Several years ago I was able to serve an LDS mission in Milan Italy. I was there from March of 2001 through March of 2003. It was one of the best experiences of my life for a number of reasons. In particular, it helped me to prepare for life itself as I moved forward.
One of my goals was to go back to Italy. I wasn't sure when I was going to be able to, but the opportunity presented itself once I graduated from college. One of my friends and I were talking about vacations and she mentioned about wanting to go to Europe. She then remembered that I served a mission in Italy and asked if I wanted to go back someday. I said yes, that I would love to! She then said that we should go once I graduated, and I agreed. We spent the next few weeks trying to get people to come. Only two girls were able to come for one reason or another.
I knew that this time in Italy would be different for number of reasons. The biggest was that I would be able to enjoy Italy from a whole new perspective. I have kept up on my Italian fairly well, but I wasn't sure how it would be one I got back there. At first it felt like I was a little hesitant in talking, but it soon seemed to flow naturally.
The trip, which the girls named "Gelatofest", was a lot fun and eye opening to me for several reasons. The cities that we visited on this trip were Milano, Genova, Cinque Terre, Pisa, Fiorenze, Siena, Roma and Pompeii. Each city was incredible in so many ways. I would have had more time, I could have spent days, if not longer, in each city.
From this trip I learned that trips really help you to get to know people. (It's not often that you get to spend 24 hours with people.) I learned that know matter how well you think you may know someone, there is still more to learn.
Here are a few of the pictures from a few of the cities that I went to:
Milano
Genova
Cinque Terra
Pisa
Florence
Pompeii
Rome
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1 comments:
Ya, I am so glad you got to go back. I love the pictures.
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