amicizia

Friendship. This simple term has elaborated into a new concept for my travels abroad here in Italy. Back home friends are those we have spent years of our life with, while here I have formed such dynamic bonds with those who were merely strangers a few months ago, I now see them like siblings. We travel together, this entitles one to a plethora of situations good and bad. We know each other like the back of our hands. Mannerisms, voices, characteristics, I could write biographies on each one of them. It’s though this labyrinth of travel, of leaving what is common and comfortable that you create a whole new meaning to the appreciation of friendship. The start of a relationship by the luck of our plane tickets to the unclaimed smile given in a moment of frustration. I have learned to piece these elements to find the genuine friendship that I will cherish. This labyrinth had no end like most other mazes, I only hope to continue to be lost in a sea of others for the rest of my life.