Here is a recent article about a young women who traveled to Florence, Italy by herself in the 50's. She was caught in a very famous photo called "American Girl in Italy". This is a great article.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44182286/ns/today-today_people/
Monday, August 22, 2011
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The Beginning...
One word, Florence. This word alone is enough to send my mind into a whirlwind of chaos. Michelangelo. Art. History...Cappuccino...Visa. Where is my visa?...Tuscany, wine, pizza...Pisa...pizza...boots! I can't forget to pack boots!
I am off to Florence to study abroad for the semester. After a year of hard work and determination, it seems impossible that I will be waking up in Italy in less than four weeks. I need to stop the chaos, if only for a minute, to remind myself why I am doing this... why I am leaving everything I know to live in an unfamiliar place. To be free. To discover. To become self-reliant. To live.
Discovery: to obtain sight or knowledge of for the first time. (webster)
Freedom: not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being: choosing or capable of choosing for itself. (webster)
Independence: Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent. (Farlex)
Life: The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence. (Farlex)
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