After our tour through Basel and Weil am Rhein, we continued our journey into southern Germany by train, moving farther away from Italy and into the industrial city of Stuttgart. Stuttgart was quite a ...
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The things that visiting lecturer Giulia Putaturo did not say in her lecture provoked more questions than the issues that she spoke about. The lecture began and remained very technical. She gave many examples ...
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On a cloudy and dreary morning, there was no need for Professor Blanchard’s microphone introduction on the tour bus to describe the sight that was visible from the Tangenziale highway. Below the volcano of ...
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There is always a highly anticipated trip every semester, where students travel to places that would otherwise not be covered on a weekend trip.  This semester, our architecture studio went on a week-long trip ...
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Snow in Rome, for what many people say is the first time since 1985. Flurries outside my window. Waking up to snowflakes as big as grapes in the sky. Wakin’ up all the roommates ...
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Only a 5 minute walk from our palazzo, Campo dei Fiori is a popular piazza where many of us come to shop in its open markets during the day and dine at night. Over ...
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Part of our intensive Italian language crash course includes organized outings to expose ourselves to the city of Rome. One of the events was a bossa nova concert held at the Circolo degli Artisti, ...
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Discovering Rome is like experiencing deja vu. I find myself familiar with the things I see, but don’t know exactly where they come from. Being in Europe for the first time, there are things ...
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