Lit up like a Street Lamp at Midnight Contrary to my expectations of mid-march, every day in Bologna, I’m still amazed. By what? Here are some minor details of the city that I love: The crooked, open, wood window shutters that line the alleys of Bologna in between baskets of flowers outside the window. Everyday …
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Italy part IV
Venezia – La Serenissima, The Most Serene It’s been 3 days since I saw Venice. Oh, it was magical. This excerpt describes it, and refuses to describe it, better than I ever will: “By day it is filled with boat traffic – waterbuses, delivery boats, gondolas – if something floatsand it’s in Venice, it moves …
Italy part III
The Rainbow Trail in Florence This past weekend I had the most fantastic day and Firenze is now my favorite city in the world! Some American friends and I originally wanted to go because the annual Chocolate Festival is happening throughout February. So, Friday we made the decision to go and on Saturday morning I …
Italy part II
Downsizing My Comfort, Maximizing My Worldview I’ve been here for 3.5 weeks. Although I still feel like I have so much to figure out, I have gained a little stability- and in this context, stability is a gift. There is absolutely no organization. This is demonstrated in my class schedule: I start a different class …
Italy part I
Tranquilo I’m here- in Bologna, Italy- and everything is beautiful. The city, built by the pope in the 1000’s (yes, the 11th century), is nicknamed La Rossa- because everything is red from the bricks to the roofs (photo below). I’ve looked pretty idiotic so far- mostly because as far as the natives can tell, my Italian …
Free to Fail
When I was studying abroad in Italy, so many friends and family members constantly checked in on me. Inevitably, their top question was always, “How’s your Italian?!” I would think of my social interactions with my roommates and say, “Yes, in fact I did talk to them about 7th Heaven” (they absolutely loved 7th Heaven, …