Genova
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Genova
... his girlfriend sara (whom i have met before when they both came cruising shortly after i started working on ships). i flew to genova on italy's north west coast, and they hosted me VERY well for the few days i was there. thanks guys! firstly, can i ...
Mixing business with pleasure.
... who had a web site I should check out. Guess who that was? That's right, Massimo who lives in central Genova. Within a few minutes we had text messages to and from Massimo who had asked me to email him and set up a time ...
Off to Genova
We are leaving in 5 minutes so this will be unedited. We are going to Genova today, a 7 HOUR BUS TRIP. The girls will probably be sleeping a lot. We spent the day in Rome site seeing with our escort Ermanno. He has been with us all week and has been ...
Two Year Anniversary!
... always confused as to which was the italian and which was the anglicized version, but then again we were confused the whole trip. Genova was great and quite beautiful, we had the largest most fantastic room for 20 quid a night each which was incredibly ...
Where Columbus Sailed the Seven Seas!
... Portugal. Figuring most of you haven't travelled to either i will make it quick and simple with this short story... The setting: genova, around 6 pm, Todd Tired, Needs Mohito to survive.... "Mikey! Let me stop here for a Mohito, you go on and ...
Cruising Across the Italian and French Riverias
The next day, I journeyed en route eastward for Italy via the train to Genova, along the Italian Riviera. On this train, I met an Australian woman independently backpacking through Europe; she was on a 12-month holiday from work (don't we all wish we had ...
Gelati Party
Bongiorno, I am in Italy now and it is very hot - about 34 degrees. Today we went on a boat trip to Portofino. First the boat stopped at a little rocky beach and we all had a swim in the warm water. Then we went on and had a few hours at Portofino ...
genova
here we meet my italian flatmate... we decide to go for a beer but this causes us to miss the last night train which was heading to milan...we'd have had to wait if he didnt drive us to pavia, where i wanted to get in order to sleep at my flat ...
Under a Ligurian sun
We reluctantly (especially the kids) packed our bags and left Laggio, promising to return. Our next stop, Venice, meant a return to an old favourite of Jen's and a new experience of a city on water for the rest of the family. Ben's assessment - old and ...
Genova and the Chingkee-Terry
Buying a ticket for an elevator? Genova was eerily quiet when we arrived, but that is what we get for arriving on a Sunday. This allowed us to leisurely walk it's black and white arcaded sidewalks getting a full view of the old mosaics below our ...
No planes, no automobiles, just trains
... stylistic choice of the authorīs meant to bring emphasis to the point. Apologies in advance for any offense): The cafe in Genova was rather unremarkable. Itīs primary attraction being the proximity to the train station. I was supposed to be half way ...
We went to Genova??
... 74 here and that makes me happy. After the forums we decided we had plenty of time to run errands and eat before traveling to Genova at 1:40pm. We'd missed the 11:40 already. We went to see if we couldn't get our phones to work. I helped a couple ...
This is the blog that never ends.
Italy is our last stop, and leaving for Genova by train in a couple of hours. I promised to list scents that remind me of stuff from my childhood, so here we go: 1) chlorine - reminds me of learning to swim in my elementary school pool and going to ...
si, si, si
... a new roommate on Saturday which we weren't happy with because we were told if we spent the effort and money to get to Genova early we would be guaranteed a two person room. Well, there were two Chinese students, boy and girl - boyfriend and girlfriend - ...
due dates
... Il mio compreano e l'otto septembre). I think I can handle gelato. Will report later how the presentation went. Tomorrow we have a tour of Genova for a travel day. Should be a great way to spend the 34th! I'll be sure to fill you in. Also- am uploading ...
center city
... (our Italian professor) at lunch. Di dove sei? Sono di Carolina del Sud. After lunch we packed it up and headed into downtown Genova to get SIM cards for our cell phones. Students leave their phones in the villa, so most of us got a phone for free, but ...
Cimitere
... restroom where I got to "go" in a hole in the floor. I just don't get it!! I asked Giuditta, our professor and Genova native, who complains about Italian restrooms all the time, why they insist of putting a humiliating toilet in the ground when we are a ...
some morning thoughts
It has been a very busy week. I haven't even had time to update my blog. Basically, I don't know where the time has gone. We had studio the first three days of the week, which makes for a good bit of work, and my materials and assemblies class, which IS ...
Villa Party!!
The Villa, our home, became a fun night last night. Oh my, did we dance the night away. The day started with getting up early, getting the bread and working on Materials and Assemblies. And after lunch we converted our studio rooms to party central. It ...
a day in the life...
today we started the day with a walk through San Nicolo neighborhood, right next to our's, with Sara. Then Sara and I picked up the bread. We had a small Italiano lesson in the panetteria. We learned how to ask for due (2) kili of panne (bread) versus ...
bbq and trip
So I started the day off not getting up on time. I am usually pretty good about getting up and getting going, but because of the 36 hour day I had this week, i felt like I needed to get as much sleep as possible before we embark on our nine day trip. We ...
Essentials and Vienna
What a busy day, but a good one. Got all my laundry done, my bed is made with clean sheets, bags are packed (by the way a BIG THANK YOU to my mom and dad for the wonderful birthday gifts of my Lands End luggage- both are AWESOME and absolutely the ...
last day of italiano
... we have Sketch tomorrow morning instead of a day trip. We leave Friday afternoon for Vienna. Thursday we have a full day of travel around Genova again. Will keep you posted! I think we take an overnight train to Vienna. lunch was so good I ate too much. ...
doldrums
nothing to report. have spent the last 48 hours doing classwork, and will be doing the same again today. Tomorrow we go to Milan for the day and have to be at the Stazione at 730 in hte morning. I understand form the undergrads that this program is more ...
Good Tired
... as part of the city development and politically structure of the city. It was an oligarchy, and there has never been a royal family in Genova. This defined the outer line of the city, and when looking at a map from above you can see these lines. We talked ...
finally something to talk about!
... looking architecture that also reminds me of Germany.) The first stop in Milan was (after a 700am train ride- it's 1.5 train from Genova) was Chiesa Santa Maria delle Grazie (The Church of Saint Mary of/our Grace). This church is where The Last Supper is ...
Mid Term
Glad today's reviews are over with. Just a lot of work for a short presentation every single pin-up. A pin-up gets its name from the old school way of printing your projects and pining them up for critiques. What I like best about the pin ups here is ...
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