Italy
In college I studied for 4 months in Rome and while some memories were resurrected once I stepped off the plane, I didn’t remember just how truly confusing the city can be. Living in NYC for 7 years I’m used to a bustling metropolis, but something about Rome just screamed chaos. And there is just SOOO much to see. This city is filled to the brim with history, art, artifacts….and people.
Now as much as Rome holds a place in my heart, the Amalfi Coast was ridiculous. Did I mention that we managed to find a room with a balcony that overlooked the entire ocean? We could see the sun set every night with a bottle of wine without having to move. It was a little ridiculous. Even though the sleepy town of Vietri pretty much closed around 7pm, we made our way by boat to the more popular coastal towns, Portofino and Amalfi, which were by all means beautiful, but also densely populated. It made my mission for a tourist free Italy a little harder.
All and all, Italy will always hold a place in my heart and it was do amazing to go back 10 years later and feel as though nothing had really changed….except this time I was there in during tourist season instead of the dead of winter, so it was pretty hot, rainy and crowded, but still magical all the same.
