Wow what a deep and long experience! And that's totally true, it's not the same when you can make a choice instead of moving to a selected place (maybe due to work...) I experimented both situations. But sometimes those not selected places become a great surprise and discovery!
But in any case, we all have favorites, and speaking of which, in my case (and yours), we're talking about Italy. And like you, I'm especially familiar with the north, so I'd like to experience more of that authentic, vibrant, and special south as well (although many also see its negative part, but every place has it, right? It just depends on what's truly worth it for you). And if I had to choose a city there, I don't know specifically but probably somewhere well-connected in Calabria, Sicily, or maybe not so far south, but always better near the coast!
!PIZZA
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