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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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When in Rome…
…do the tourist thing and look agog at the sites. Julio and I went to Roma on Saturday, and it was incredible. We saw, among other things, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, and the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. …
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Tagged art history, Italy, museums, painting, Rome, SACI, sightseeing, 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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Picnic in Pisa
Today was a great day! I woke up and went running around the river Arno, and the temperature was a splendid 75 degrees I got back home and, after showering and dressing, Kayla and I decided that a picnic…
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Tagged baking, focaccia, food, Italy, Pisa, SACI, student life, Study abroad, travel, weekend life
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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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A Spontaneous Simple Sunday
Since I spent my Saturday being mostly unproductive, I decided to take a spontaneous trip on Sunday. I’ve not traveled nearly as much as I believe I should, and so after researching train trips for half an hour, I decided…
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Chianti, countryside, Italy, leisure, photography, SACI, student life, Study abroad, train, weekend life, Wine
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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 2/2: Germania
Spring break is over. Booo! Just kidding. To finish spring break and return to Italy is not such a bad deal! But, in case you read about the first half of my break, this is a recounting of the second…
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Tagged Frankfurt, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Palmengarten, Phoenix Park, SACI, Spring break, 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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