Summer is coming

Since I arrived 11 years ago, this past winter was one of the few that I spent entirely in Switzerland (if not the only one 🧐), without leaving the country, not even briefly.

So many things were going on, all in a super positive way -a steep learning curve (and continuing). I was and still am in the process of understanding and creating this new lifestyle, making adjustments on the go.

Previously, wintertime had always felt scary. To avoid the winter blues as much as possible, I always had an escape plan of some kind.

This year, the need didn't pop up. It wasn't even an option to leave. Of course, the pandemic also helped in that aspect, but if I wanted to, I could have, I guess, as some have. But no escape plan felt necessary. I wanted to be here. To build up this new chapter, different from all others lived before.

It all went by so fast that I can barely believe that we're in June now. I'm currently in the north of Italy (almost an extension of Switzerland, really 😅), and here it feels like summer already. It's a strange feeling to stop and observe how fast these past months went by. But, I guess that's how it feels when we stop worrying about what the weather is or isn't doing outside and focus on going with the flow, adapting to the situations instead.

The need for experiencing every moment fully and taking it all in never felt so important as now. Sometimes I wish I could hit the pause button and freeze. I clearly can't stop time, but photography can capture moments. Images are a snapshot of a given situation; they tell stories about others or function as a diary for me.

Just like smells and music, it transports me back to a feeling, an emotion, a thought, a moment in the past. It travels in time and leaves footprints of a path being lived 👣 ♥️

(📸 exploring the hood, while staying at the beautiful @parco_san_marco resort)