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Tue, 12 May 2015 | By anglia | Views [82] | Scholarship Entry
The visit to Torcello was unexpectedly the best experience in Venice. The trick is to go to the island while the other tourists are still shopping in Burano or Murano. Then you can enjoy the island to yourself, and experience the transcendental feeling ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By dmonkee80 | Photo Gallery
Travel in and around the boot :)
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By dmonkee80 | Views [268]
The Corner “Bar”
Ducking into an open doorway, a friendly voice shouts out, “boungiorno, bella!” Looking up, I realize the barista, in a clean, crisp, white button up shirt and a black apron is smiling at me from ... Read more >
Tags: cafe, italy, naples
Mon, 11 May 2015 | By rayw | Views [90] | Scholarship Entry
I had just climbed the Dome of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiori, known better as the Duomo. The 80 metre high dome ascent is a test for those prone to vertigo, claustraphobia and/or lack of fitness with its series of winding tunnels, steep staircases ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By wanderings-wonderigs | Views [112] | Scholarship Entry
Strolling through the streets of Rome, we reached Camp De Fiori. It is a local Italian Market. One could find every Italian ingredients he might have heard of. There, a girl jumped us and asked us to click a picture of her. It was strange but nice. People ... Read more >
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Mon, 11 May 2015 | By wanderlustme | Views [113] | Scholarship Entry
At the time we visited All’Antico Vinaio was ranked #1 of all the restaurants in all of Florence on Tripadvisor, which is quite odd for a sandwich bar in a large city that boasts all variety of Tuscan cuisine. I couldn’t believe it when doing research ... Read more >
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Fri, 8 May 2015 | By hshaw88 | Views [129] | Scholarship Entry
A fire warden butts out his cigarette on the ground and asks us to step back so the pyrotechnic specialist can pour flammable liquid on that same ground in preparation for his fire stunt. The irony of this doesn't register with those around me and I have ... Read more >
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Fri, 8 May 2015 | By hpaque | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
I've spent my entire life describing my home as close to, near the, & end with the general north of Toronto because north of Bloor is a wasteland to downtown Torontonians. My travel habits have become an echo of this dialogue. I go to the Romes & the ... Read more >
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Wed, 6 May 2015 | By mapandfork | Views [92] | Scholarship Entry
This is an hidden and secret beach on the greek island of Mykonos that we discovered last summer. Only few greeks know it when the majority of all tourists do party on the over-crowded beaches all around this is really a "travel treasure". A little tavern ... Read more >
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Tue, 5 May 2015 | By sarahgiunta | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
People tend to think the best experiences are stumbled upon, but a little bit of local knowledge is always an advantage. Sienna wasn't a party city, in daylight it was bright and quaint, in darkness it was calm, so when a fellow traveller suggested we ... Read more >
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Tue, 5 May 2015 | By careless | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry
The whole my life my dad tells me that I need to know what I want and I HEVE TO know what I will do tomorrow. As I'm Russian it was very clear to me, and I did understand that his thoughts were right, but then i went to Italy and everything changed. The ... Read more >
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Mon, 4 May 2015 | By hhklady | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
Most people who veer away from churches, coliseums, and canals while touring Italy go to the city of Turin as a pilgrimage to see a holy relic. My own trip there was a pilgrimage of sorts, devoted to my love of chocolate, to taste something called a Bicerin.... Read more >
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Sun, 3 May 2015 | By louisebarbara | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry
Christmas day began early for me the year I spent it overseas. I was staying with my friend Giulia and her family at their apartment in Padua, in the north of Italy. Giulia had come to live with my family when I was sixteen, staying with us and going ... Read more >
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Sun, 3 May 2015 | By thewanderingjew | Views [96] | Scholarship Entry
In just a few short weeks, I will embark upon my first overseas adventure. To say that I'm excited, bewildered and a little bit frightened would still be an understatement. I'm a June baby, so, according to my friendly neighborhood astrologist, I'm ... Read more >
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Sat, 2 May 2015 | By barricadeuse | Views [124] | Scholarship Entry
One summer my parents decided to take my little brother and me on a trip around Tuscany, and we stopped at Siena. I had known Siena, of course, watched the Palio, but I had never walked inside its walls. I’m from Piedmont, and I belong with the Alps, ... Read more >
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