by Patricia De Barbieri | Mar 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Time to Leave: Reflections on the Adventures of Two English Tutors in Italy It feels sad to us to be leaving San Lorenzo al Mare. Italians are a very generous and gracious people. If you live among them for a month or longer, you become part of the community. They are...
by Patricia De Barbieri | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our Excursions in Italy We’ve had three weekends here in Italy to do a bit of exploring. Out first trip focused around a business meeting that Roy had in Torino, the second was a visit with our Italian family in the Genova area and, the third trip was to the Asti...
by Patricia De Barbieri | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Where are we? The Valle del San Lorenzo The Valle del San Lorenzo extends up the mountain, through the villages of COSTARAINERA, and CIPRESSA to the northern hamlet of LINGUEGLIETTA. Let me tell you a little bit about San Lorenzo al Mare, and the surrounding area...
by Patricia De Barbieri | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our First Week Challenges: 1- Driving to School Each Day: I think the biggest challenge for me this week was my anxiety about getting to my school each day. Cipressa is a tiny town north of San Lorenza al Mare and straight up the mountain. My first concern was seeing...
by Patricia De Barbieri | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Schools and Schedules! Now that you’ve gotten some insight into how we happened upon this experience and you’ve seen our apartment, you might be wondering what we do all day? When we left Connecticut, we knew that we would be tutoring English in middle and elementary...
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