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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 | By wilde1 | Views [376]
It's hard to believe that I've been here for 3 weeks already with only 2 more until I leave Italy. I"ll be sad to leave la bella vita here but I have other plans to be completed. My Italian has improved immensely and I have been complimented twice recently ... Read more >
Thu, 25 Apr 2013 | By diannamarie | Views [421]
The tickets are bought, reservations have been made and we set out on the 4th of May. Arriving Florence, Italy on the 5th... the plan is to stay there for 3 days then hop on the train to Rome for 3 days. Then we have 4 days to bumble around ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By amusicum | Views [1139] | Scholarship Entry
For me, food is not merely a form of sustenance. It is a way of life. In fact, I am a living testament to Erma Bombeck’s view that: ‘I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food.’ This, I can happily say of Summer 2011, with its two week forage into ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lostleaf | Views [261] | Scholarship Entry
A French major from China, I spent one year in France with my classmates and traveled around Europe. Our French professor warned us about pickpockets and expensive food in Italy, so we gave ourselves titles that carried with them courage and strength ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By skotthoff | Views [348] | Scholarship Entry
“Dying is a part of life,” said every Italian grandma, ever. Italians live passionately and fully; they also seem to know a thing or two about how to do it with panache. They aren’t afraid to die because they truly live. When I was 25, I quit my job, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By promezium | Views [336] | Scholarship Entry
My Italian blood is from my father´s side, from somewhere near Napoli and they are farmers…at some point they started to have one of the best extra virgin olive oil in Italy. One of my cousins told me that in our family, we all have a green thumb, so ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By chillipeel | Views [252] | Scholarship Entry
I wished I could leave the room inconspicuously. I cursed the brazenness with which I had reefed open the heavy, wooden door and proceeded directly inside, my companions following blindly. If I had been more casual I could simply have peered in, regarded ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By brightman_thomas | Views [293] | Scholarship Entry
Ascending a steep flight of stairs overlooking the Ligurian Sea, I see that Ana is waiting for me outside the pensione. “Eccolo! Il Americano!” She chuckles, wiping her hands on her apron and adjusting the bun on top of her head. Crossing the threshold, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By veronikaguranda | Views [279] | Scholarship Entry
First stop- Milan. First thing to collide with the retina of my eyes whilst exiting the metro, in a post-war state of ultimate confusion, is a man who forces down my hand a threaded rainbow. Shell-shocked I refuse politely the ‘free’ of 5 Euros. My eyes ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By leighdwright | Views [267] | Scholarship Entry
One local encounter that changed my life was at the local “do-all” store in Greve. My job was to get 3 papers copied 33 times in the shop in what would be classified as the Italian version of a strip mall. Everywhere there were pens, notebooks, paper ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ivonaviaggi | Views [439] | Scholarship Entry
After hours of wandering the streets of Palermo, tired and hungry, my friend and I find a small street with an even smaller restaurant. The tables are on the street, they are old, wooden, with red plaid tablecloths. Our waiter is a charming, thin Sicilian ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By allensjournal | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
Yes, the other ladies are quite marvellous too. Swathes of skirt, violet, black, gold, sigh all the way to the floor. Each one is studded with pustules of sequins. Globules of pearls swell with iridescent juices above aging empire necklines. Virgin white ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By carnivalvenice | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry
The snowstorm was the last and least expected guest to arrive at the carnival in Venice. It started shyly in the morning the day before Mardi Gras. A few drops of rain and an almost intangible chill. Nothing you wouldn’t expect in February. Nothing scary.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By stoppingby | Views [245] | Scholarship Entry
Have you ever tried to define Italian cuisine? If not, you should try and imagine a scallop marinated in raspberry vinegar, covered with a leaf of an exotic plant and a straw of lemongrass, all stacked into a small heap in the middle of a table-sized ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By everobservant | Views [167] | Scholarship Entry
I looked at the faded map and my spirits dropped like an anchor. Lost again. Not only were the street names in a foreign language but they were also unreadable. The bus had dropped me off next to a giant traffic circle in a suburb outside of Venice. I ... Read more >
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