Author: mintespresso
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Sorrento Eats (and memorable moments)
Since I’ve been here for such an extended length of time, this will likely be a Photogallery of mouth watering morsels, with excerpts and comments about where my favorite spots have been and what I eat from day to day. As I stayed with a host family off of the main Corso Italia, they supplied…
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Afternoons and Amalfi
Buongiorno di Italia tutti! A spell ago (as I’m just now getting to recording all of my adventures of the past ten weeks on my blog), my Mediterranean Culture and History class visited the maritime town of Amalfi, right next door to the honeymoon destination spot of Positano. Our primary objective to the visit was…
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Capri by Land and Sea
Throwing it back to one of my first weekends in Southern Italy, nearly nine weeks ago, brought me on a quick day trip around Capri and Anacapri with the rest of the students at Sant’Anna. P.S. the views from the top of Monte Solaro weren’t too shabby. You could see the world from up there!…
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Daily Life in Sorrento
“Benvenuto, you have arrived in Naples, Italy. Enjoy your stay.” My twelve week adventure abroad has begun! While taking four courses over ten weeks through the Sant’Anna Institute – Sorrento Lingue in Sorrento, Italy, I am most fortunate to experience life from the immersion of staying with a host family. Each evening, they provide me…
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Banff, Alberta
Welcome to Banff, Alberta. When I first crossed into the vast expanse of wildness, the Wild Rose Country of Alberta presented itself with infinite panoramic views and mountains that never fail to take your breath away. Whether you’re adventuring one of the three alpine ski resorts or hiking one of the endless trails in…
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Nibbles in Banff
I think I took the wrong turn on my way to a tropical spring break…but I suppose the tasty beauty that is Banff, Alberta will have to do! After a ten hour drive with the parents, we bee lined it over to Keg Steakhouse. This is a crazy popular chain throughout western Canada – especially…
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Falling into Winter
Arguably the best time of year is when you can wear a sweater and drink a hot chai latte and not feel like you nose is about to fall off from the biting cold of winter. When the leaves decide to show off and a slight chill enters the air, you know that fall has…
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Italy Vlog
From the moment I landed in Italy last year with my sister, Kelly, the country captured my heart. I knew that I needed to return, so this year (2018), I utilized my universities study abroad program in order to immerse myself in Italian culture once more. In Naples, I took a condensed semester course (completed…
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Vintage Summer
Timeless Polaroids have taken the world by storm in twenty-eighteen from basic Instax to modernized styles to refurbished polaroid cameras from way back when. These classic and one-of-a-kind photos were the original Instagram, snapshot, and frame that documented memories in the form of an instant photo. I decided to compile the polaroids that I took…
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The Golden Circle
Here’s to a pit stop in Iceland after a Mediterranean adventure! Sophie and I flew in to Keflavik International Airport at an early two in the morning and stayed in Hotel Borg in Reykjavik. After weeks without a proper hearty breakfast, a morning full of eggs, bacon, potatoes, and traditional Icelandic skyr prepared us for the…
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