"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.