At 50, I moved from Texas to a village in Tuscany. The locals welcomed me with open hearts and now treat me like family.

Texan Angie Smith has bonded with her neighbors in a tiny village in Tuscany Courtesy of Angie Smith Texan Angie Smith worried she might be treated like an outsider when she moved to a Tuscan village. She broke the ice by throwing a party for her new neighbors soon after buying her property. The single mom was warmly welcomed and, she said, is now treated like a "daughter" in the community. This interview is based on a conversation with Angie Smith, 52, founder of real estate consultancy Ol...