In Vino Verità

I just came back from an obscenely early dinner, my last dinner in Italy for the time being. It was lovely; a good penne pasta with rucola ...

I am writing this from my hotel room, but I figured I'd summarize my time in Rome a week ago first. We left early friday, having rented ...

Today, I went to buy a phone card to put a few more euro on my phone; I went to the local supermarket, Conad, and picked it up and proceeded...

Last friday we went to Ferrara, a lovely little city about 3 hours away, to visit some museums and locales. Some were very pretty: Cattedra...

The food here is wonderful. Today we had lunch together as a class, with a family whose patriarch is writing his dissertation on Dante and ...

Things I now appreciate about you: air conditioning cold drinks widely available wifi less pigeons walking speed Things I think this country...

A verbal summary first, and then pictures. Yesterday started off well enough, with not much happening but a definite tension in the air. Th...