An Italian Goodbye

We leave for France in the morning.  I realized that I will be leaving this country that I have lived in for over six weeks and the country that I have definitely grown to love.

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I remembered an episode of I Love Lucy-- the one where she loses her passport and has difficulty crossing into France from Italy ("Lucy's Bicycle Trip", funny thing is they are going from Italy to Nice, too).  In this episode she pauses for a brief goodbye to Italy.  Since I am a huge fan of quotes and an even bigger fan of the show, I know that I can't say it better myself.
"I just want to say goodbye to Italy, I sure hate to leave.  Farewell Italy with your beautiful mountains, and your lakes and your wonderful people.  Goodbye dear Italy.  No I’m not going to say goodbye, I’m going to say arrivederci." <3