As I begin to eat my dinner, I hear a man speaking an amalgamation of what I assume to be Italian and English. I don’t understand him, so naturally I am drawn to him. He has skin clearer than water and is dressed like a man but has an absolute baby face to an almost […]
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Branching Out, Finding My Place
Travel is an essential part of the soul. Whether you are only going one town over or crossing the seas, it will change you. Pico Iyer, in his essay “Why We Travel”, discusses the different reasonings a person seeks a journey. Lyer claims people travel for the purposes of finding themselves, learning and sharing culture, […]
Looking On With Stranger’s Eyes: Lessons Learned My First Week In Umbria
Spoleto, a town within the Umbrian region of Italy, is a city of stone, sanctity, and centuries of lore, but most importantly, growth. Previously a medieval territory and later absorbed by the Roman Empire, every local person, sight, and uneven brick underscores its ancient sense of history. I don’t have the roots here that the […]
A Sick Girl’s Guide to Italy
I spent my free weekend bedridden. Okay so maybe bedridden is a little dramatic, but I was certainly ill. Ill enough that after three days of being unable to eat because it hurt so bad to chew and swallow, I had to go see a doctor. It started on Thursday. I had planned to go […]