I travelled around Italy for a month and this is what I learnt

Observations and reminders from a life-changing month-long solo trip around Italy 🇮🇹

As part of my ‘funemployment’ journey in between jobs and recovering from pandemic workaholism, I spent over a month travelling around Italy. I visited over a dozen locations including Milan, Rome, the Amalfi coast, Venice, Tuscany, Cinque Terre, and Pisa to name a few!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT — (1) Travelling between the small towns in Cinque Terre, (2) Chianti in Tuscany, (3) Rio de San Aponal, Venice

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT — (1) On a boat in Capri, (2) Exploring Positano, (3) Milan

The trip was incredible and although it cost me a few thousand pounds, I made some amazing memories.

I chose Italy due to its proximity to the UK (in case there was another winter COVID outbreak and I had to suddenly make it back) and for its richness in history, guaranteed great food and sunny weather even in October!

The trip did not disappoint and I had an incredible time eating copious amounts of pizza and pasta, meeting some incredible people, overloading my brain with museums and tours, and truly making up for my shocking step count during the pandemic! Beyond…