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Work at the library – the lost post

Saturday, May 24th, 2014

This post must have been written in early April and somehow I lost track of it. I didn’t want for Marco to get lost or the photos of the military club where he’s a member –  so here it is. Tuesday the 8th was a busy day. I went to a gym (the same one that I […]

Tale of Two Meals

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014

I must say that I haven’t been cooking too much at home since I’ve been here. I try to keep a very active social life which means often going out for aperitivo which easily serves the function of a light dinner as well as an opportunity to meet people and speak more italian. However May […]

I Ragazzini (the kids)

Thursday, May 1st, 2014

One of my volunteer jobs here in Bologna is an after school program with middle school students. The schedule is from 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon at a library near the horse race track (ippodromo – hippodrome). Unfortunately the schedule has been a bit erratic due to holidays (Pasqua and now Mayday) and one […]

Ode to Bologna

Monday, February 24th, 2014

Well, not really an ode, or even a poem. Maybe it should be a paean (I don’t know that I’ve ever actually used that word before) that is a praise of Bologna. Now that I have a fixed schedule to go back to Bologna for two months I am becoming more and more nostalgic. I […]