(WOW! It is amazing that I never discovered this blog thing sooner! It's so much easier and faster then writing in a journal, not to mention it will hopefully prohibit me from going on and on about hopeless love interests. Thanks to my old roommate, Alison Geist, for introducing me to blogging and few months later here I am haha!)
January of 2010 I set off on a exciting journey to study interior design in Florence, Italy. Since I returned in May the most common question I hear is, of course, "So, how was Italy?" How am I suppose to respond to that? Most of the time I just smile and say "It was really great!" But then my heart starts screaming at me and my mind starts drawing pictures of the cobble stone streets and the pastel painted buildings that seemed so different at first but within only a few days actually seemed normal and something that I would soon take for granted. Just when I thought Florence couldn't get any more beautiful from the inside we took a little hike up to Piazza Michelangelo for the first time where I saw all of Florence, my city, for the first time. It was like I had only tasted the birthday cake, but now it was getting thrown in my face and it was awesome! Soon after that our days started rolling by and I new I had to do something about it...
Interior Design at LdM is great, better than I ever expected, more fulfilling than school has ever meant to me, more quality, sincerity, funness, challenges, intrigue, and full on new and interesting ideas. That sold me. That was the one productive push I needed to convince myself that Italy was the place for me. I had to go back. And now I am...IN A WEEK! I can't believe it.
Before I got my acceptance letter this summer it was literally killing me about not being sure if it was ever going to happen. I couldn't even talk about it with my family or friends whether or not I was ever going to go back to the place, this city, this location that I have literally falling head over heals for..
Who would have thought that being separated from a mere place, a city, an area, a location, a country, literally a piece of land... could break your heart?
7 days.. so close!
Ciao :)
Allison, I love this! I can't wait to read about all your adventures in Italy. I will miss you so, but I am glad that you are in a place that you love. Maybe someday I can go there with you and you can show me around. :) Have fun and be safe! Love youu. -Anna
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for you! Please keep your blog up to date even when you get really busy so we can get a taste of what it's like living and studying in such an awesome place, and so we can how you're doing.
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