I titled my final digital story “The Cross that Carries my Peace.” In a general sense, my story depicts how I am able to replace my anxiety with peace while traveling far from home. It is my faith that allows me to do this. During my time in Spoleto, I sought out all the crosses […]
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Experiencing Two Types of Italian Summers (Final)
For my final piece, I decided to venture down a travel writing route that incorporated the use of visuals to tell of my travel experience. As someone who loves watching travel content for pleasure and to get ideas for future travels, I wanted to share with people the beauties of my two almost opposite Italian […]
Mermaids are Real
This past weekend I traveled to a place where the ocean is the bluest and clearest I have ever seen. Where there are endless caves to swim in and warm sand to lay on. Where there are endless stairs, but I do not mind, since the view from the top is breathtaking. It looks like […]
My Perfect Umbrian Meal
You see, if you could find all of these food choices on a singular menu in the Umbrian region that would be the best case scenario. It took my taste buds over two weeks to try all that I would now combine to call my perfect Umbrian dinner. Authentic Italian food and I have definitely […]
Mind, Body, Umbria ⛰︎
“Gracie, you know what you have to do.” my mother would always tell me in the midst of my anxiety. She knew that to fight this fear I must move my body, absorb the sun, eat my favorite fruit, listen to music…. She also knew that I knew this, yet I was stubborn. I wanted […]
Traveling: A Mind Healer
“So travel, at heart, is just a quick way to keeping our minds mobile and awake.” – quote from “Why we Travel” by Pico Lyer Travel can be defined in all sorts of ways by all sorts of people (which is one of the beauties of it), but I was touched by this one sentence […]