Malia Márquez is the author of the novels City of Smoke and Sea and This Fierce Blood. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Literary Hub, and The Georgia Review. She teaches creative writing and co-writes Remnant from Los Angeles.
All three of this week's Italian houses are in Umbria, the landlocked green heart of the country. Home to ancient Etruscan towns like Orvieto – known to the Etruscans as Velzna – built on outcroppings of volcanic stone (tufa) that contain ancient passages beneath that you can still explore.
abandoned homes, akiya, cheap houses, Japan, Portugal, moving abroad, expat life, rural real estate
Abandoned houses in Japan and Portugal, from $5k akiyas to stone ruins. Plus relocation grants and visa pathways worth investigating this week. Hi! We're Wally and Malia, and this is the very first issue of Remnant, so let's do introductions. We're writers with kids