Browsing the archives for the Italy tag
So I’ve been back in the U.S. for 4 days now, and I haven’t written anything since the blackout last week because A) there is so much to write and B) I don’t want to admit that I’m not in Italy anymore. I really fell in love with that country, and I definitely want to [...]
A couple of nights ago, one of our concerts was postponed because the entire town of Spoleto lost electricity. The concert (which is now rescheduled for tonight) was actually one of my favorite pieces we’ve been working on here, and all of us were extremely sad to have it canceled, so we are very excited [...]
Yesterday, I decided to use my day off to go to Rome with a couple friends (for the purposes of this blog, I’ll call them the Canadian and Georgia Boy). We planned to go to the Vatican Museum in the morning (one of my friends had a brochure that advertised a tour starting at 9:15, [...]
They have been keeping us busy here in Spoleto. I am definitely working very hard for my money, and although this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, sometimes I wish our schedule could be a little less stressful. The last three days have been full of rehearsals and concerts, all with only one or two hours of [...]
On Monday, I went to Assisi, the home of St. Francis of Assisi, the guy who renounced his wealth and talked to animals. My friend and I took Rick Steves‘ suggested walking tour of Assisi, which took us to some back roads and some gorgeous views of Umbria (I’ll post the pics when I get [...]
I have now been in Spoleto a week and am fairly comfortable wandering around the twists and turns of its steep and narrow streets without getting lost. Once again, I am on a little bit of a time crunch, but I wanted to give some of my impressions of this lovely Italian town.
The Spoletini [...]
So here I am in an internet cafe, trying very hard not to waste too much money…actually the internet cafe prices are pretty reasonable, but still I would rather be frugal while I’m only working with a small per diem. So…on with the stories.
My travel to Spoleto took 24 hours. At 9:45 AM, [...]
The countdown is on. I had a dream the other night that I was in Italy but hadn’t packed anything, so I got into a packing frenzy and now have a suitcase out in my office, along with half my wardrobe thrown inside it. I think I need to pare down a bit…the idea is [...]
For those of you who only keep up with my life via this blog, so sorry I have kept you in suspense about the red tape I’ve been wading through. Turns out I got my visa from the Italian consulate two days after I had turned it in (while some folks in NY had to [...]
So I finally got my passport in the mail, and the next stop on my bureaucratic adventure was to the Italian consulate.
I have to say, for a country that used to be communist, I expected a whole lot more red tape and hassle than I had to go through to get my visa. Granted, [...]