Italy

"Mozzafiato" means "breathtaking" in Italian.  The literal word comes from mozzare, meaning to cut or chop off, and fiato, meaning breath.

I spent two weeks in Italy, and each day brought moments and memories that left me speechless.  I travelled from Rome, to Pompeii, to Positano, to Florence, to San Gimignano, to Montalcino, and on to Venice. And more places in between. 

I realized in Rome that I had never had real tomatoes or burrata.  Or that, in Tuscany, I never had olive oil.  Or tiramisu in Venice.  Or gnocchi in Florence.  Basically, any Italian food or wine in the U.S. is ruined for me.