Day 0163

Emotional day, leaving my old life behind for a second time. Shutting the door on my old apartment for the last time and saying goodbye to an important person from my life in Italy. Felt strongly how grateful I am to have lived there with so much love and friendship. Strange that the apartment will sit there without our routines going on in it. Strange that Florence is filled with all the same faces in the same places at the same times; the man at the florists, the guys at the cafe, the lady begging with a sign. It's all there right now, ticking over regardless of where I am or what I'm doing. A life ready to be dipped back in to.

Met up with friends from my Italian school from last year. Lovely to be around familiar faces with shared experiences. Lovely to share my sketchbook with someone who cares.

Train to Milan, back-to-back coffees needed on arrival to keep me awake to work on the drawing.