To be able to experience these new adventures, cultures and places. Finally, living in Italy taught me that I wanted more freedom in life. Always so caring and helpful to a lost and sometimes frustrated Canadian family. We experienced the people and how beautiful Italians are. “True life happens off the beaten track.” – Deborah MacDonald ![]() We saw what Italy was really like, and those experiences were invaluable for our kids too. We got off the ‘beaten track’ so often that we made new beaten tracks!īut because we did, we experienced so much more. I became fearless, especially when my husband was deployed on military assignments.Īnd when the kids weren’t in school, we explored almost every inch of Italy and other European countries close by – it was amazing. Whether it was buying local wine and filling your own jug or visiting the Buffalo farm and getting mozzarella di buffalo or climbing Mount Vesuvius or exploring the catacombs of Naples or visiting the Vatican or being robbed on the Rome subway, life was an adventure every day. You never knew what would happen or where you would end up! Now up to that point I thought I was adventurous – but travelling in Italy without cell phones, Google and GPS as well as having a language issue, made every trip an adventure. We all need to slow down! Living in Italy taught me to be adventurous. Once I did that, my life in Italy became so more relaxing and enjoyable. So I became very patient and understood that life is better when it is slow. When we called another week later? Again domani, domani. When we called a week later to ask when it would be installed? Again, we were told domani, domani. ![]() When we ordered the phone line to be installed and asked when? They said domani, domani. Well it was something I heard almost every day. And, it sure taught me patience.ĭoes the phrase domani, domani (tomorrow, tomorrow), ring any bells for you? Living in Italy forced me to learn its culture, to experience new ways, to adapt, and to appreciate what I have in life. (I came, I saw, I conquered), to remind me of the time I lived in Italy and how much I learned from being there for three years with my family. It is a slight change I made to the famous Julius Caesar quote – Veni, Vidi, Vici. I came, I saw, I learned is how this latin phrase is translated.
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