A quiet weekend for everyone!
Ciao! Long time no see. There were some technical difficulties yesterday with posting on the blog, so I didn’t really get a chance to blog about the engineer’s experiences in Venice over our free...
View ArticleMoving and Grooving
For not having traveled a very long distance, we sure did a lot of walking and standing today. The subject of today was, as some of you may know, the Vatican Museum and the John Cabot University....
View ArticleA Quick Check-In
Well, I warned you folks that today would be short. Today was purely presentation after presentation. In the morning, a presentation on Rome’s history ala Claudio. The afternoon, group presentations...
View ArticleRelaxing Thursday for the Crew!
Now that we’ve had basically every day walking miles and miles looking at the different wonders that Rome has to show to us, Thursday became a much needed lecture day. The lectures that we had were...
View ArticleVillas and Aqueducts Abound!
Coo koo kachoo, what’s new with you? Why, thank you for asking! Yesterday we had been to the complete outskirts of Rome and back. First we went to a large, ancient Roman estate called the Villa...
View ArticleMuseums Galore
“Bold strategy Cotton. We’ll see if it pays off.” Our thoughts exactly 12 days ago when we first were put through the trials of Gino (similar to the labors of Hercules but with less physical...
View ArticleFrom the North to the South
When I asked for a quote to start the blog like I’ve been doing recently, do you know what I got? I got, “Merry Christmas you filthy animal.” Thanks Claire. Tons of segues I can make out of that....
View ArticleMaserati, Ducati, Lamborghini.. do Italians always end their companies with ‘I’?
Before I make this blog post, let me make a slight digression: internet has been so bad for me lately that I, and nearly everyone on this trip, has torn at least some part of their hair out and have...
View ArticleMarble. Marble Everywhere
“Expecting much gunfire in these caves?” Not exactly, but I couldn’t help but wish to see some classic dynamite mining. Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to crunch time in Italia! With very few...
View ArticlePretty Fly For an Italian Guy
“You have five minutes to harvest all the organs.” I couldn’t have said it better, Dwight. But actually… Welcome, one and all to what very well could be the last major installment of your favorite...
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