My life has been full of trips, small trips and big trips. There have been moments where I feel completely fixed and done with traveling, but, at the same time, ‘what is Anh even, without all these travels?!’

I remember all my school trips always ended up with a fleeting feeling of disappointment. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting for, but I knew I had wanted something more to happen during those trips. Now, having passed those teenage years, I’ve gone to realize how passive I was, I expected something but all I did was waiting for that ‘something’ to happen. How silly!

This week I went to Perugia as the city was full of surprises. The whole city has been developed on mountains and so entering the city brings us to layers of houses, cultures and history. I came to discover the knowledge of Etruscan’s civilization, the ancient underground city. One evening, Niccolò and I went to watch a David Lynch’s movie at a youth cultural cinema and enjoyed Perugua’s underground young scene. Truly, Perugia is a dynamic city, however, all of these surprises wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t been actively seeking for new experiences.

People who know me also know how much I have been wanting to settle. But settling doesn’t mean that I want a static life. What I mean is a strong foundation for growth and new adventures, a forever loving home that I build to shelter my heart and mind, in order to feel safe to be creative, and to create.