Instead of waltzing into his boss' office to announce that he was moving to Venice, Frangipane proposed working from home one day a week to demonstrate to himself and his company that it could work. He offers these tips to others who'd like to experience day-to-day life in another country without quitting their day job. Meanwhile, his wife enrolled in chef school after learning to cook with local ingredients in Venice, and they hope to do another experiment living in Paris someday. Instead, they found ways to make it work on a middle-class budget by selling both their cars (Venetians mainly walk or ride the traghetto, gondolas with no seats), renting out their home in Florida, and meeting friends for wine or coffee instead of full meals out."We both prided ourselves on being great cooks, so we'd be able to experiment with European dishes in our own kitchen-in Europe!" says Frangipane, who landed a promotion after returning to the States. In fact, Frangipane spent 13 months in Venice telecommuting to his job in the States, an experience he chronicled in his new book, The Venice Experiment.Frangipane and his wife aren't independently wealthy nor did they wrack up thousands of dollars in credit card debt while abroad. But some workers, like software engineer Barry Frangipane have taken the concept even further. As companies work to cut costs and retain talent, telecommuting is becoming increasingly common.
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