I will go to Italy and then he would come to the U.S. During the two years of dating, we would take turns visiting each other. He too was impressed with the way I spoke the language. Even to this day, we mostly speak and text in Italian. We hardly ever spoke in English then––it’s weird and informal to us. We had our weekly Skype dates on Sundays, which, of course, including speaking Italian. It would definitely be a challenge with the distance between us and the time difference of 7 hours, but we were determined to make it work. After the trip, we kept in touch on Facebook and then soon decided to pursue a long-distance relationship. ![]() It was not love at first sight, but there was definitely some interest there. Though he spoke some English at the time, we were able to communicate in Italian on the trip. On this trip, I met my now-husband Saverio. I met up with them for the Miami portion of the trip. In February 2011, a big group of my Italian friends did a trip explore all of Florida. ![]() I kept in touch with many of my Italian companions via social media and Skype so I would not lose the language. ![]() ![]() I lived in Italy for a few months in 2010 and it was very hard to leave Italy and all the wonderful friends, food, and scenery. Through those friendships, a special relationship emerged. I traveled to Italy every summer since 2009 and gained so many wonderful friendships. I began to learn Italian in 2007 and quickly fell in love with the language and culture.
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