In June of this year, I spent 9 days across Milan, Rome, Naples, and the Amalfi Coast. This is partly a guide for anyone planning a similar route, and partly just something I want to be able to come back and read later.

Doorstoppers refer to books with a high page count, often around 500–1000+ pages. Basically books that are physically heavy and thick enough to act as an actual doorstopper. As someone who struggled to read books I could’ve never imagined myself going through one of these “doorstoppers”, let alone finishing a series of five such books. In case you didn’t read it in the title I’m of course talking about the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson.

I attended my first concert about two years ago. I was excited about it, I knew it was going to be fun. But I had no idea it would THAT FUN. I still remember walking out of the venue with a huge, involuntary smile on my face the whole way back. I wasn’t familiar with the phrase “concert-high” but when one of my friends used it to describe what I feeling, the term totally clicked. That’s exactly what it felt like. An overwhelming rush of joy that stayed with me for hours.