Friends for life
In 2018 I saw a dream come to fruition when I set off to Staletti Italy to take a Traditional Italian Charcuterie & butchery course at the famed Italian Culinary Institute with master chef John Nocita at the helm. The entire experience was definitely top 10 experiences in my life & I’m forever grateful I had the brains to shove doubt aside & just do it.
Yes, I learned a ton from chef John, Juan, Alex & the beautiful Marianna…all world class chefs, but it was also the friendships formed there that are honestly some of my most golden memories.
Last October I had the good fortune to see one of my school chums, Charles Aquilina in Malta, meet his family & have an incredible time reconnecting while seeing the stunning archipelago in the central Mediterranean.
This Sunday, I’m going to see Paul Wright, the Englishman from a farm near Barnstable, another friend-for-life from ICI.
This is the part that I absolutely adore about travel…friendships made that seem to last the test of time. On this trip I’m reconnecting with so many wonderful people that I truly adore. So grateful to make my world smaller by travel.
Have you ever wanted to hit the road but you’re nervous or worried how you’ll do it? Please push past those trepidations & figure it out. You don’t need to have every day sorted out, just a rough hatched plan of where you’ll go & then start walking & wandering. You’ll see that people are nice & helpful…the journey will humble you. You’ll come home with a completely different mindset & that is usually a good thing. My logic is that this is my only shot at making my life the absolute best I can make it. There is strife & trouble & stress, but that’s in the eye if the beholder. This world is filled with beauty & genuinely good people. Stop listening to the news & thinking that is what the world has to offer, because the truth is, that the world is a miracle & to get out into it is magic for your heart. Make friends with strangers. Smile at everyone. Compliment people. Be silly. Look on the bright side.
You could end up with friends that bring you turkey eggs & sourdough loaves & scones with clotted cream.
