The document outlines the author's plan for spending 1-2 years living in Italy by taking 7 steps: 1) Continuing Italian language and culture studies, 2) Saving money from summer jobs, 3) Earning a college degree, 4) Getting a real job after college to save more money, 5) Finding someone to travel to Italy with and buying guidebooks, 6) Touring Italy for an extended period, and 7) Eventually returning to the US when funds run out and pursuing a more typical American dream of career and family.

1. My Sort-of
American
By Leah S. Dream

2. Here’s your typical
Kids? Car
Nice
House in the suburbs
Making Money
American Dream....

3. And here’s
my....American
Dream...In Italy.
PD-1923

4. My dream is to spend at least a year or two,
maybe more, living in Italy and touring the
country.
And here’s how I’ll get
there.....

5. Step 1: Language
and Culture Ciao!!
!
I will continue to study Italian language and
culture throughout high-school and college.

6. Step 2: Get a job and start saving money.
This summer I will start saving money from my
summer job. I’ll continue through college with
whatever job I have in college.

7. Step 3: Go to college and get
a degree.
Yes, I’m now Condoleezza Rice
Next I’ll work hard in college and
graduate with a degree in some undecided
thing so I can get a job.

8. Step 4: Get a real job and earn
a real amount of money.
After college I will get a real job (hopefully) and continue to
save money for a round trip flight to Italy, travel expenses, as
well as the things I will need to take with me.

9. Step 5: Find someone to go with
me to Italy and buy a guide book
to the country before I go to the
air-port so I’ll have something to
read on the plane.
Theoretically, I will have met someone or know someone who
would be willing to go with me to Italy (I mean who wouldn’t want
to go to Italy?). I will also need a map so I won’t get lost and the
guide so I don’t get bored on the plane.

10. Step 6: Italy
Step six is where I
spend all of my time
touring the country and
going to cheese and
wine tastings and
having an all around
great time.

11. Step 7: Reality
In step 7, I will eventually run out of money and be unable to get
enough work in Italy so I will return to reality in the United States
where people speak my language and serve lower quality food.
Usually. I will get a job, possibly go back to the one I had before
Italy, and have a family and eventually take any kids I might have to
Italy and show them all my favorite places. In a weird way, I will
eventually fulfill something a lot closer to the usual American
Dream than one might think.

12. The End