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Broken and Entered

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1665]

My friend and I were trekking around Italy in this beat-up junker clunker of a van. We were stopped in Casal Borsetti for the evening and sleeping soundly in the back. Around 4 a.m. we were awakened by someone breaking in to the front of the van.... Read more >

Tags: insurance claim, italy, road trip, theft, travel insurance, true claim stories, world nomads

The only thing missing: George Clooney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Views [1353]

Saturday we traveled north to Lake Como, which was just a short half hour train ride from Milan. Jess and I were pretty optimistic that we might see George Clooney, as he has a house on the lake, so we decided to hop on a bus going to Bellagio (where ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Hacking with 'The David' in Florence

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By devinashley | Views [1102] | Comments [1]

So, our emails were along teh lines of 'We will meet you in front of the bell tower at San Marcos at 6.00. We will wait until 6.20 and if we dont see you then we will come back at 8.00 and 10.00pm.' So, we didnt catch him at 6.00, therfore we went ... Read more >

Nutella Off

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 | By ladydowse | Views [864]

So I’m living on a farm up in the mountains with a cool hippie family who have a tendency to walk in on me when I’m changing. They have three cats, who incidentally like to sleep in/on my bed, one dog that is pretty docile so that’s ok, three ... Read more >

Even A Heathen

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 | By vagabonds | Views [834]

This was another unconventional Christmas for us, but not as much a non-event as we had in Israel or Australia. There are some lights strung along the Via Cavour and a large tree stands near the Duomo but otherwise Florence was surprisingly quiet.... Read more >

The Big Black Cloud

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 | By copperowl | Views [692]

And Pele, the Goddess of Fire was angry. And she spewed forth her wrath in fire and ash and the big silver birds refused to fly. The Northmen were afraid, for this surely was a bad omen. They gathered together in their large caves called Aero-portos ... Read more >

Rome

Wed, 4 Apr 2007 | By lmc303 | Views [600]

Hi All, Well Mum and I had a lovely time in Rome. The weather was fantatic, the food great and as Mum put it the sights were amazing. After a long day getting there we got to our B&B with a lovely Italian lady with a little girl making our stay ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Florence or Venice?

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 | By hellas | Views [506]

Well, I must tell you something about my Country! In Italy I've been almost everyway, but my favourite city is Florence. You must know that I live in Venice, a similar place for many aspects. So what do they have in common? They're both an "open ... Read more >

Back in the US

Mon, 5 Nov 2012 | By ely_dav | Views [374]

Contrariamente ad ogni previsione..rieccomi qua! Dopo più di un mese finalmente torno ad aggiornare il blog. Questa volta voglio parlare di controlli di sicurezza negli areoporti. Quelli italiani, ovviamente, sono i più superficiali.... Read more >

IELTS Speaking: cosa dire se non hai niente da dire

Sat, 17 Jul 2021 | By luca | Views [356]

Anche gli insegnanti esperti e le persone che hanno vissuto in un paese anglofono per molti anni o hanno seguito corsi di inglese online per molti anni diventano nervosi durante l'esame. Come ottenere un buon punteggio a IELTS Speaking quando ... Read more >

Tags: essame, ielts, inglese

An Overnight stay in Milano Centrale

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [219] | Scholarship Entry

While studying abroad in London, I arranged a trip for fall break to Rome, Bergamo, Milan and Paris. Everything was going so well until it was time to go to France! I loved Rome so much, and really want to go back. Milan didn’t move me much but there ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip