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 | Barletta, Trani, Molfeta, and Bari
2009-10-26, Barletta, Italy. By: egkan | | my trip down to Barletta started off with an interesting beginning. I was somehow under the impression that the family I was staying with lived in Bari. So when I got off the train in bari I had no id... |
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| Siena
2009-10-10, Siena, Italy. By: egkan | | On October 10th I visited Siena with Ariel on her class trip. They had been learning about social orders in Italy and so when we visited Siena we focused on the 17 sections that make up Siena. These d... |
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 | Venice and Bologna
2009-10-02, Venice, Italy. By: egkan | |
Ariel, Mattie and I all set out on our wonderful adventure late Thursday night after our last class. our plan was to arrive in Venice around 5am tour Venice, stay the night in a hostel on the mainla... |
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| Food and Personalities
2009-09-30, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | |
During my decision of where I wanted to go to study abroad, I considered many different aspects such as culture, language, places to visit ect. However the one thing I considered above all was food.... |
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| Assisi
2009-09-27, Assisi, Italy. By: egkan | | So it has been a busy few days to say the least:
I went to two wine tastings this week, one for my food and culture class on Wednesday and one through the school on Thursday night. They were both ver... |
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 | Italy - Cinque Terre
2009-09-13, Riomaggiore, Italy. By: joneses | | We only felt ok about leaving the beautiful Tuscan hills because we knew we were headed for the warm Mediterranean Sea on the west coast. On the way, we dropped into Pisa to see the Leaning Tower. We... |
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 | Venice area and Florence
2009-09-04, Venice, Italy. By: joneses | | There was a sense of déjà vu as we headed back down the highway in Austria we had already travelled. However, that soon changed as we headed into the mountains to cross into Italy. There was some ama... |
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| Cinque Terre
2009-09-20, Riomaggiore, Italy. By: egkan | | What a weekend!! And not to mention, extremely long!! Here’s the rundown:
1. My Camera broke ten minutes after arriving in Cinque Terre
2. Ariel and I decided it was a good idea to not sleep before ... |
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| Christina v. Chrissy
2009-09-16, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | | So just a few nights ago, I was informed that it is very difficult for Italians to pronounce my name-Chrissy. I had had an idea that it was not easy because not very many of them say it correctly. How... |
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| Passignano, Italy
2009-09-14, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | | So i'd like to start off by apologizing for the no photos, I am trying to figure it out however currently, my camera uploads my pictures about 200 megabits too small for this program. That said, I hav... |
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| Grocery Store Trip
2009-09-08, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | | Ciao!
So yesterday, the roommates and myself ventured out to do our grocery shopping at the large coop (pronounced co-op) right outside town. Getting there was the easy part; we walked into town and ... |
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| Class Schedule :)
2009-09-07, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | | Ciao!
So I figured I would post my schedule for the semester so you guys can contact me via email and let me know what times work for you for skyping, ichat etc. For this week 9.7-9.11 my schedule is... |
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| First Weekend....
2009-09-06, Perugia, Italy. By: egkan | | So I have officially been living in Perugia for a day and a half, and it has been extremely eventful! I moved into my apartment yesterday (Saturday 5th) morning around 10am. We had spent the previous ... |
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 | Last day in Venice
2009-08-09, Venice, Italy. By: gisi | | Day twenty seven
We checked out of our hostel at ten and deposited the bags off at the train station. We the got our breakfast and headed towards the main square. On the way we passed shops called ... |
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| Booking trains
2009-08-07, Venice, Italy. By: gisi | | Day twenty six
First thing we headed off to the railway station, but yet again the server was down so we couldn’t get our tickets. So we had a walk around the main sights such as the main church an... |
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 | And now for our second collection...
2009-08-11, Rome, Italy. By: farmers | | We went to the Vatican today and if u read the title again, you may now have guessed that it was not cheap. However, price was not an issue and Catholics love their collections, the vatican, Vatican ... |
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| And now for our second collection...
2009-08-11, Rome, Italy. By: farmers | | We went to the Vatican today and if u read the title again, you may now have guessed that it was not cheap. However, price was not an issue and Catholics love their collections, the vatican, Vatican ... |
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| We who are about to die, salute you!
