International Adventures
Tags: boiler room, cousin, Italian food, Italy, Milan, Morgan Stanley, pizza, Pizza OK, study abroad, Thanksgiving, travel, visitor
November 30, 2009
After having a difficult time sleeping on Tuesday night, I overslept Wednesday morning and did not have enough time to get ready and get to my class that morning. When I got out of the shower, I studied the powerpoint for that lecture until it was time to meet Roman at his hotel.
Roman is my [...]
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International Adventures
Tags: art, Baroque, Italy, modern pilgrimage, pantheon, pizza, Roman Catholic Church, Rome, St. Peter's Basillica, study abroad, Sxipper, travel, UC Rome, Vatican
November 3, 2009
Tuesday were Wednesday were spent primarily studying for midterms. On Thursday morning I began my four day trip to Rome.
The train ride was smooth until the train broke down in Bologna. It ended up causing a delay of about thirty minutes. On the way to Rome, and old Italian lady sitting across from me randomly [...]
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International Adventures / Technology
Tags: anti-twitter, Bulgarian, cold cut bacon, Italy, Lithuania, Milan, pizza, Pizza OK, research, Spazzio Fitzcarraldo, study abroad, travel, twitter, twitter is stupid
October 4, 2009
I have not updated the blog in a while because I have busy with the weeks of work stuff (or just tired and sleepy from always being focused). On Thursday morning, I set up some errands that I needed to do when I return to UCSB when I woke up. I planned on debating my [...]
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International Adventures
Tags: Cinque Terre, Genoa, Italy, leaning tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa Duomo, Pisa pizza, pizza, study abroad, travel
September 20, 2009
I boarded my train and tried to lay down comfortably so I could get some sleep. Unfortunately, I could not sleep so I looked out at the scenery as the sun rose. The train went through Genoa, La Spezia, and the Cinque Terre (however, most of the Cinque Terre was not visible due to tunnels). [...]
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Jared actually showed up at around 8:30 that on Friday night. He told me he tried to find me on campus, but then fell asleep before sending me a Facebook message. He dropped off his stuff at my place and went off to dinner. Before going to dinner we stopped at Jared’s hotel to pick [...]
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Due to my website crashing, I lost post #1 (didn’t say much), and posts 7-8. However, I had preserved posts 2-5 that cover my arrival to Italy and trip to Florence. At the bottom of this post, I will recap posts 6-8.
Here is an archived recap of Nick’s International Adventures parts 2-6:
Country #1 United Kingdom
Destination [...]
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