Blog archives for July, 2012

Bologna at one time had rivers and canals. Now most of the rivers run under the city. I was told that if you find yourself on a long and winding street that there’s a good bet that it follows the path of a river that has now been covered over with the street. There still […]

Well, my language skills improved a lot but I still have difficulty following the dialog in a movie or on a TV show. I have found a significant  change in my progress with the language. Before it seemed that I could always speak Italian better than I could understand it. It made sense to me. […]

It’s not often that you have lunch with a pig, at least not one that is part of what’s on your plate. But Jessica has a pet pig. It all started with Davide, one of the best teachers at the school who has, alas, moved on to other things. In any case Davide introduced me […]