Category: Italy

June 20, 2017

Chun Lee’s Six Degrees of Separation

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...

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June 19, 2017

How to Smuggle Pizza Dough

When my foodie sister came to Italy to visit me, we took our own little food and wine tour around town, and one stop...

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June 15, 2017

Securing the Uptake

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....

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November 10, 2009

The Art of Coffee

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,...

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October 10, 2009

Strikes Galore

I walked out of class onto a movie set. I stepped right into a massive sea of college students marching down the university street,...

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February 15, 2009

Rainy Days and Homesickness

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...

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February 2, 2009

A Small Blurb About Hygiene

When you start living in another country discovering different customs is an everyday encounter.  I remember being so excited to go to the local...

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January 4, 2009

The Dreaded Oral Exam

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...

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