June 2011
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I’ve got my music, got my guy, and 6 hours left in Taormina. Bring it.
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Another summer day has come and gone away
So I’m counting down the last eleven hours in Taormina, absolutely unsure of myself. I remember last night I had some great inner monologue about my experiences and rejuvenation and whatnot. But I was also relatively catatonic at the time and couldn’t even manage to speak or comprehend when someone walked into my room.
Since then, I’ve had several relatively unsuccessful naps...
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Reviewing Parking Lot...or Why I miss Nicholas...
Now as many probably know, I’m not a Nicholas Cage fan by any means. In fact I despise most of his films. I don’t really even care of National Treasure (Gasp if you’d like). So you can imagine my utter disappointment in the world in general when I found out the movie L’Ultimo Templare was actually Season of the Witch, which I sat through thinking it was the worst thing...
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Only 10 days left...
It’s rather hard for me to believe but I only have 10 days left in Sicily. Including today, there are 3 days of the Film Festival (well, actually 4) and then on Saturday I leave for Siracusa for the weekend. Then Monday and Tuesday are in Palermo. Somewhere among the last three days I need to finish my viewing journal for cinema (I haven’t decided if I’m going to use my rating...
The beach, il bagno, and Mr. Black
I feel like it’s safe to say that yesterday was a rather spectacular day. I decided to start things off with a few friends at the beach where I could see the boot of Italy across the water. (can you see it?)
Getting to spend most of the day there was pretty wonderful. I got back with enough time to get cleaned up and to grab my pass for the Taormina Film Festival. After that I tried to...
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Food and other conversations.
So I woke up in an absolute panic this morning at 5:45, since my group usually heads to the bus station at 5:50. I grabbed the first thing I could find in my closet and ran to the station only to find myself completely alone. I called up my teacher and she told me she’d be there in a moment. While waiting, some Italian guy started to asking me if I was waiting for the sunrise (I don’t...
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the difference between rocks and hotel beds
…there isn’t one.
Rather than spending all day on a bus (for once) I took a little trip down to Isola Bella, the local beach in Taormina. Of course I assumed it would be sandy and the water warm (just like Arigento) but instead it was a beach of pebbles. We got a pretty awesome spot on a little strip of land between the beach and a little island. Of course no trip to the beach is...
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I'll eventually add more but for now...
So I’m enjoying the last few minutes of the 4th day in Taormina, but this is the first blog of hopefully many. That is possibly the simplest testimony to how busy things have been.
Most of my adventure through the airport(s) has been a major blur, but the rest has been amazing. As much as I feel like graphic design isn’t what people would necessarily pair with Sicilia, getting to take...
