When my family and I emigrated to Italy, Moldovan citizens couldn’t travel visa-free virtually anywhere. People used to never see another country outside their own in their whole life, let alone have regular holidays. Visa requirements changed in 2014, and furthermore in May 2018, allowing Moldovans to travel freely.

In the summer of 2018, after a 48-hour bus drive, grandpa came to visit us.

I decided to document his trip. The title Sogno ("dream" in Italian) was inspired by two events: first, when grandpa teared up saying he never would’ve dared to dream of visiting Italy; secondly, after his departure, I sent him the printed photos and he called to thank me:

"They look like a dream".