kat in giro
(Rome)
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My blog about living in Rome, travelling around the rest of Italy, Spain, and Europe, and my interests: art, literature, film... a little bit of everything basically.
tags: art, italy, literature, rome, travel
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The first moments in a new place...
Posted on 13/07/2011
So, I don’t speak German. Perhaps I should start there. Like, I don’t speak any. Which constitutes quite a big change, in itself, from living in Italy previously, apart...
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A different take on new & old architecture in frankfurt
Posted on 09/07/2011
This is the first view you’ll get of Frankfurt as you step out of the central train station, the “Hauptbahnhof,” and it pretty much sums up my initial impression of the...
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A bit of a change...
Posted on 08/07/2011
Since my last post, about a month ago now, I have actually had the opportunity to move for a new job. So I find myself now in Frankfurt, Germany, once again back at square one in terms of...
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Gagosian gallery: made in italy
Posted on 06/06/2011
Though I have been here for a while, I am still very American when it comes to certain things. One of them is that I leap at the chance to see any modern or contemporary art, particularly...
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Blending the old and new in italian palazzi
Posted on 23/05/2011
I try to see as many art and design exhibits as I can here in Italy in small galleries and palazzi (old buildings build for aristocratic families in centuries past), because I am often...
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Notte dei musei
Posted on 15/05/2011
Last night Rome held it’s annual “Notte dei Musei” — Night at the Museums — where a long list of museums around the city are open from 8pm to 2am, free of...
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Easter in a catholic country
Posted on 25/04/2011
Villa Borghese is kind of incredible: How many city parks have such an amazing skyline view? It’s odd for me spending Catholic holidays here in a place where they are so ubiquitous:...
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Farmacia santa maria novella
Posted on 22/04/2011
La Farmacia-Profumeria di Santa Maria Novella is a small, very chic chain of perfume shops in the major cities of Italy (and a few around the world), but the one you must visit if you get a...
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Day tripper in siena
Posted on 07/04/2011
Siena is a small city in the hills of Tuscany, incredibly popular with tourists because, within its walls, it is completely preserved with all its medieval architecture: narrow streets,...
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Style and the italians
Posted on 03/04/2011
It’s pretty easy to tell Italians from tourists in Rome in April… The Italians will be those dressed still for winter, long coat, boots over their jeans, maybe even fur, while...
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