The next day, my dear friend Kelly came to stay with me for the weekend! Kelly also went to UCSD and studied abroad with me in Bologna 3 years ago when we were 20 year old babies. We had a lovely weekend just hanging out together under the portici, visiting our old haunting grounds and eating gelato. I was a bit tired and out of it from jetlag, but Kelly stuck with me and overall I persevered. We had a fun weekend enjoying the city and I couldn't ask for a better first weekend back.
I can't express just how wonderful it was to have an old friend to be with for the first weekend I'm back in Bologna. I spent an entire year in Bologna enjoying life like I had never enjoyed it before, so I know the city well, but Bologna for me is a little lonely and empty feeling without all the people that were here with me 3 years ago. It was nice to relive the past a bit with Kelly and get excited about the next 4 months I have to fill this city with new memories.An interesting thing I've noticed about Bologna is that just walking around this city seems to make me happy. Walking down the street I feel my heart sore and my lips twist into a small carefree smile. This city is so much more beautiful than I remember and the entire aura is just so light and carefree.
The life I led in Bo 3 years ago was lovely and to be back now is like cheating fate. I'm living a once in a lifetime experience AGAIN. Lady Destiny somehow threw me a lovely life path that has allowed me to circle back into town on a different street, trying out a different angle. I'm promising myself and all you out there that I will take advantage and enjoy my life in Bo to it's fullest for the time that I am here. Wooohooo!
And FYI I have an extra mattress waiting for any friends/family who want to visit :)
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