"I believe traveling to other continents is the ultimate opportunity to gain insight, empathy, and appreciation for cultures that may be vastly different from my own.
I hope writing about my travels, with its stumbles and triumphs, will connect with the explorer imagination of others."
Carmen is a 2022 Solas Best Travel Writing award winner currently resides in Valencia, Spain.
My latest published work appears in issue 13 of Panorama: The Journal of Travel. Buongiorno is a short story that takes place during my several month stay in the Tuscan region of Italy.
Here is an excerpt...
“I’m betting airport security is looking through your things,” says my host Ursula over our Italian breakfast, a sugary pastry and full-strength coffee, on her terracotta patio.
“Are they looking for contraband?” I ask.
My backpack wasn’t in baggage claim when I arrived in Pisa last night. The “Aeropuerto” said it would take at least a week to find it, and I’m still wearing yesterday’s sweatpants and rumpled T-shirt.
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