Florida Mom Cheats Netflix Loop For Italian Taxi To Málaga

KEY POINTS

•Candice Smith left Florida in 2018 with her daughter who has cerebral palsy and autism to seek authentic human connection abroad.
•She quickly secured Italian residency documents, moved to Rome, and managed language learning while navigating accessibility challenges.
•In Turkey, she leaned on friends during her mother's COVID death, highlighting varied support systems across countries.
•Currently in Málaga, Spain, she enjoys affordable rent close to the beach while cofounding a social event company for expat women.

Candice Smith, a 47-year-old Florida salon owner and homeschooler, swapped her Netflix 'rinse-and-repeat' for an actual repeat across Italy, Turkey, and Spain starting 2018. After a painful divorce and a Paris trip that apparently came with a moving plan, she landed an Italian codice fiscale (tax ID for globetrotting moms), packed up her daughter with cerebral palsy and autism, plus dogs, and said 'Ciao!' to mundane routine. From carrying her daughter down broken Rome metro escalators to paying €1350 (that's $1571) for a Málaga apartment with a tennis court and pool, this woman turned world-schooling, language-learning solo traveling into a full globalization of motherhood, all while mourning in Istanbul and cofounding Her Expat Life, because why not hustle in three languages?

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Homeschooled autism, cerebral palsy kid, dumped Netflix for Italian codices, metro escalator rides, and Spanish beaches. Moms out here redefining Houdini acts.

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