Verbania Stories


4th and last week

This past week was our last for Italian classes in Verbania. We had a wonderful lunch/banquet our last day with our instructors and then we visited a nearby church named San Giovanni in Montorfano which has a baptistry dating to the 5th century! I am very glad to have gone to Verbania to study Italian. It may seem by my journals and pictures that i...


3rd Week

Our third week in Verbania started with a day off from classes (Monday only) because of the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and the festival of the middle of summer – Ferragosto. Phillip, James and I decided to cross the lake (Lago Maggiore) and take a cable car up to the top of a mountain in the town of Laveno. We had a spectacular view...


2nd week

This second week of Italian studies has gone well. We took a field trip on Wed. to a nearby garden called Giardini di Villa San Remigio. It is set on top of a hill overlooking the lake. I was very impressed with its beauty and grandeur. Thurs. we had dinner with some young and talented students who later put on a concert for the hotel where we are...


1st Week

James and I are studying Italian in Verbania (on Lago Maggiore – a lake in the far northern part of Italy). We are taking five hours a day, one-on-one with an instructor. It is tough but we are learning. I have included some pictures of my first weekend. Theodore & David are second-year men at the NAC and are studying Italian this summer. We we...