My hunger while in Spoleto was insatiable. My most frequent craving was a burrito as big as my head, chock full with a zillion different, oozing, juicy ingredients. Before coming to study abroad in Italy, I had always proclaimed that pasta was my favorite food. I suppose I have a thing for foods that feel […]
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Dance Like No One is Watching (Except the Spoletan Townspeople Who Are Not Quite Sure What to do With a Random American Girl Having a Psychotic Break in Their Local Bar but Hey, at Least Your Girlfriends are Hyping You Up)
In anticipation of my study abroad trip to Italy, I said I was most excited to write. My plan was to be with myself fully, internally, and meditate on my surroundings in an intensified version of my usual observational nature. I said so in our pre-trip meeting on campus, nerdily, while everyone else said that […]
Three Girls and a Shack
Lemons. Lush greenery. Muted stucco structures lodged into the hill. The sparkling Mediterranean way down below. The stinkiest, smelliest, stuffiest train in the whole world. My sweat makes me stick to the seat and I really have to use the restroom. Luckily, we had made it to Sorrento! By we, I mean my best friend […]
Spoleto the Beautiful (Unfinished)
Spoleto is for lovers of beauty and leisure. Spoleto is for those who live moment by moment, but who welcome reminiscience with open arms. Spoleto and I have some things in common: our quiet nature, affinity for long walks down winding roads, accommodation for the beautiful and the mysterious. There is only one place to […]
Why I Travel: My Take on Pico Lyer’s 2010 Article “Why We Travel”
The hankering to travel can be boiled down into three categories: either you are unwell, highly creative, or have too much money than you know what to do with. With each of these truths comes a deep-seated sense of restlessness, or rather, as travel writer Pico Lyer puts it in his 2010 article, “Why We […]