A Spoleto Picture Diary: Ciao!

Dear All — Last day, or so we thought. I’d planned to send the pictures attached this morning, once the students had all left the villa. They are (photo 1) of our meeting with the city administrator, Ms. Battistina Vargiu, and the city architect, Roberto...

A Spoleto Picture Diary: The Last Day Of Class

Amici mio — Today was the last day of class. Students woke to yet another gray sky, this after a beautiful weekend. So far it’s rained every day we have been here save for one, Saturday. Of course it’s been a bit of a disappointment after all the...

A Spoleto Picture Diary: Breathtaking Views

Buongiorno! All right, maybe I’m fudging a little by sending two days of photos at once. But because the students were all out of town — either in Rome or, get this, out on Capri — I really didn’t have any photos of them available. Instead, here are a...

A Spoleto Picture Diary: Fun For Faculty

Salvé! It isn’t all fun and play for the students around here, you know. The faculty gets to participate as well. We had our cooking classes, and enjoyed a menu of melanzane involtini, ravioli con patate e parmegiano, and good ol’ guinea fowl stew. Photo 1...

A Spoleto Picture Diary: A Slice Of Pie

Buongiorno — Guess what? A beautiful day! A glimpse of the quotidian, and the sublime: Lunch happens between noon and one, after my travel writing class and before Tony’s fiction class. The students usually make their ways to a few select little cafés...