July-August Editorial

I don’t know about you but I’ve never wanted a vacation like this year. Even just to take any means of transport and rediscover the thrill of travel, the thrill of the journey, even if it is short. Immobility is perhaps what has weighed on me the most in the last 12 months that we will not be able to forget. But now it is right and healthy to think about ourselves again, give ourselves a little break, rediscover, even if with caution, the beauty of sharing our emotions with others.

What thoughts do we take on vacation? A bit of anxiety remains even if the vaccination campaign worked and this certainly makes us more protected than last year when at the end of August we found ourselves with a surge in infections due to the excesses of gatherings in seaside places. But there must also be a healthy enthusiasm for adventure, knowledge and the desire to return to life. We all deserved it, so let’s try to imagine a little semi-serious guide for this long-awaited summer.

1. Let’s re-evaluate our beautiful Italy. There is no need to go far, you just need to want to discover beautiful things inside and outside of us, perhaps even very close. And our country is in great need of tourism and to restart the economy
2. We are looking for travel companions that are compatible with our needs, we choose less but better. There is a need for serenity and harmony. And anyway not to be too many …
3. We all want to dance, but before returning (especially for the younger ones) in the vortex of nights that never end, let’s remember how beautiful it is to dance in the moonlight in a few on the beach or in the countryside in the light of the sunset. We avoid excesses and try to appreciate little by little the pleasure of rediscovering the habits that make us feel good.
4. We have all been very still, sitting at the computer, ate and drank too much (since it was the only thing that could be done) and maybe we get to the costume fitting not exactly in great shape. We choose a holiday dedicated to wellness instead of extravagance. Our physique will thank us and we will return home never so beautiful.
5. Let’s not load up with suitcases exploding with clothes and accessories of all kinds. Let’s bring the essentials (a very important exercise for our minds), a few things that can be easily combined with each other, and rather allow ourselves the pleasure of buying something in the vacation spots we go to. We will feel more suited to the atmosphere of the place and will help the local economy with some purchases that will always remind us of that precise moment of the trip and therefore will remain special.
6. It’s time to make new acquaintances. We have been too long closed in the circle of family and work without being able to expand our world of relationships. For those who feel like it, this is the right opportunity to go on vacation courageously alone, not to lead the life of a hermit, but to be curious, interested and kind to others, to listen to those who are different from us and find out from other people. things we still don’t know. And, why not, to abandon ourselves to new loves …
7. We go on vacation to learn something: whether it’s trekking in the mountains, yoga on the board, surfing or a cooking class. Let’s take advantage of this moment to go home enriched by a new experience.
8. For me, holidays also mean reading good books. The days before departure I go wild to look for all the novels that have intrigued me. My advice is not to buy them on Amazon: let’s try to free ourselves from the slavery / convenience of buying online. Go to the bookstores in your cities, get advice from the booksellers. If everyone continues to order online from the giants of the network, those wonderful places that are bookstores will disappear and there will no longer be the pleasure (for me essential) of entering a place full of books and getting lost in leafing through the volumes, reading the plots and decide which story will keep me company on a trip.
9. We listen to good music. Not only the hits of the moment and the catchphrases that will accompany us everywhere (the joy of Jovanotti-Morandi is already inside our heads) but we discover different music, which takes us to other worlds, which accompanies us in the memories or in the emotions that touch us the heart.
10. We try to make this vacation unforgettable for ourselves. The journey must begin within us, not when we board a plane, train or ship, and it must be done to discover something that makes us feel good and possibly better than when we left.

11. Good summer everyone.