I fled to Italy to find myself, but had trouble fitting in

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Jennifer McGuire fled to Italy to find herself, but she’s having a little bit of trouble adjusting

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines atMy first morning in Tivoli was not actually morning. It was noon, something I didn’t learn from my dark cave of a studio in this village on the outskirts of Rome until I checked my phone. The jet lag was bad, worse than I expected, but I had a job to do and this job was making memories.

It’s early days here, of course. I’m struggling with the loss of my kids and my friends and my routine and feeling a bit maudlin. But I am living in Europe for four months like I’ve longed to for the past 20 years, so expectations are running high. Too high on account of too many rom-coms, maybe.,” and I am met with a disinterested stare from the Italian model/barista behind the counter.

Here in Italy, breakfast looks like this: shooters of espresso and a cornetto. Just like a coffee and a fancy doughnut, basically. That’s it, no variety. Also, I’m telling you this as a public service - if someone in Italy tries to sell you a chocolate croissant, they only mean Nutella, which is not chocolate. I will be fooled by this one too many times.

 

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