Kacie Rose, American content creator living in Florence, presents us her debut book talking about her experience of moving to Italy.
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70-72 Viale Spartaco Lavagnini 50129 Firenze ItalyKacie is an American travel content creator living in Florence, Italy with an audience of 2 million+ across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. She shot to popularity through her authentic, humorous, and honest report of life abroad after leaving her life as a pro dancer in NYC to move to Italy, where she began covering everything from travel fails and homesickness to the joy of endless culture shocks.
Her debut book You Deserve Good Gelato is a refreshingly honest, heart-warming, and captivating take on navigating a new life abroad that offers readers a flavorful glimpse into a life of change, cultural exploration, and the pursuit of joy. Kacie reflects on the pure terror of driving on Italian roads, the trials of speaking a new language, and the genuine beauty of a slower pace of life, all with humor and heart. By sharing her personal stories of life under the Tuscan sun, Kacie explains how travel is a privilege, why cultural differences are the coolest things in the world, and how there's a positive you can take away from literally any situation. Travel meets narrative in this book that confirms the belief everyone deserves a taste of the good gelato that life has to offer.
Kacie Rose Bio
Kacie is a travel content creator and author living in Florence, Italy. after a life-changing solo trip and her own little ‘Under the Tuscan Sun’ moment, she made the official move to Italy in January 2021. through positivity, authenticity, and humor, she began sharing culture shocks, travel tips, and life abroad across her social media, where her following quickly grew to a community of over 1.5 million people.
From explaining why you won’t find “pepperoni pizza” and “lattes” in Italy, to sharing travel fails, the realities of homesickness, and endless culture shocks, Kacie’s goal is to encourage and help her community travel abroad by showing them the beauty of culture differences, all the while reminding them that they are strong, deserving, and so much more capable than they think they are.
Come join Kacie in her presentation of her book and learn from her experiece in Italy and how to overcome the difficulties of arriving to a country with a completely different culture and language!