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I Spent A Month In Italy: Here’s What No One Tells You About Living La Dolce Vita
Hauling my overstuffed suitcase up and down ancient stone steps in the sweltering Tuscan heat was enough to make me question every life choice that led me there, and to mentally draft a very different packing strategy for "next time."
By Anna Hugoboom5 min read
Flying on a Vespa through the Tuscan countryside, tasting my first gelato, hiking to the Lake Garda viewpoint, gawking at Renaissance masterpieces and jaw-dropping basilicas—my first hop to Italia was as magical as the Instagram reels promised. But it also came with a less glamorous B-side: sweating through 100-degree heat, wilting in AC-less buildings, wrestling luggage up train steps, dragging it over centuries-old cobblestones, and paying €18 for three sad ravioli from the ‘picture menu.’