Category Archives: Italy

Daily Photo: Spaghetti-to-be

Posted on February 19, 2016 by admin

Naples, Italy, January 2010.

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Daily Photo: Food Photo Week

Posted on February 15, 2016 by admin

For the next week, all of my photos will be somehow food-themed, to celebrate my recent participation in Vientiane’s first PechaKucha night, at which I discussed my love for food and travel. This first one is from Bologna, Italy, taken … Continue reading →

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Napoli

Posted on February 1, 2010 by admin

We were all a bit sad to get on the train and leave behind the good times in Bologna, but I was still excited to see Naples, a city I hadn’t yet visited before this trip.  As soon as we … Continue reading →

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Bologna

Posted on January 31, 2010 by admin

On Monday, we caught the train to Bologna, to spend two days in the city made famous by lunch meat.  We checked into a cozy hotel right in the city center, off Piazza Maggiore, the main square, and home to … Continue reading →

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C’era una volta

Posted on January 31, 2010 by admin

On Sunday, we drove out of Milan toward the northern lake country, for one of my favorite days of the trip, the “medieval dinner.”  Our bus barely made it up the steep gravel roads and dropped us off in front … Continue reading →

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Food, Slowly

Posted on January 26, 2010 by admin

On Saturday, the first full day in Italy, we left Milan and drove through the snow-dusted countryside to Pollenzo, a small town which is home to the Universita degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche, the relatively new gastronomic science university associated … Continue reading →

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La Vita alla Milanese

Posted on January 25, 2010 by admin

Only an hour after I finished my last fall semester exam on Thursday, I was headed to Newark airport with the rest of my Italian seminar (since down time is for the weak). We arrived in Milan on Friday morning, … Continue reading →

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Ciao, For Now

Posted on January 8, 2010 by admin

During our last full day in Sardinia we made the long drive from Cagliari, which is far in the south, all the way up the east coast back to Olbia. Along the way we passed through the mountainous regions, even … Continue reading →

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Bites, Beaches, and Birds

Posted on January 7, 2010 by admin

After our day exploring the great outdoors, we arrived in Cagliari–Sardinia’s biggest city (population somewhere around 100,000), situated on its southern coast. I had already seen Cagliari last summer, but it was interested to see the island’s bustling capital in … Continue reading →

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Sardinian Safari

Posted on January 6, 2010 by admin

From Oristano we set off for a day trip to the center of the island, where wild and ancient Sardinian sights awaited.  Country roads led us through sleepy looking towns, where farmers sat beside their fields selling their radishes and … Continue reading →

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