JOHN WARE
@JohnWare
American expat in Italy
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Contacts
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About me
American
Lives in Fiesole, Tuscany
Speaks English, Italian, Wine-ish
Registration: 09 August 2014
About
Occupation
I am Self-employed.
My expat journey
Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy
Hamburg, Germany
As Sulaym膩n墨yah, Iraq
Cairo, Egypt
Worked with Egyptian Ministry of Commerce to develop the supply chain capability of its top five international corporations (by revenue).
Owned JLW Associates, Inc., a manufacturing and supply chain consulting business.
The history, antiquities, warmth of the Egyptian people. Learned a helluva lot about Islam.
Pretty dirty, but so are most cities of this size (Cairo is third-largest city in the world).
Hyderabad, India
Lived there off and on while employed at Sun Microsystems and nVidia Corp.
Director Worldwide Supply Chain
Food, people, culture
Caste system
Shenzhen, China
Lived there off and on from 1990-2003 while working for Sun Microsystems and nVidia Corpl
Director Worldwide Supply Chain
Very international and progressive. Close to Hong Kong.
Local politics can get a little heavy-handed
Tustin, California, USA
Activity
Best cities / towns for active retired person? by Dan_M
I have been looking into retiring early and moving to Italy for the "next stage" of my life. Not sure however on just what regions or cities would be a good fit. Am still active and interested in bicycling (road and some MTB), hiking, backpacking, ...
@Dan_M Hey Dan -- I recently bought my third property in Italy, in Matera, Basilicata. It's a gorgeous city that's perched on a plateau. It's also a World Heritage Site. It's got everything you need in So. Italy -- not that far away from the Med, ... Read More
Customer care in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, The way customer services are handled can greatly affect your views on certain brands, products, companies or stores. As a consumer, it is important to get familiar with local practices regarding client assistance in Italy and try ...
My customer experiences have always been fairly good. I'm a "take charge" kind of person, so that means that I must make my experiences good, not the other way around. There's a lot to say about the matter, but let me give a few ... Read More
Sports in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, The Olympic Games are now just a few days away and we would like to talk about sports. What sports are the most popular and/or unusual in Italy? Are sports facilities easily accessible there? Where and how can one find ...
I golf and hike, but whenever I can, I like to sail on Lake Garda and Lago Trasimeno. Both have excellent conditions to sail and provide some nice "away" time from the stress. I am currently on a cross country hike from Porto Santo ... Read More
Expand your social circle in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Italy means leaving one's family and friends behind. Creating a circle of friends or joining an existing one should therefore be paramount in order to fight loneliness in your host country. But how can one develop a ...
Hi PD, Love your blog. I've been coming to Italy for 40 years, and have lived here off and on over the last 20. Luckily for me, I didn't have to take a class to learn Italian. My "classroom" was the Route 21 bus in Bologna. What ... Read More
Expand your social circle in Italy by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Italy means leaving one's family and friends behind. Creating a circle of friends or joining an existing one should therefore be paramount in order to fight loneliness in your host country. But how can one develop a ...
I've traveled a lot to Italy over the years, and I've lived and worked over here. One of the biggest mistakes I see Americans and Brits make - primarily because they are the two largest expat/visitor contingents - is that they stick to their ... Read More
Driving in Italy by Maximilien
Hi, What do you think of the way people drive in Italy? How different is it from your home country? Respecting the road safety rules, driving etiquette such as general courtesy, speed excess聟 what are the characteristics of the driving style ...
Driving in Italy? There鈥檚 an old saying, probably in one form or another in every country in the world. "If everyone is crazy, then you鈥檙e crazy too." And somehow, that works for Italian drivers. I鈥檝e lived here off and ... Read More