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Home again, home again!
We’re finally back in the land of milk and honey!!! I’m so happy to be home Let me, however, comment on the inadequacies of transportation once more (if you’ve seen the post about the Greyhound debacle to Detroit from…
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Tagged airport, Alitalia, Florence, Italy, SACI, student life, Study abroad, travel
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let slip the dogs of war
Well, I can see now that there is no escaping sleepless nights in one’s haste to get tons of work done at the last minute. The end of the semester is the same everywhere, I say I’ve not had a…
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Tagged finals week, Florence, Italy, literature, SACI, student life, Study abroad, travel
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Polizia!
It stands to reason that since sidewalk-chalking in the USA is illegal without a permit (Ellina and I had a debacle of sorts last summer for my internship) then it would also be illegal in Italia. And so I should’ve,…
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Tagged advertising, Florence, grafitti, internship project, Italy, polizia, SACI, Study abroad
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Italian Holiday
Imagine my surprise when I found out that the 17th of March was a national holiday for Italy. According to my Italian teacher, Patrizia, the day is one that celebrates the unification of the country. Also, however, there are a…
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Tagged fireworks, Florence, Italian holiday, italian national history, Italy, SACI, student life, Study abroad
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Spring Break, Part 1/2: Ireland
We (Schweebs and myself) landed in Dublin on the 5th, and were SO tired, that we didn’t do much the first day but walk around and enjoy the city. We actually met some cool people at the hostel, and they…
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Tagged bus tour, Connemara, countryside, Florence, Galway, Ireland, road trip, SACI, shepherding, Spring break, Study abroad
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What would you do?
Although this may seem…incompatible after my jubilation over next week’s adventures, I am in something of a pickle: This past weekend, I did nothing. I mean NOTHING. Homework doesn’t count. But I missed out on a really cheap opportunity to…
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Tagged Florence, free time, Italy, SACI, student life, Study abroad, Venice
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Florence? Yes, please.
Even though I missed the meeting for the SACI presentation, I did get some of the flyers, and MY GOODNESS! That program looks amazing! I can’t wait to learn more about it. If things work out well, then I’ll (hopefully)…
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