Welcome! Italy is an amazing place and as much as I like the U.K. it lacks the gloom from the difference in weather. You may want to go with your experiences as an expat would be greatly appreciated to all. Not everyone has a chance to leave their home town let alone live in another country.
As for boxes I'm sure they are interesting for the first sentence or two...lol. All of the best as I'm sure you will enjoy yourself while here.
I think I'm rather enjoying myself on here already! Thank you so much for the kind welcome and you're absolutely right - we're so lucky to have such freedom of movement and opportunity. 10 years of living in a very rural part of Italy hasn't always been easy and comes with many a silly story. I'll start sharing ;-)