Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Spoleto, Italy, the sister city of Charleston. My soul yearns to visit. To enjoy a month of Italian food, history, art, architecture, and maybe some Italian guys (Or at least fantasize about Italian boys and write tons of short stories about them).

There's more to Italy than all of that. There is the experience of being in another country and best of all having nothing to do but write. I have the opportunity to go on a month long study abroad trip to Spoleto in May of 2015. I would be writing and studying, and enjoying the sights of Italy. How amazing would that be?

It would be probably the most amazing thing I've ever done in my life thus far.

But then reality sets in, and it's a heavy one. The trip comes in at about $7,554.00, that's the trip and tuition for the classes I'll be taking. Plus about $500 for fun money. That's a lot! It's gonna take a lot of work, but I could do it.

The problem I struggle with is that there are a about a million other things I could do with about $8000.00 dollars. Buy a car, go to Disney World, pay off all of my credit cards, or some other practical thing.

But I don't want to be "realistic" or "practical". I want to be frivolous and adventurous. I want to soak up the sun in another country. I want to breathe the air filled with history. I was to walk on the ground where one of the greatest civilizations stood.

That's why I have finally made up my mind. I'm going to Spoleto, Italy in May 2015. I'll never have another chance in my life to spend a month just writing in another country. Once I come back I will have to face the reality of the world outside of college coming closer as I enter my senior year. I'll have classes to finish, graduation to plan for, apply to Master's programs, study and take the GRE, and worry about getting a car.

To prepare for the financial part of Spoleto, I've been looking up scholarships and crunching the numbers furiously. It's gonna be close, but it is doable.

Also, in preparation I have been Pinning furiously every tip for traveling. I've also make a wish list on Amazon to keep up with the stack of things I will need or want for the trip.

Ciao! Buon viaggio! (This means goodbye, have a good trip in Italian).