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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Partiamo da Parma per Verona (soltanto per un giorno)
As planned Courtney and I woke up to go to Vienna and biked to where the bus picked us up and sat ourselves down in the back at 8 in the morning. The sky was gray, the air chilly and … Continue reading
Courtney (and I) See Parma
We woke up Friday fairly late because we could! Parma’s so small that I could manage to show Courtney almost everything in one day but still waking up late meant that we would not have time to fill in some … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Study Abroad
Tagged Courtney, Italian Food, Italian Friends, Italy, Parma, Parma Baptistery, Parma Duomo, Saint Giovanni's
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Courtney Arrives in Parma
People asked me for the entire week if I was excited. Everyday and every person came at me with the same question. There weren’t ‘hellos’ or ‘how are you’s’ but instead only ‘are you excited?’ It’s not a mystery as … Continue reading
Parma for a Weekend and Something Called ‘November Porc’
Who would have ever guessed, given my previous record of travel, that I would end up spending two straight weekends in Parma? For that matter, who would have thought that I would have settled myself into one place for the … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Study Abroad
Tagged Campagna, Cultural Exchange, Integration, Italian Friends, Italy, Life Thoughts, Nice, November Porc, Parma, Study Abroad
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Granada: The Alhambra…Sort of
The one monument that I had yet to see in Granada happened to be the most important and historical in the city; therefore it was the one to which I most wanted to go. Courtney and I woke … Continue reading
Posted in Spain (Granada), Study Abroad
Tagged Alhambra, Courtney, Granada, Life, Paella, Study Abroad
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Granada: Day 2
We woke up fairly late Saturday. Apparently both of us needed sleep (I know I did!). In fact, we didn’t rouse ourselves until lunchtime, which in Spain really begins around 2 o’clock. We managed to get up around 1 and … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Spain (Granada), Study Abroad
Tagged Abroad Thoughts, Clubbing, Courtney, Granada, Spain, Spanish Olive Oil, Spanish Olives
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A Granada!!
For my long Halloween weekend (Europeans made the wonderful decision to make the day after Halloween, All Saints Day a national holiday) I figured I would journey once more to Spain, this time to Granada, to both see la mia … Continue reading
Posted in Spain (Granada), Study Abroad
Tagged Courtney, Granada, Granada Airport, Spain, Tapas, Travel
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Italian TV? Great…Well, At Least I Get to Go to the Opera!
The return to Parma was uneventful (minus hearing that apparently our Tuesday and Thursday Italian classes are mandatory, something I’m trying to change). I slept a lot. Hung out at home a lot and did my best to catch up … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Study Abroad
Tagged Anna's, Comune, Il Trovatore, Italian Food, Italian TV, Italy, Opera, Parma, Parma Opera House, Risotto, TV Parma
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Istanbul; The Place that Never Sleeps (or is that us?)
We woke up again a little late, too late for the free breakfast, but still in time to check out of the hostel. We technically had to check out of the hostel because we had not booked room for Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Istanbul, Study Abroad
Tagged Bazaars, Blue Mosque, Cats, Cistern, Istanbul, Kebabs, Metropolis Hostel, Museum of Science and Technology in Istanbul, Park, Taksim, Tram, Turkish Food
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