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In Roma…

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Shelly Martin

We survived our flight, noisy students and mediocre in-flight service aside.  When the airline asks you for feedback on your travel experience, do you think they REALLY mean that?  Anyway… Wednesday is mostly a blur.  We checked into our room … Continue reading →

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Sciopero!

Posted on June 23, 2009 by admin

A strike, a personal tour of the Pompeian forum with John Dobbins and a lost writer with “inappropriate” footwear… Continue reading →

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One more time…

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Shelly Martin

From the Aventine, I climbed up and across the hill and dropped down to the Circus Maximus… Continue reading →

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I made it!

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Shelly Martin

I already met 4 of the F&D directors. They invited me to go to Sorrento with them yesterday – after taking me to an Italian Costco (Auchan Stores). That was quite an experience – I saw a 20 ft long sausage, ground horse meat, and a bin of live pulpo! Not quite the Costco experience you get in Louisville. Sorrento was just like we left it, just not as windy nor as crowded…
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