This section of writing is about my experience before, during, and after spending time in Italy.
- Becoming Italian (7 days before)Chip watches the cursor on the screen blink, the page blank around it. This hour seven days from now he’ll be on a plane headed for Milan and the adventure of the year. He knows that he’ll be asked, “Why have you come to Italy?” And, he’ll need a short answer, still meaningful. He can’t …
- Three more sleeps.Chip feels like he’s floating between two states of being one foot grounded in Canada and one foot hovering in mid air ready to the step onto the cobblestones of a new country and a different life — even temporarily. What will the first step feel like? Isn’t this the whole point and the crux …