2009-08-10, Rome, Italy. By: farmers | | We've been walking all over rome and even had a good meal the other night for the first time since leaving Scotland. From our hostel, the Collosseum is a 15 min walk, and dìfrom there u can walk just... |
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| Roma
2009-08-07, Rome, Italy. By: farmers | | we are so scrapped from barcelona that we just did laundry and had dinner and are going to bed very early tonite. We will be hitting up the ancient city of rome tomorrow and another pub crawl at nigh... |
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| Arriving in Venice
2009-08-06, Venice, Italy. By: gisi | | Day twenty five
We got off the sleeper about twelve o’clock and headed towards the hotel. We got a little lost on the way as it’s a bit of a crazy maze in Venice, so we had to buy a map. Eventually... |
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| Mount Etna
2009-07-06, Catania, Italy. By: gisi | | Day twenty four
We had a nice lie in and had a big breakfast in the B&B. Just as we were paying and leaving the owner offered us a lift to the centre of town to save us walking so far. We got our b... |
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| Terrible train journey
2009-04-06, Catania, Italy. By: gisi | | Day twenty three
We arrived in Catania dead tired after an awful train journey. We went to the bus station looking for our bus to Nicolosi, but there were no signs to tell you were to wait for the ... |
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 | Capri
2009-08-04, Capri, Italy. By: acapps | | We got up today and left the hotel at 7:40! Our ferry left at 8:20 to Capri. When we got there (after 20 minutes), we immediately got on another boat and headed over to the highlight of our trip...t... |
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| Sorrento
2009-08-03, Sorrento, Italy. By: acapps | | We drove from Rome to Sorrento today. We ate at a travel stop for lunch and it amazes me how good their quick lunches are. It is served very different than we are used to. You have to buy a ticket ... |
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| Sorrento
2009-08-03, Sorrento, Italy. By: acapps | | We drove from Rome to Sorrento today. We ate at a travel stop for lunch and it amazes me how good their quick lunches are. It is served very different than we are used to. You have to buy a ticket ... |
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| Last day in Roma
2009-08-02, Roma Stazione Termini, Italy. By: gisi | | Day Twenty
We went to see the Pantheon, on the way we saw the Trevi fountain which was built about three hundred years ago. The pantheon was amazing as it was in such good condition for its age. Th... |
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| Problems booking
2009-08-01, Roma Stazione Termini, Italy. By: gisi | | Day Nineteen
We tried to book our tickets to Sicily, but after waiting for half an hour we got a big fat man who didn’t speak much English and told us that it was fully booked. We went back to the... |
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 | First day in Roma
2009-07-29, Roma Stazione Termini, Italy. By: gisi | | Day seventeen
We arrived in Rome at 9 o clock and headed straight for the yellow hostel. We couldn’t book in yet, but they had luggage storage for our bags. We left the hostel and took the metro t... |
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| On to Rome
2009-08-02, Rome, Italy. By: acapps | | We arrived in Rome and went straight to Vatican City. The girls were amazed by it's beauty. Everything was on a massive scale. We then went to the Piazza Navarroe. It was great. We had a run in w... |
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| Beach
2009-08-02, Montecatini Terme, Italy. By: acapps | | On Friday, we had a great day. No wake up call for the first time on the trip. Everyone went different directions during the morning (some chose to sleep late). The town is very easy to navigate. ... |
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| Pictures are up:)
2009-07-31, Montecatini Terme, Italy. By: acapps | | Not much to add, just wanted to let you know that I posted several pictures. Keep those guestbook entries coming. This day off is coming along nicely. I am on a walk with a gorgeous lady!
Grazie! |
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| Florence and Pisa!
2009-07-30, Pisa, Italy. By: acapps | | Two days worth of blogging! Yesterday, we were in Florence. It was super hot! We saw the Ponte Vechio and many statues down town. The cathedral was beautiful as was the old city. We then left and... |
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| Venice!
2009-07-29, Lugano, Italy. By: acapps | | We had a blast in Venice. It was really hot. We had a great guide who showed us around and told us that the Venetians stole everything including the marble for St. Marks. The gondola rides seemed t... |
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