Marian and Joel own an apartment in Florence
Image courtesy of Marian and Joel Bunton
What drew them to Italy? “I fell in love with the Italian language in high school,” Marian explains, “and studied it at university. I spent a semester in Umbria and couldn’t believe how beautiful Italy was. Joel and I had our honeymoon in Florence and travelled around Italy on several vacations. Then we had this crazy idea ten years ago to buy an apartment in Florence. It was the best crazy idea we ever had.
“The apartment is near Piazza Santa Croce and the Arno, so it’s fairly central. It’s three floors up in an old four-storey building. As Americans, we were very surprised that there was no elevator, but we love things being different in Europe and we try to embrace the exotic! The rooms are small by our standards but they’re way, way more cute.