Category: Culture


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Fumetti (Comics)

Sunday, August 30th, 2015

Every country has comic books of a variety of types and of course Italy is no exception. In addition to those that originate from other countries (Calvin and Hobbes, Andy Capp are good examples) they have some that are particular to Italy. Before I ever went to Italy, I had Skype conversations with my friend […]

The store with no name

Friday, June 26th, 2015

One day when I went with Giancluca for a pizza we went to a street that I don’t know very well, San Vitale. For the most part it was not all that interesting other than the nice pizza at Spacca Napoli. I had thought that the pizzeria opened at noon but when we arrived we […]

Collegio di Spagna

Wednesday, June 17th, 2015

I had seen this building often since I have routinely taken a bus to and from the center of town that runs along via Saragozza. At a point there is an intersection where via Saragozza and via Collegio di Spagna come together at an angle. That is exactly where the collegio is located. While I thought that […]

Sala Urbana

Monday, June 1st, 2015

One of the brochures that I did was on a place called Sala Urbana. This was the only brochure for which I did the entire translation; that is, there was no previous english translation. The brochure was new, probably because Sala Urbana was closed for several years for restoration. It was a challenge but I […]