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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By saschaotoole | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
Palermo, like the rest of Sicily, can feel a bit like the land that time forgot. The buildings are crumbling, run down, and beautiful. While I was captivated by the somewhat shabby beauty of Sicily's main city, I was on the hunt for something else. The ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By alternativetraveler | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
Throwing the hands into the pockets of our jeans and getting nothing out seemed alarming. “Do you think they let us sleep in some place for a few coins?” we asked our couchsurfing host. He was leaving next day and our Sardinia trip was reaching a dangerous ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By anastasiya | Views [166] | Scholarship Entry
No wonder they could not resist the temptation! No one is perfect, even the Capuchins. “Coffee was strictly prohibited in the Medieval times, it was sinful, but, perhaps, for the same reason, it became the object of such a strong desire that the monks ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By chloetamora | Views [204] | Scholarship Entry
It happened while we were eating breakfast. The hotel manager, whom we had nicknamed Gepetto due to his uncanny resemblance to the cartoon puppetmaker, was leaning out the window in anticipation. As I ripped into a croissant, an excited buzz of voices ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lerrys | Views [265] | Scholarship Entry
When we decide to travel, it does not mean it must be outside our home country. We overcome boundaries to visit gems that the Earth shields, to deepen our mind in different cultures… but also to compare! However, if we do not travel around our country, ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By pamsbeautifullife | Views [115] | Scholarship Entry
On a sunny day in Milan, I went in search of La Scala. On a whim I wondered if I could get into a performance that day. At the ticket office the agent told me about an option to line up for 13 euro tickets. This was exciting news! I hurried back to the ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By jackzeta | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
We exited the train at Ceva, never heard of it? Me neither. A 50 minute taxi ride took us to a little town called Prunetto. We arrived at the house as the taxi driver said goodbye, (or what we assumed meant goodbye in Italian) while also shouting, “Mario ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By mybeautifullife | Views [120] | Scholarship Entry
day in Milan, I went in search of La Scala. On a whim I wondered if I could get into a performance that day. At the ticket office the agent told me about an option to line up for 13 euro tickets. This was exciting news! I hurried back to the theater ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lenaholban | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry
Most people usually choose Italy as a destination mainly because of these three reasons: good food, pulsating history, and excellent food. Everything suddenly appears to be more enriching when your experience is sprinkled with Renaissance tiny details ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By poppyglaister | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
A group of burly Italians walk side by side, their leaden steps landing in unison as they approach the hushed crowd; over the silence, the chanting of monks is just audible, setting the scene for their solemn approach. Each man has a leather strap wrapped ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By alrinaldi | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
Can’t speak of (gastronomic) goodies in Roma and not start from lo zozzone (literally the big slob). Wherever you are at night or dawn you will see one on the horizon. Zozzone is 1001 vans selling sandwiches at the most unlikely hours. In the past appanage ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By bananaspoon | Views [160] | Scholarship Entry
High school orchestra: three words that do not particularly arouse excitement or, ahem, anything else. However, those three words to me, meant that my Spring Break of sophomore year was spent touring and playing in the various churches of Italy for unsuspecting ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By shaz | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By ulukbek | Views [96] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Rome. A place where the city center seems to be everywhere. A place where real Italians are so rare that you would doubt you were in Italy. Thinking back to my Rome tour, the first thing that comes to mind is…a bus. That’s where my story begins. At the ... Read more >
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