Category Archives: GENOA 2017 BLOG

5/26: Our Days in Genoa are Numbered

Sadly, our time in wonderful Genoa is coming to a close. While many of us are ready to sleep in our own bed back home, we are still dreading the moment when we must bid adieu (or ciao, more appropriately) … Continue reading

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Welcome to My Piazza!

Waking up was a little harder this morning in the villa, the walking is really getting the best of our newly toned legs. We spent the morning reading, chatting, and finalizing our piazza research. The highlight of the day, however, … Continue reading

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Nathan and Matt are indecisive

“Run with it,” Nathan says. We’ve been arguing about a catchy title for this blog post. Matt was pushing for “Cinque de Mayo,” because we visited Cinque Terre today (in May). Nathan came up with a whole host of terrible … Continue reading

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Terrific Tuesday in Town

We had another lovely day in Genoa.  Our morning was spent doing individual work around the villa.  Then after a tasty lunch, all nine of us made the trek to Palazzo del Principe, the former villa of Andrea Doria.  The … Continue reading

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No Monday Blues Here!

Ciao world! Mondays are rough, but waking up in italy makes it a little bit better. The morning was spent working around the villa on our projects, so some went into town to explore how their piazzas were being used … Continue reading

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You’ll Never Walk Alone

After a long week of walking about 20,000 steps a day, the group took the opportunity on Sunday to sleep in and recover. (Except for Nathan, who made the journey to Florence in his free time). For the rest of … Continue reading

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Nervi | Santa Margherita | Portofino

A day full of public transportation and smelly transient people, along with some pretty spectacular sights and great hiking around the coast of the Ligurian Sea.   Our trip started in the city of Nervi, a quiet little town where … Continue reading

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Morning Showers Brings Painted Flowers (and faces)

The morning started out with some heavy rain restraining us to our Itailian villa (Oh bother…) We worked on our villa project in the morning and spent some time in the cozy library. Lunch consisted of a beautiful risotto made … Continue reading

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Day 3: Our Visit with the Dead

Hello from Genoa! Our third full day was as tiring as our first two. You’d think we would get used to the constant elevation changes, but our miles and miles of travel on foot hasn’t gotten any easier. The main … Continue reading

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Arrivederci Fred.

Today started out all full of promise, with us choosing different areas of the villa to document.  We each had to choose something that hadn’t been previously covered – from either internal details or the external grounds of the villa. … Continue reading

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