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Travel Blogs from Riva San Vitale, Switzerland
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arRIVAderci
So I realized I haven't really written anything about my life in the sweet little town of Riva San Vitale, Switzerland. I know it probably would have made more sense to describe this at the beginning of my stay but then again I know as much now about good ...
Real World: Riva
There isn't much to report here. We didn't go anywhere this weekend. But here are a few of my discoveries: - Nutella belongs on...everything. Nutella Apples? Sure. Nutella bread? Yes please. Nutella pretzels? Absolutely! Nutella on last nights ...
Arrivederci, Riva
The semester is over. Finito. Goodbye, Riva. Now its time for play time in London, Dublin, Galway and Edinburgh (assuming this damn volcano stops spewing up crap!) WOOHOO!! ...
Finally Here!
To get to the Villa I flew from Dulles to Zurich, from Zurich to Lugano, and then took a very crowded taxi to Riva San Vitale. I am so tired all I want to do is sleep but I know I can't. The flight to Zurich wasn't that great. I didn't get ...
I never knew how much French I knew...
... happened is I tried to learn Italian. I'm currently living in Ticino, which is the tiny Canton in the corner of Switzerland that actually speaks Italian not German or French, and although we spent last semester taking into to Italian, I've realized ...
Home Sweet Home.. I hope
... . So Switzerland is OMG gorgeous. I look out my windows and see the snow peaked alps. The town we're actually staying in is Riva San Vitale. Its super old and in the very South of Switzerland, like 20 minutes from Italy, on Lake Lugano, not too bad huh? ...
Climbing the Swiss pre-Alps: Monte San Giorgio!
... was amazing, probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life. We saw the entire Lago Lugano, Riva San Vitale, Lugano, and neighboring towns like Meride. It was the most amazing feeling at the top, knowing that I conquered Monte San ...
No Carb Left Behind!
The food in the villa is delicioso! Today for lunch we had tomato tortellini in a cream sauce which was the most heavenly pasta I've ever tasted before in my life. Luigi, our chef, and Gaetano, his assistant, create Italian masterpieces for each meal. ...
Day 1 and 2 - Getting there and hiking
Well we made it to Riva San Vitale! We flew overnight from Philadelphia to Zurich on US Airways. The flight was uneventful, both of us got some sleep (but not nearly enough!), and we got through customs in Zurich without a problem. The flight took about 8 ...
Ciao Svizzera!
Ciao Svizzera!! This is my first trip outside the U.S. without my parents. I can't really explain how I'm feeling right now. I'm excited, but also afraid and nervous about being "alone". Well, generally speaking, I like being alone, but somehow I have ...
Every house has quirks especially 300yr old houses
... stay very quiet for very long. Just one of the fun quirks of living in a tiny village nestled in the mountains of Switzerland. And I gotta say, I absolutely LOVE it here quirks and all. I can already tell that coming here was the best decision I ...
Uhm, hungryyy!!
Okay... FIRST MONTH IN RIVA... Woah, time goes by so fast apparently!! ha ha Today is my lazy day.. kind of. Yesterday I worked a lot on my research project that's due tomorrow (Friday). I always get really nervous when it comes to talking in front of ...
A Post About Food
So we have been here for 4 full days now and have time to settle into the meal routines and our new diet of large amounts of carbs at every meal. Breakfast consists of bread, cheese, yogurt, cereals, and juices; lunch consists of a salad ...
Touring the Town
I just got back from taking a guided tour of the town of Riva San Vitale. There's a lot of history here! One of the oldest churches in Switzerland is here, dating all the way back to the 5th century! It's really tiny and isn't in that great of shape but ...
finalemente
Monday was our final exhibit for studio. It was good. We started with our Berlin stuff in the lobby, which rocked because it looked good and it made us look awesome. Then we had our studio work upstairs. Surprisingly, we pulled it together. we cleared ...
Getting Situated
... to go over and then I signed up for a teacher led trip to Milan this coming Saturday. I then went on a tour of Riva San Vitale led by Daniella, our Managing Director. We saw the oldest Catholic Church in Switzerland, which dates back to the 5th century. ...
Long flight
... overnight flight (approx. 8 hours) to MXP and then an one hour bus ride to the house, we finally have arrived at Riva San Vitale. It is a beautiful day for traveling and taking in our new surroundings. The town is small with many brown-singled homes and ...
Riva so far...
Ciao! Living in Riva is such an experience. The day of our arrival, we (32 business students, 18 architecture students) had a little "short" meetings about behavior and classes. We were all really tired fromt the trip, including me. One of us actually ...
Day 3 - Friday
Today started early, 6am wake up call. We loaded a 32 passenger (air conditioned) bus and headed out to see some famous bridges. We made 4 stops and saw 5 absolutely beautiful famous bridges along our way. The first two were twin concrete arches called ...
Why the heck don't we do this in America?
Since we have been in Europe in general and on our trip this weekend to Venice in particular we have seen so many things that are just a part of culture here that make so much more sense environmentally, with so little effort that it seems absurd that we ...
Home sweet Switzerland
... communications majors. They were super and admitted up front that they really had no business being here, they "just wanted to be in Switzerland." YES! We had our first taste of Luigi's (our cook) amazingness, and unpacked. I'm sharing a room in the villa ...
studio life
So it's been a while, and I don't like to keep my readers hanging (all 3 of you). So, Monday we had a deadline for studio...always fun!! Gruppo Chiasso now has a direction and a project! YAY! I'm going to designing a park, with these nodes of ...
I Really Hate Being Short
... empty handed (not that I can afford any of it anyway). On Sunday there will be a hiking trip to the top of Monte San Giogrio which I will not be doing because I'm still recovering from an Achilles injury. I've seen pictures of the view from my brothers ...
First Week in Riva
... we will be living and taking classes for the whole semester. We had dinner then explored the small town of Riva San Vitale located in Ticino, Switzerland. The next day we had orientation all morning and then went to Lake Lugano in the afternoon which was ...
The Best Dinner Ever
It's funny how much more you appreciate the simple foods like soup and bread when you've been living on airplane food for what feels like 24 hours. We had the most amazing dinner (or what seemed like) tonight. Soup, bread, turkey, vegetables, and ...
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