Stretched out below is valle d aoste and piedmont beyond, where the italian nation was born, a region without which i wouldn t be searching for italy at all. this is my first time in seoul, my first time in south korea. you never feel farther than home than landing in an asian country in the middle of the day. you lose track of what time it is and what time it s supposed to be and your body is freaking out. we re technically a day ahead. it doesn t event matter. it just forces you to be in the present. driving through seoul, is smells