Jason Salesberry had never set foot on Italian soil before moving there in October 2017. Today, he owns a house in a hilltop town and is planning the harvest from his two-acre grove of olive trees. In the nine years since his family arrived in Naples sight unseen, their life has transformed into a whirlwind of European adventure — from paragliding in Switzerland and scuba diving in Greece to days enjoying the local beach and Neapolitan gelato.
“Living in the heart of Europe has unlocked a world of adventure for our family,” Jason tells CNN Travel today. It is a life the US Navy veteran, who grew up in San Diego, California, and was previously stationed in Puerto Rico and Japan, had never predicted. But he had long been fascinated by Italian culture and dreamed of one day experiencing it firsthand.
