"Italy look after my heart, I left it with you."
One day I was running to my favorite point in Florence, Piazza di Michelangelo. This point overlooked all of Florence, and it was where I would go every week to either soak in my Italian life experience and watch the sunset, journal, reflect, or pray. One day I was hiking my way to the top, and when I turned a corner I saw this quote written on one of the walls,"Italy look after my heart, I left it with you."At first I giggled to myself and thought,"how cheesy", but then it dawned on me how much I was going to truly miss my Florence lifestyle once it was all left behind.
I never thought being back in the states would be this bazaar of a change. Not a day goes by that I constantly think of Europe and I continue to compare my lifestyle here, to my lifestyle there. I need to let go, and accept that I am no longer there, yet I yearn to once again walk the cobblestone streets, sip espresso, and practice my broken Italian. Florence is an ex boyfriend. At times I want it back, and my heart is still in the relationship, but I have to move forward with my life here. Florence, you are so missed.
A flute player outside the chapel in Pienza, Italy
Overlooking wine country in San Gimiano, Italy
Chapel candles in Bologna, Italy
My favorite garden of Florence, the Bobli Gardens of Pitti Palace
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