My first experience as life as an expat was in 2006 when I studied abroad in Rome, Italy. I had many opportunities during my quarter there to travel around to other parts of this beautiful country, and despite one bad experience in Naples, overall Italy is still my favorite country in the world. Ostia was [...]
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My Love Affair with Roma
“Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” — Pico Iyer This quote pretty much sums up how I feel about Rome. Six years [...]











