I recorded this week’s solo episode of the podcast from my hotel room in Naples—a city I first visited 25 years ago while filming The Talented Mr. Ripley, during a time when I felt incredibly lost. I always find it interesting when a place doesn’t quite feel right. If I can, I like to go back and try to understand why. In the case of Italy, it wasn’t until I returned with Brad when we were dating that I started the process of healing my complicated emotional relationship with this incredible country. Eventually, I fell so deeply in love with it that we bought a little cottage here, which has become a second home to us.
It’s what I love about travel: the way it can surprise and expand you. I hope this episode stirs something in you, too—maybe a memory, or a pull toward a place where you might meet a new version of yourself.
Love,
Gwyneth |
