**Note from the author**: Hello! I’m Alice. This post is the first in my “Submitting Abroad” series, the rest of which has already been drafted. I’m currently working on editing it down into parts, which I’m aiming to upload twice a week.
Feedback is greatly appreciated, both on content and writing style! Requests for future works are accepted as well, if messaged privately. My dream is to one day take commissions, but for now I’m content to try and build a name for myself.
Thanks and enjoy!
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It was during my senior year of university that the opportunity arose: a semester abroad in the heart of Italy, Roma herself. It had always been my dream to live outside the States for an extended period of time, and coupled with my passion for Roman history and collegiate focus on antiquity, it was the perfect finish to an arduous scholastic career.
Now I found myself at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic, alone, having left the few good friends that I still had back in Los Angeles. My parents hadn’t come by to see me off, nor had I expected them to. They had effectively cut me off earlier that year after discovering some unwelcome news about my sexual orientation.