Buongiorno! Bret Lott here, once again in Italy with the Spoleto Summer Study Abroad Program in English. As with every year, we bring a gang of students from the College of Charleston over to our sister city of Spoleto to study writing and literature, as well as to enjoy and appreciate and learn from the culture here. And as with every year, I’m sending out little missives about what we’ve been doing and accompanying photos — what has come to be known as the Spoleto Picture a Day Project.
We all arrived to the villa safely Thursday afternoon.
View from the villa where CofC students and faculty are staying.
We walked the town later that day — all the way down the hill from here and then back up to the top of Spoleto and La Rocca, where the view was as tremendous as ever.
Students swarmed the best gelato store in town, much to the shop owner’s delight and commerce.
Saturday, we all took the day trip to Castellucio, elevation 4700 feet and set in the Parco Nazionale de Monti Sibilini, where we had a picnic of porchetta sandwiches and took in the view.
Click on this photo for a panoramic view of Castellucio.
All systems go here — and now we are off to take the walking tour of town. It’s raining a little today, so wish us well — more soon!
Ciao —
Bret