Passage #1

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Lilah Crosby sat at her old roll top desk writing with her worn out red leather pen onto the crisp new pages of her matching notebook, She got this because she is a world traveler and influencer. Just last month she had traveled to Italy here were some of her writings “ As I walked through Venice I was in awe the air smelled like a delicious fresh sandwiches topped with meatballs and five-cheese marinara sauce. The buildings were a range of bright to pastel colors but each unique, the water that the Villa’s were built on was a distinct blue color that was so gorgeous it was hard to look away. The thing that made me fall in love with Italy the most was the hospitality that all the people showed me even though they had no idea who I was.If I were to rate this country from one to ten they would get a fifteen or higher I loved my time there and I hope I can come back and visit other parts of this amazing country.”

Passage #2

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I am Mario Antonio a villager from Venice l had noticed the girl who had visited us she sniffed the air and took notes *he let out a deep laugh * I thought she was a health speculator or something but I observed how she enjoyed our country trying not to miss one crack in a window or one ripple in Adriatic Sea it was very nice yes very nice indeed to see a tourist enjoy our country so much. I am writing in this notebook because I suppose she dropped it on accident but I would definitely have told her if I had noticed earlier but she has already made her way back to America and I don’t know where she lives. So me and the rest of my village will have to take good care of it and write in it so if she ever comes and visits again she can have more knowledge for whatever she does. I just really enjoyed seeing how she wanted to become a true Italian trying to learn as much of the language she could in a week, swimming and boating on the Adriatic sea, and trying to gather secret recipes ( she got my grandma’s shoe thrown at her but hey no one messes with my nonna) But she was able to get a few that pizza parlor had taken off there menu and were sure they were not coming back. Anyhow I’m glad she had a good time in Italy I hope she comes and visits again!