There we sat at the dinner table: one Brazilian, one Bolognese, and one American, laughing hysterically over one childhood pastime that united us—Nintendo’s Street Fighter, to be exact. As we reminisced about how at the age of five our thumbs […]
There we sat at the dinner table: one Brazilian, one Bolognese, and one American, laughing hysterically over one childhood pastime that united us—Nintendo’s Street Fighter, to be exact. As we reminisced about how at the age of five our thumbs […]
When my foodie sister came to Italy to visit me, we took our own little food and wine tour around town, and one stop we had to make was the supposed best Pizza town, Nicola’s. Her plan to find an […]
I woke up at the crack of dawn today (aka 8am), excited to go to my first lecture of Filosofie dell’India, Asia, e l’Orientale. Late as usual, I rushed to class only to find myself sitting, sweat rolling off my […]
Walking around Bologna during Christmastime is like entering a Thomas Kinkaid painting; everything is quaint and mass produced. Streets lined with bright twinkling lights—check, tinsel covered street lamps—check, chestnuts roasting on an open fire—check, shops overflowing with jolly smiling Santa […]
I walked out of class onto a movie set. I stepped right into a massive sea of college students marching down the university street, Via Zamboni. Somehow I felt injected into a radical hippie rebellion like in Across the Universe, […]
It’s been raining a lot in Bologna. Rainy weather has a weird affect on me; either I become really productive or I turn into a nostalgic hermit. Lately I’ve been the second, and it’s really draining me. I kind of […]
When you start living in another country discovering different customs is an everyday encounter. I remember being so excited to go to the local pool by my apartment, and revive myself in the chlorinated lake that I’ve learned to love […]
When it was announced that I would be the first to take my test with no other than the head of the entire Anthropology Department, I knew waiting until the last minute to study was probably a bad idea. Instead of practicing all the information […]
