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Grappa
2 weeks ago we visited to Bassano del Grappa, which is a beautiful city in northern Italy, where they make Grappa. It is a small town and they have a grappa museum. It was good to see, because I did not know how grappa is made. In earlier days it was the poor man's drink, because it is made from grape pomace, meaning the skins and seeds. Basically the leftovers of the winemaking process. This pomace ...
Italy Again
... shuttling along designated waterways - lots of water taxis and barges carrying goods! Our hotel was is Mestre, which is a city in itself, built on real land (not reclaimed) and about twenty kilometres from Venice. Another of the Apogia chain it turned out to be a real two star, ordinary Italian hotel! The room was ok but with a yukky musty rotten smell that we found coming from the bathroom drain sump!!!! Poooh! Mumsie was not impressed but we covered ...
Italians, venezuelans, and The fall of an American
... the port, boat to the island of Venice. First stop was to visit a true murano glass blower. This was pretty overrated, but very short amount of time. The glass was pretty and it was neat to see how he formed it, but a bit of a racket in my opinion. The store was full of gorgeous glassware, chandeliers, jewelry, and more, all handmade by Italians. It was quite expensive, but the price included packing, shipping and insurance. I didn't see anything that I couldn't live without. Now ...
Railtrip!
... to take it from there! Here goes...
(Time-warp effect and mysterious noises...)
University exams in Italy tend to be oral and lasting around the 15 minutes with the examiner asking you a series of questions about books and bits of textbooks that students are meant to have learnt. Although i'm not afraid of talking to teachers and having sat numerous language orals, speaking about literature or history is a little different, but I soon got the hang of it. In ...
Getting ready to move on.
... own. I was reaching a high stress level and as I was almost done, I entered the kitchen where Will was mapping our route on the computer and saw he had set out two wine glasses and opened a bottle of Presecco. Oh my goodness, I have tried a lot of different wine but this really is delicious. I hear I can buy this in Canada, which is a relief because it is so good. I also cut up the rest of the chocolate and was thankful Will didn’t want any. Needless ...
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