamma mia!
By March 18th, I’d been waiting for the vigile for a week and nothing. Back in Paris Rob was anxious and we decided I’d go back to Paris on the 24th for a couple weeks so I went to the … Continue reading
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Vigilizing
When I stepped out of Cristina’s apartment in Milano at 6:30 on Thursday morning, the 36-hour snow storm had passed. Shannon’s co-worker, Celia, met me at the bus stop so she could take me to Shannon’s apartment; Shannon’s actually spending … Continue reading
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