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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By dydmarty | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
I had been living in Turin for a few months back then. I had moved in that magnificent city to study, and quickly fell in love with one of my flatmates. When Fabio finally kissed me, I felt like the universe was starting to make sense to me. With him, ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By ttravel | Views [453] | Scholarship Entry
My journey begins from the heart of the old world, the 'magnagrecia'. Apulia also known as the "heel of Italy" is the region that hosted the eighth century settlers Phoenicians and Greeks who colonized and imprinted signs of an ancient culture and Eastern ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By martravel | Views [210] | Scholarship Entry
In Florence, one of the cities with the biggest artistic heritage in the world, there is a very special museum: “il Giardino di Archimede”. No, that’s not the famous scientist’s garden, it’s a museum in which you discover and –unbelievable- have fun with ... Read more >
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By frank_tb | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
Finally, some free time! That morning we had an early trip to Vecchia Murano, to watch the art of Venetian glass blowing. After an hour or so we were famished. Now, where to? The three of us – Alex, Jessie and I – head towards Piazza San Marco. Down ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By vyc23 | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
Literally and limpidly, lake of Fimon, defined as specchio d’acqua in Italian [mirror of water/water mirror]. Where is this hidden, crystalline diamond buried? In the pure, primordial province of Vicenza (northern Italy, about 60 km west of Venice), the ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lost_traveller | Views [217] | Scholarship Entry
People always ask me what was your favourite place when I get back from travelling. How do you explain that each and every place was amazing in their own unique way and that you can't compare them. How do you explain that it's about what you experience ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By verandrea | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
A sharp turn to the right, my knee is close to the ground. I move my body weight from left to right in the turns, accelerating with my right hand. That’s how it’s been going for three days. I take my next break at 2211 m altitude in the Alps, breathe ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By romanholidayrealities | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
Rome was to be the beginning of my adventure. Legend has it that the great city was founded by two brothers: Romulus and Remus in 753 BC. They were the sons of Rhea and Mars, the god of war, and decided to build a city. In a fight about who should be ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By feelthenature | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry
It was an Easter time in this years April when me and 7 of my new Erasmus friends from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Estonia and Latvia decided to go for a trip just to get to know Italy better, while we were in our exchange program. Trip took us to Naples, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rtorsello | Views [254] | Scholarship Entry
It would be very easy to visit Florence and miss its best kept secret. It’s not a monument or gallery, not a restaurant or bar. It is an institution, a practice taken advantage of by the students and young people of the city. Emerging from a club at 3am, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rcmaia | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
When people throw that vague “how was your trip” question at me, they expect descriptions of canals and gondolas, the seductive historic yet modern chaos of Rome, and oh! the art and food of course, but my mind instantly goes to the trains. There were ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rogneda | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
Entering the historic sanctuary Pompeii promises another pleasant walk among the remnants of the architectural art, or simply the ruins. But escaping the commonplace museum crowd at the entrance and setting foot on the restored off-white bricks makes ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By gyrocloudy | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
You may never know how big some places are until you go up high on a hill village and watch everything from a clock tower surrounded by nature. There you can rule over your own landscape, take a deep breath and let your senses do the magic. All you can ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By breaelford | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
The funny thing about unforgettable experiences is that you actually end up forgetting a lot about them. You can forget the date and the time, you can forget where you were, and you can even end up forgetting the people you were with. That stuff doesn’t ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jchristensen | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
On a rainy afternoon in September, after dreaming of visiting the five beautiful Italian coast towns known as Cinque Terre, Italy, I finally got to spend a few short hours there. I was studying abroad in Florence for the semester, and my school had planned ... Read more >
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