2024: Verona, Italy

In 2024 we didn't go to an English speaking country. But we did speak English! We went to Italy, to visit my host-sister Carlotta. When I was 18, I was an exchange student and so was Carlotta. We ended up at the same host family. We've stayed (somewhat) in contact over the years and had had plans to meet up a couple of times, but we never got around to it. Then we realized it had been 30 (!) years since we'd seen each other. So we decided that, no matter what, we'd meet up. 

The girls & I rented a house on the outskirts of Verona, we packed my little Hyundai i10 and travelled over the Alps to Verona (yes, over the mountains, because the Mont Blanc tunnel was pretty much out of commission due to a rock slide). 

It was pretty surreal to finally see each other again. Carlotta got to meet my daughters (by then already adults!) and we got to meet her sweet daughter Cloe (2 years at the time). Despite the heat, we had a blast and my girls and Cloe really hit it off. Carlotta is raising Cloe bilingual, so we all spoke English. In Italy hahahaha. 


    




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