The supplied prompt asked us to describe "what you expect to find there, your own particular “baggage,” in terms of what you have come to believe Italy will be like" in a minimum of 200 words. Well, my "baggage," if you will, comes from my trip last year. The epic awesomeness that I enjoyed last year seeps through to my everyday when I take the few minutes to think about this year's trip. Dr. Masters recently posted to the Facebook page, right above Dr. Davidson's reminder that we have "one.week.left," about the "tears and strangeness" that we will all feel. I remember the tears, and the strangeness, but only one from personal experience.
I was one of the few who didn't cry from personal exhaustion, or mental breakdown, during last year's trip, and I think that might be my personal baggage. Don't get me wrong, I don't plan on crying this year, but there has been a lot more personal drama in my life since last year's Italy trip, so five weeks in a country that feels more like home than America might be emotional for me...we will see....
So in a nutshell, I expect to feel happy, joyful, at home. I expect to find the same people that I met and loved last year: Daniela, Luca, Emanuela, Elisa, Samuelle...I (hope) that they remember me.
I expect to miss the people from last year. It was OUR SPOLETO. Megan called this year's trip "Spoleto, the Next Generation" and I believe that the incredible villa we are living in will be like "The Real World:Spoleto" (yet another Expectation), but it's going to be depressing not being able to down a jug of wine with Tyler and Jenna and whoever else split that with us (that part was a little hazy)...
I expect to be overwhelmed again: so many things to do, so many things to see, so many new places I want to day-trip to with my best friend and my new friends...my new family...Because if anything, I expect to find a whole new family in Spoleto, just like last year.
I expect that not to change.
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