Why is it that every time you travel to a different country, like the beautiful Italy, you come back refreshed full of energy and of ideas how you may want to change your life.
While walking around the old cities full of modern coffee shops and to die for shopping you start the re-evaluation process. For someone that doesn't come from 'old money' and has a very long way to finding the fortunes of 'new money' the realities of every day hassles and long term goals sink in. Are you really heading to a happy place of the perfect life/work/family balance (in no particular order)?
Whether it is the busy fastish life of Rome or the serenity of Siena and Tuscany all stress just clears out. All that time to think to yourself, without bothering with deadlines, food shopping or personality conflicts. The fresh air of the ideal life style is contagious. The perfect life for the middle size wallet is voracious.
And the food, did I mention the food? Where else would you taste the fresh and savory actual tomatos in the tomato sauce in the slice of pizza that is cut be squares and is paid for by weight? Where else would gelato or ice cream come with real strawberries? It is these little pleasures that make you wonder how one survives on the 5 minute devouring of a lunch by one's desk.
Life is truely beautiful and I plan on taking full advantage of it. All you need to do is live your life, not wait for the life to pass you by while you're on vacation. It's just not long enough.
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