When in Rome: Chasing La Dolce Vita

When in Rome shows what can happen if you are courageous' and perhaps crazy' enough to trade in life as you know it to chase a dream on the other side of the world. With a glam job and fab friends' Sydney journalist and PR executive Penelope Green knew she should have been happy with her lot. So what was missing? Restless at home and determined ...

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When in Rome shows what can happen if you are courageous' and perhaps crazy' enough to trade in life as you know it to chase a dream on the other side of the world. With a glam job and fab friends' Sydney journalist and PR executive Penelope Green knew she should have been happy with her lot. So what was missing? Restless at home and determined to turn a long - held dream into a reality' Penny abandoned her comfortable existence and bought a one - way ticket to Italy. The only problem was' she had nowhere to live' knew no one' didnt have a job to go to' and spoke barely a word of Italian. But this wouldnt stop her from chasing la dolce vita. In frank and hilarious detail' Penny writes about her immersion into life in the Eternal City; from her first giddy Vespa ride to wrestling with the Italian language and culture (not to mention a few lecherous locals)' to seeing in her birthday at midnight with a kiss from her lover under the floodlit Colosseum. Experiencing life in Rome with Penny is like travelling with a best friend. She is young' has fun' and has never tried to find herself by restoring a Tuscan farmhouse.