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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ruth Bloomfield

London leavers: ‘The countryside was a culture shock but people are very open minded’

Some people carefully plan life’s major decisions, others simply allow them to evolve naturally, and grab opportunities whenever they see them.

Isabella Strambio’s journey to a new life out of London began when she returned to work after the birth of her children. Frustrated that she was not able to spend as much time as she would like with her girls, Siena, 11, and Mei, eight, and bored with her job as an interior designer, Isabella, 42, decided to shake things up — just a little.

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