Jared Turkus attends the International School of Florence. He is fourteen years old and will be starting the eight grade next fall. He is originally from Palo Alto, California. In this spare time he enjoys creative writing, snow-skiing, windsurfing, and tennis. He has lived in Florence for five years.
Life in Italy and life in the U.S. are two completely different worlds. When I was a little kid, living in Northern California, I thought there was no other place like home. I thought all of my future lay within the country that I was standing in. I was