As I mentioned earlier, the best thing about parents visiting is that I could count on them to take me out to amazing meals and the one on their last night was something that I had been waiting for all semester. I knew about Spirito DiVino because I heard about it in the first week from my professor Daniele Fiorentino. The name is a play on words, so right of the bat I knew I'd love it. In one sense it means "spirit of the divine" and in another it means "spirits and wine" and both names wor...
It's the middle of finals week for the fall semester of 2008 and i am in full stress mode. i can't decide if it'd be better or worse to have my parents around right now, but it was so great having them in Rome. Read on...
After my parents returned from Florence I met them at their hotel to bring them into my neck of the woods. Once we got off the bus at Piazza Bologna, I gave my parents a very serious inquiry to consider. Should we try some of the amazing pastries at the Sicilian bakery just...
The best part of my parents coming to visit, aside from having so much fun taking them around Rome after living here for 3 and a half months, was having them take me to amazing restaurants of my choice. A Woo Hoo!
After a full day of touring and a little jet lagged nap we headed to La Scala. It's located in Trastevere which is the trendiest neighborhoodin Rome, right over the river among super chic shops and restaurants. It's the restaurant I went to for my birthday and I loved the vibe andt...
Being that it's the holidays I think this post is appropriate because it's about my vacation to Greece and it's a bit of a vacation from talking about cuisine. Plus, in the bitter cold of the midwest it's nice to reflect on the warmth of the Grecian coast. Read on...
Will anyone mind if include a post that's not really about food? Maybe it'll give you a chance to get to know me a little better. Sort of like those weird commercials where a man in a suit is sitting in a chair talking about s...
With Halloween just around the corner and Thanksgiving sneaking up faster than I anticipated I'm trying really really hard to eat well these next few weeks - which means I'll have to resort to memories of meals gone by. This one was particularly memorable as it came sandwiched between two awesome weekends and I'd been hearing about the restaurant for so long. If you get a chance to go to Florence in the near future, or ever, definitely make reservations at La Giostra. Here it is:
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At this point in studying abroad, I had already finished the bulk of my traveling, but this was an extraordinary weekend that was relatively easy to make happen. Take a look:
We've been doing a lot of traveling in the past few weeks. It'sexciting and eye-opening but it's also a little exhausting, especiallywhen we traverse across across countries. So the past few weekendshave been really nice ways to explore more of Italy and get to know thecountry that's been home for three months. A litt...
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