Couple who bought $27,000 'fixer-upper' house on little-known Italian lake opens up about why they ditched their plans to move to the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE Couple who bought $27,000 'fixer-upper' house on little-known Italian lake opens up about why they ditched their plans to move to the U.S. By Rachel Summer Small For Dailymail.

Com Published: 11:15 EDT, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 11:29 EDT, 11 June 2024 e-mail 11 View comments A couple who had planned to settle down in the Chicago suburbs readily changed course after discovering the idyllic locale of Lake Iseo in Italy , going on to snap up an ultra-affordable home just steps away from the waterfront. Kristina Knighten, 38, and Paul Cordier, 46, first met in 2014 when the pair were teaching English in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She was from Chicago, he was from London - and they both wanted to see the world.

But, even on combined salaries as English teachers, they knew they had to be calculated in their travels, including where they ultimately decided to put down roots. While the two loved Ho Chi Minh City, Kristina, who runs the @worldsyouroystermushroom TikTok page, told DailyMail.com that larger life expenses, like the simple cost of flying back to the United States to see her family, would mean always straining to save up.

Kristina Knighten, 38, and Paul Cordier, 46, first met in 2014 when the pair were teaching English in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - with both sharing a desire to see the world While the two were based out of the United Arab Emirates, they planned a 2018 road trip through Europe, which ultimately took them through Lake Iseo in northern Italy Read Mor.