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Who is Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love<\/em>? How do he and Elizabeth meet and what is his role in the story? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love<\/em> is one of the close friends Elizabeth meets during her time in Rome. Luca helped Elizabeth learn Italian and find her stride exploring the culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Luca Spaghetti, Eat Pray Love<\/em>, and their friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love Helps Liz Find Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert wasn\u2019t a great traveler like others she\u2019d seen along her journeys. Those people knew how to blend in and emit a casual authority. Gilbert could do neither. She was tall, blonde, and pale, and when she was lost, she looked lost. But one thing she did well was make friends wherever she went. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes these friendships were happenstance\u2014a train companion or a run-in at a restaurant. But often, Gilbert orchestrated friendships by way of acquaintances of people she knew from home.<\/strong> Before she left for Rome, she asked her friends for a few names of people she might look up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of those people were a married couple named Maria and Giulio. Maria was American, and Giulio was from Southern Italy. The couple had Gilbert over for dinner several times, and the husband met with her separately to work on his English.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another friend she met in this way was Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love<\/em>. Luca and Gilbert became quick friends. He spoke English and enjoyed food as much as she did. He was a tax accountant, which she thought was a strange job for him considering his easy-going manner. Likewise, Luca didn\u2019t understand her desire to study spirituality in India. He said it didn\u2019t match her appetite for pleasure and Italian food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert made other friends through different means, as well. She grew close with her language partner, Giovanni. Their conversations centered mostly on politics and philosophy, and they knew little about each other\u2019s personal lives.<\/strong> But they enjoyed each other\u2019s company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love <\/em>was also instrumental in teaching Gilbert new phrases. He took her to a soccer match and translated the curse words and expressions the fans shouted. Learning Italian slang helped Gilbert feel more ingrained in the culture.<\/strong> It also helped her converse more intelligibly with others. This skill helped her find more pleasure with the language. Still, the pleasure she got from food was hard to beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eating Her Way to Happiness<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of Gilbert\u2019s happiest memories from Rome was finding a farm stand down the street from her studio. She purchased fresh asparagus and paired it with poached eggs, olives, goat cheese, and salmon for lunch. She took her plate to a sunny spot on the studio floor and ate every bit with her fingers. With her Italian paper and her beautiful lunch, she felt happiness oozing from every poor. Her instinct to feel guilty about doing nothing kicked in. But she brushed it off. She\u2019d finally learned <\/strong>bel far niente<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food was a constant source of pleasure for Gilbert in Rome. Another friend, an American food writer living in Italy, took her to all the best restaurants in Rome. Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love<\/em> introduced her to an Italian delicacy\u2014lamb intestines. And pastries, gelato, and cappuccino were daily favorites. However, one of the most memorable meals Gilbert had was pizza in Naples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding Gratitude<\/strong> With Luca Spaghetti in Eat Pray Love<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gilbert came close to understanding her word at a dinner party on Thanksgiving. The American holiday that year fell on Luca Spaghetti\u2019s birthday, and he wanted to celebrate his 33rd year around the sun with a Thanksgiving turkey. Gilbert decided to help him with his wish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party was held at a large home in the Roman countryside owned by Luca\u2019s friends. The guests included several of Luca\u2019s friends and two of Gilbert\u2019s. Around the table that night, there were three languages represented: Italian, English, and Swedish. But to Gilbert\u2019s surprise, the barriers didn\u2019t hinder their ability to connect and feel like they belonged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late in the evening, after many bottles of wine, they decided to practice the American tradition of stating what they were thankful for. Each person took their turn, becoming emotional and weeping when they spoke openly about gratitude for their lives. When it was Gilbert\u2019s turn, she didn\u2019t know what to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What she did know was that she was grateful her word was no longer \u201cdepression.\u201d Just a few months before, she was so entangled in the grips of despair, she wouldn\u2019t have been able to enjoy a lovely evening like this. She still couldn\u2019t articulate what her word was yet, but she knew it had something to do with the way the people in her life were changing her.<\/strong> She said how grateful she was for old friends and new friends, and how lucky she felt to know such wonderful people. It was the truth in that moment, and that was enough. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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