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End Game: Lessons Learned in Living Abroad
In general, Europeans take Christmas very seriously. As we prepare to head home, Christmas scenes now dominate public spaces Europe-wide. We are down to four days remaining until our return trip across...
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The Sixth Sense: Encouraging Viterbo to Try Something New
The vision behind Sesto Senso, Alex enjoys a rare break in the early December sun. What does it take to open a new restaurant in Italy? From what we have seen, the feat requires someone who doesn’t...
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On Teaching Abroad: Part 3
This is a continuation of my previous two posts that include my personal reflections about teaching and living abroad. I am crafting these as “tips,” though the less prescriptive word, “observations”...
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The Olive Tour Continues: A More Traditional Mill in Viterbo
Finally separated from the leaves, the happy olives jump into the next sleuce that takes them to the pressing stones. It was right under our noses this whole time. Just “down the street” from our...
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The Birth of Olive Oil: From Seedling to Supermarket
Two agricultural crops in Italy seem to receive the bulk of attention from visitors: grapes and olives. Grapes are fun to eat, but are most famous for their production of Italian wines. Likewise, we...
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On Teaching Abroad: Part 2
This is a continuation of reflections about my first semester teaching abroad, in Viterbo, Italy. We’ll see how this post plays out, and time will tell if I’ll need to write Part 3 (I will). 3. Don’t...
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On Teaching Abroad: Part 1
With a little over half of the semester behind us here in Viterbo, it’s time to take a first stab at my own thoughts and perspectives about teaching far, far away from my home university. Perhaps the...
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The Soviet Legacy of Nowa Huta
Nowa Huta, a Soviet-era, master-planned steel mill town outside of Krakow. Krakow, Poland was our “high-water mark” for traveling east, though it was far enough to be found deep within the former...
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The Food Post
It’s time for what many folks have been anticipating – food shots! When a camera is available, we have attempted to capture the essence of numerous meals prior to consumption, both in Italy and eastern...
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The Culture Shock of Wizz Air: A Primer
De-planing the Purple, the view from the bus. (Apologies for the length of this post. Still, it was fun to write. Fair warning.) An airline is essentially its own foreign culture. It has its own ways...
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Chapter 8. Prova Generale
Linda and I slither our way into the Piazza del Campo just after 6pm, hopeful that I might be able to land some bleacher seats for this trial finale. I had found my way behind the bleachers near the...
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Chapter 7. Building Confidence
I’ve been waking up around 8am if I sleep well enough, enduring the ceaseless if entertaining noise of Goose dinners and concerts, motor scooters, and other distractions outside our second floor...
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Chapter 6. First Contact
Making my return to Goose headquarters, I am more mentally prepared to encounter local ocaioli should the occasion present itself. Somehow I even welcome the opportunity. Arriving at what I call the...
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Chapter 4. Social Mixing
Now several weeks into our intense schedule of classes, our students have read and hopefully absorbed a variety of information pertaining to the contrada system and Palio. We have enjoyed spirited...
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Chapter 5. Test Pilots
I arrive at Piazza del Campo at 8:30am, the sun peaking above the Palazzo Pubblico, casting long shadows. June 29 has arrived, after a week of transforming Siena’s premier public space into a veritable...
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Chapter 1. Bread and Circuses
(Author’s Note: This and future posts consist of stories of our first Education Abroad adventure in Siena, Italy during summer, 2013. This compilation, with 14 chapters, can be interpreted as an online...
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Chapter 3. The Magic of Fontebranda
(Author’s Note: This and future posts consist of stories of our first Education Abroad adventure in Siena, Italy during summer, 2013. This compilation will likely materialize into a brief, online book...
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Chapter 2: Rock Stars
(Author’s Note: This and future posts consist of stories of our first Education Abroad adventure in Siena, Italy during summer, 2013. This compilation will likely materialize into a brief, online book...
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Chapter 11. Goose Chase
(And now, the final installment of A Siena Story, from our 8-week experience with NAU students in summer, 2013. Earlier chapters will be added eventually.) Milling around like my fellow Ocaioli, it’s...
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Chapter 10. Victory Tour
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