I spent my last week in Rome, back where it had all begun. A friend with a car drove me […]
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Genoa
A fortuitous message from a fellow Erasmus student alerted me to her nearby presence in Genoa. And I hopped on […]
LIGURIA
Italians (quite naturally) like to tell you how beautiful their country is – a rather annoying habit at the end […]
Malign Blessing
(first published at http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com) The underground criminal system of Naples, Italy, might be the key to the city’s prosperous future. […]
Occupy Rome
(first published at http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com) In response to dramatic government funding cuts, occupiers in Rome, Italy are proposing radical solutions to […]
Palazzo del Freddo
With city temperatures peaking at 40 degrees centigrade this month, I’ve been seeking out the cooler locales of town – […]
Places to Study in Rome
If you’re the sort of person who finds a change of environment helpful whilst studying, you might be interested to […]
Exam Trauma
I’d been dreading the exam for Storia dell’arte contemporanea all term – since two friends who took the oral exam […]
Birretta Villa Borghese?
A good thing to know in Rome is where to go to escape the dirt and dust of the streets […]
Sicilian Adventures Part IV
Making Friends Italians love a good drama. So I have often witnessed what, to a Brit might be a mild […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 