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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By daniellesopchak | Views [205] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I saw true love it appeared in front of a clear summer sky on a half cracked ledge built from marble and limestone. For a moment it lived six feet above the railing sign that cautioned, “do not lean”. It was 3 pm in a mid summer heat wave ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By celinskiadventures | Views [490] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Once upon I was seventeen years old, I was crying in Rome. I had just arrived in the city and it was late. After 12 days on Polish roads, I was dying to say some words in Italian to anyone. Even a priest. Well, I ended up finding one when I arrived at ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By taylortravels | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry
I had caught the wrong bus. Florence train station starts off so promisingly, a simple row of tracks leading to one exit. It is here where the simplicity decides to turn back and lose itself in the left luggage facilities. Having traversed the sprawling, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mariabd | Views [155] | Scholarship Entry
Traveling to Rome meant stepping into the Coliseum to admire the greatness where gladiators fought; admiring Michelangelo's Pieta trying to understand how a 24 year old could manage to capture such a sublime moment; eating gelato while walking through ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By embracingthisworld | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry
I was woken up by the sound of a man shouting on the street, it was morning already. I opened the window and took a deep breath, the air was filled with freshness of the rain that fell during the night. The streets were already filled with people all ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By josipaandersson | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
Our days in Alassio are mostly spent visiting various family members of my friend, being fed, chasing the sun, and boozing like the tiny little hounds this town seems so full of. We would usually start with coffee and pastries on the way to Nonna Anna’s ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By gelatotraveler | Views [558] | Scholarship Entry
Italy, this is the country where you can relinquish curiosity of historical remains, swim in warm Mediterranean Sea, relish succulent traditional Italian dishes and gelato, etc. Ah...che bel pease è l'Italia! “All roads lead to Rome”, it is an appropriate ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By roxbp | Views [174] | Scholarship Entry
If and only if... in Turin I closed my eyes and tried to imagine my life, my clothes, attitude and laughter. I was riding a rented yellow bike, and I was probably wearing a pretty big smile. Everybody seemed to be smiling back. Ah, those charming vintage ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By dona | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry
2010 few hours before 13 leave place to 14 February. Venice - time for Carnival, time for fun, time for love .... Me behind the mask looking for adventure. Dark empty streets, closed bars but desire for entertainment don't let me get back to the hotel.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mwrites | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
There is nothing dignified about the advanced stages of needing the toilet, least of all when one is inside one of Catholicism’s most splendid sanctuaries in a disposable modesty gown. To avoid impending disaster, my sister and I wasted no time in exiting ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By vickytravel | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
Young couple, holding their hands, was walking through the narrow cobblestone streets of Malcesine. It was an early morning hour, little cozy Italian town, well-known by Scaligero Castle, hadn’t been crowded yet. On the way to lake shores, they enjoyed ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By eurojes | Views [276] | Scholarship Entry
Tremare, meaning to tremble or shake in Italian, was a word I learned quickly after arriving in L’Aquila. Once a beautiful, medieval city perched in the Apennine Mountains, the earthquake of 2009 morphed the elegant labyrinth into a land of phantom structures ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jhong | Views [129] | Scholarship Entry
It's 3 a.m. and I'm alone on a train somewhere in the Italian countryside. I'm 30 minutes out of Venice and have three hours until Florence. I have under 24 hours to explore before I need to get back to Venice. My only setback? I'm short on cash, so ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By elnaschutz | Views [436] | Scholarship Entry
‘Policlinico!’ My jovial rescuer shouts the neighbourhood’s name as he swerves across lanes on streets designed like spaghetti. I yell the word back, out of door-clutching panic as much as joy that we have found some shared vocabulary. Somehow this ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By richerforwandering | Views [268]
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