Expat Life in Italy: Soccer Grandma

This article by Katherine Wilson originally appeared in the March 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. “Vieni, vieni,” the Roman grandmother calls me over. Come over here. She’s found the last ray of sunshine on this spring afternoon, and is turning her wrinkled face toward it like a sunflower. Like many wise Italians, she moves with the sun so…