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10 Scares, 100 Discoveries: 10 – Italy
For me, 2011 is about a year of change, fun and new experiences. With that in mind, I decided to create my own adventure, 1 Year, 10 Projects, 100 Discoveries. This post is part of that project. You can see all 10 Scares here and the entire project here. Enjoy the experiences, I sure am!
My break from the corporate world in 2011 taught me a lot of things. But, the most important lesson I learned was about slowing down. It was a lesson about enjoying life, unplugging and stopping to eat lunch without having to check your Blackberry. When I returned to the corporate world, I promised myself that I would take a long, European-like trip every year to remind myself to slow down and enjoy life even more than I already was.
True to my promise, I booked an eight day journey to Italy at the end of March 2012. Rome, Venice and Florence were cities on the original European trip list that I didn’t quite get to cross off. Since I enjoy scaring myself, I (kinda) asked my boyfriend to join me, for the entire trip.
Join me he did. He joined me for site-seeing, running and of course, shopping. He joined me for a breakfast of gelato every morning, pizza for lunch and pasta for dinner. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the sites were spectacular.
But, is it selfish of me to say it wasn’t a trip I liked? I can’t quite put my finger on it – maybe it’s because I’m too used to traveling on my own. Or maybe I just didn’t like Italy. Or maybe the second time is never as good as your memories of your first European trip. Maybe I wasn’t burned out enough from my job to take such a long vacation 🙂 Whatever the reason, I came back feeling unfilled, unrested and with a lot of pictures of places many people only dream of going.
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