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 […]
The Photo Booth Broke And I Didn’t
The Florence Photobooth Broke And I Kind Of Broke With It I went to Florence and I only wanted one picture that included my face. The architecture was alluring, the sculptures were exceptionally crafted, and to top it all off, I had arrived while one of Thomas J. Price’s “Reaching Out” pieces (a beautiful representation […]
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 […]
A Cannoli For Ma
Ma asked a lot of me before I moved out. Dishes, laundry, driving, various doctors appointments, anything you could think of, I was doing. Much like King Mao the cat, I was the unwilling and unknowing ruler of the house. However, when I told her of this trip, she didn’t ask much of me nor […]
The Good Love in Umbria (post 2 HB)
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]