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February 19, 2008
The end is near, Italian edition
Jägermeister has a big ad campaign on Italian TV. And it's not being sold as a digestivo. Go here, try to ignore the chatty stag trophies, enter your birthday, and watch the kind of video I just saw on Italian tv.
Maybe I should spend more money on English language novels and spend less time watching Italian TV.
Oh - Cola seemed to go fine. We talked about critical cultural studies British style for an awhile, talked about the early 1340s in Rome for awhile, then circumambulated Monte Giordano. Monte Giordano was an Orsini stronghold in the 14th Century - and you can see it from the classroom we use at the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci! You know me, I'm all about embodying knowledge - learning by walking around things and realizing that you've just gone uphill, or just walked around a huge block of buildings with nothing but exterior walls showing.
You can click to enlarge a few times. The green arrow is on the south edge of the block of buildings - several roads lead in, but none cross it. There are a number of enclosed courtyards. The whole thing is a very domesticated version of an urban castle.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 19, 2008 9:15 PM