{"id":133,"date":"2024-01-28T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-969684-4199661.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T17:47:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/discover\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"133\" class=\"elementor elementor-133\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56151a91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56151a91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f95e912\" data-id=\"1f95e912\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c07d3da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c07d3da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73251064\" data-id=\"73251064\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d364fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6d364fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-836a36b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"836a36b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-278c8e78\" data-id=\"278c8e78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-466c972d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"466c972d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b1f6920\" data-id=\"3b1f6920\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45bf7c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45bf7c31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who are we<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bb33f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69bb33f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are Bastiaan and Janny, Dutch by origin, but in this southern part of Italy, we go by Bastiano and Janina. After pre-retirement, we decided to settle permanently in Calabria. The main reasons were the culture, lifestyle, climate, freedom, and bidding farewell to the \"normal and compelling stress\" in the northern part of Europe.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As our initial vacation residence here no longer met our requirements for a permanent stay, we decided to have something new built. We named it \"Casa Bahati\" (Bahati means \"the fortunate\" in Swahili).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We moved into it in 2003, and the rest gradually took shape. During that period, we had a crash course in Italian from our neighbors and builders, learning most of the (construction) tricks along the way.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 2006, everything was realized, consisting of a villa for ourselves, along with a villa and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two apartments for rent.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In conclusion, we reside on the premises, making ourselves continuously available. We will do our utmost to make our guests' holidays as enjoyable as possible.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-68744e0d\" data-id=\"68744e0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bff42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5bff42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b6d6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"9b6d6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/u5SQ0Nwblxg?si=Eqd7BOrwvaafz4pM&amp;t=1&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wie zijn wij Wij zijn Bastiaan en Janny, Nederlanders, maar we worden in dit Italiaanse zuiden Bastiano en Janina genoemd. Na de pre-pensionering hebben wij besloten om ons definitief te vestigen in Calabri\u00eb. De reden was hoofdzakelijk de cultuur, leefwijze, klimaat, vrijheid \u00e9n het afscheid van de \u201cnormale en dwingende stress\u201d in het noorden van [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/1344"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casa-bahati.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}