2014 Spoleto Picture a Day 22

Piacere! Today I wanted to put up some pictures of my colleague, Dr. Trish Ward, because she’s been so very important to the experience we’re all having here. The students love her — when her classes are being held here at the villa, we can hear through our open...

2014 Spoleto Picture a Day 21

Ciao, I Miei Amici — This is really one of my favorite days as a teacher. But this year’s meeting was a little different, given that a few of us have been and are still sick, and the notion of walking the mile and a third down and then up to the classroom in town,...

2014 Spoleto Picture a Day 20

Salve — The next installment of our cooking classes! Today, the second half of us made it to Andrea’s 15th century farmhouse-turned-reatsaurant, and were, as always, carried away with both the food and Andrea’s charm. This episode, students made cappelletti...

2014 Spoleto Picture a Day 19

Buonasera — Classes today — but I had to bow out of attending mine, as I have come down with what everyone else has had. I felt it coming on over the weekend, but what with the notion of Dario and Verrazzano keeping the adrenaline up, I finally crashed only once we...

2014 Spoleto Picture a Day 18

Caro Tutti — Bret qui. One mishap over the weekend: Lori got stung by a sea urchin while swimming in Sorrento (see photo 1 for the site of the sortie), and though she’s in a bit of pain, she managed to hobble it home with the others. Melanie and I headed home too, but...