I went to my first Italian protest today. Unlike in the US, however, I went as a listener, not as a participant. In August, the Italian government, lead by the far-right president Berlusconi, approved a new law that will cut €1.5 billion (about $2.4 billion) from the Italian Univeristy system over the course of the [...]
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Fall comes tomorrow. I’m almost sad to see summer go, mostly because it was a season of indulgences. There was the paid internship at one of the only companies not going under right now. There were home cooked meals for which I didn’t have to pay. There were weekends at the lake. There was ample [...]
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Here are some photos from last weekend at La Spezia and Cinqueterre. Enjoy! PS: You can view all of my photos from Italy on my Flickr site.
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There’s this thing called the “Mediterranean Diet,” except that it’s not really a diet. It’s just the way people in the Mediterranean region actually eat. The essentials? Pasta, fruit, vegetables, wine and olive oil. What’s missing? Fat, salt and meat. Anyway, since I’m in the Mediterranean region, I’ve been curious about this “diet.” Thus, today, [...]
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So I turned 21 on Monday. I don’t think it’s really hit me yet because a) my driver’s license still says “under 21″ b) the only way people knew it was my birthday was because they checked Facebook before coming to class and c) for Italians, there is no reason to celebrate your 21st birthday–wait, [...]
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So this weekend I went to Cinqueterre, a collection of 5 quasi-medieval towns in Liguria along the coast of the Mediterranean, with 3 other people from school. The goal was to get out fo the city, see some more of Italy, and have a nice, relaxing time at the beach before classes start tomorrow. Needless [...]
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Oh man, I’ve been here a week already. In order to celebrate that, I think I’ll to Spezia, no, not the restaurant, the beach. Until Sunday! -Em
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Classes haven’t officially started for me yet, but here are my initial impressions of the school so far (we’ll see if they proved to be correct). First of all, the school does not hold our hand for anything (though maybe that’s because they expect we have a significant toehr to do that for us). By [...]
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In Florence, la polizia crackdown on illegal vendors harder than a hurricane on New Orleans. Seriously. Traditionally, illegal workers in Italy washed car windshields. Since that is no longer condoned, they’ve begun selling little tokens, from pictures to cars. Today, I saw a Chinese woman talking with a vendor who was selling these little cars [...]
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Pictures from my time so far in Italy. I apologize that they are pretty much all landscapes, but that’s what you get when you’re a party of one.
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