My landlord believes that the lives of Italians continue to be ruled by the Fates and one of the best […]
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Spaghetti
As an Art History student I am very fortunate to be spending the approaching academic year in Rome. Despite having […]
I live in a zone full of funeral parlors
I live in a zone full of funeral parlors. My landlady’s handyman is an undertaker. For a while I thought […]
A week of indulgence
After the awkwardness of trying to settle into a new city, a new culture and attempting to master a new […]
An Erasmus Student’s 72 Hour Approach to Venice
We drove from Paris. We looked at an atlas and saw Le Corbusier’s chapel at Ronchamp is in the middle […]
A shameless apology
SO, here I am in Bologna. And although I intended to keep up to date with this blog and write […]
Pre-flight enthusiasm (naïvety?)
So, if you’re reading this, you’re clearly wondering – how does it feel to be an Erasmus student in 2010/11, […]
map of bologna!
Here’s a little map of important places in Bologna for the student – will add more as I think of […]
exams
So, you may have heard of this ‘oral exam’ system that exists in Italy. It’s true. The exam basically consists […]
l’inverno
The first thing you will notice about winter is that your Italian flatmates tend to feel the cold a lot […]
University of Edinburgh Go Abroad 