One of the best decisions I made as a student was to spend a summer in Italy.
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Here are some of my favorite shots, remastered.
It’s mindblowing how all this was now a DECADE ago.
My memories of that semester are still so vivid. The route I’d walk every day. The spot on the balcony where I’d start mornings by people watching. Walking to the tourist spots at night after they’d emptied out.
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It’ll always be impossible to say which trip made the biggest impact on me, but Italy has a strong case. There’s so much I gained from that summer that still carry with me. Better photography skills. A desire to slow things down more regularly. Confidence in myself. An appreciation for quality ingredients over complex recipes. A renewed love for slow travel and getting to know places intimately. A wetter appetite for all the places left I have yet to see. Some basic Italian.
So many customs like aperitivo hours, district dinner parties, and the presence of ornate art in practically every direction taught me what it looks like when a culture community, friendship, and beauty over the rush to be productive.
Most of all, I learned a sense of wonder in knowing what it’s like to wake up feeling like you’re in a world full of history, legacy, and possibility.
I can’t wait till I get to go back again.
What spot away from home do you think had a big hand in shaping you?
In Italia
