by Peter Civetta | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
So we traveled from Rome to Venice yesterday, taking a lovely train through the countryside. We immediately took a vapporetto (city water bus) from the train station to our apartment, where a lovely young girl showed us to our place. It is right on a cute little...
by tam319 | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
As I mentioned in my previous post, I had a small change of plans because an Argentine holiday postponed my interviews until Tuesday. This means I’ve had an extra few days in Buenos Aires, and have loved exploring the city. Luckily, my 18 and 24-year-old host...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Apparently, these people don’t think I have a voice of my own. Instead of having them speak for me, I have decided to speak for myself from now on! First of all, they weren’t kidding about sluggish, more like cranky from my perspective. Yeesh, people,...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
We got off to a sluggish start today. Outside of our apartment is a café that keeps hopping late into the night. My room is at the other end of the apartment, so it isn’t bad. For the others, it makes it difficult to fall asleep. By the time we got showered and...
by baj903 | Jun 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
In the one week that I’ve been in Barcelona, I’ve already managed to get lost several times. It always goes the same way: I search for the directions to a popular tourist site on google maps and start walking in that direction. Then in the distance, I spot an...
by Peter Civetta | Jun 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Humpty had a big day too. Apparently, he is quite fond of Nutella. Humpty enjoyed making some new friends! He was a little scared at the top of the cuppola, and so he needed Eli to hold his hand. He also seems to be enjoying Italian wine a bit more that we...