Tag Archives: Italy

Spring Break Approaching

It’s COMING!!!!!  The moment we’ve all been waiting for!  The break of all time….SPRING!  Whooo!  I can’t wait.  The weather is warming up, the sun is shining (most days) and the parkas are being pushed to the rear of the…

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Vespas!

Not much had been going on until Wednesday.  Classes, studying, classes, and then some classes.  But on Wednesday, I got to go to the Vespa Museum (yes, there actually is one). We took the train to Pontedera to the Piaggio…

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How to get gelato and arrested by the police at the same time

First of all, I’m not getting gelato for a long time. A VERY long time. I went in to get one this afternoon because it had been a dragging morning, and I wanted to cheer up. Wrong move. WHY did…

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Sightseeing 3/3

We went to the Medici Villas and to Vinci last weekend, and WOW!  The landscapes alone would be enough to turn even my younger brother into a master artist. (I’m recalling a time I tried to teach him to draw…

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Sightseeing 2/3

Last Saturday, I went to Ravenna on a tour with the school.  Ravenna became the capital of the Western Empire during the reign of Onorius in 395 A.D.  It is known for it’s Early Christian and Byzantine art, which I…

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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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