Südtirol

At some point during your first winter in South Tyrol, you'll face a tricky question: Are you for or against long underwear? A young Italian woman leaves the big city, friends, and spaghetti carbonara behind and moves to South Tyrol for a year: a region that isn't quite Italy, where they speak a German that isn't really German, where everyone jogs in the high mountains and uses cycling for conditioning only to warm up their muscles. For Roman Erica Giopp, South Tyrol is a foreign land waiting to be discovered, filled with bizarre misunderstandings, ambivalent feelings, and intense scents. It's an entertaining survival guide for everyone who loves South Tyrol, and for those crazy enough to take on the biggest challenge of all: to stay.