The Cranky Professor

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April 15, 2008

And we forgot to take a picture!

We're so close to finished that my colleague and his family are preparing to leave Rome on Thursday for a month of travel around Italy. I had them over for a farewell luncheon. There was prosecco - and there should have been photography. Then we walked to Giolitti, where there was gelato (Elena - I had visciola in your honor, along with coco and zabaglione). I hugged Nick and Nissa and the kids goodbye and went to a bookstore to drown my loneliness in consumer spending.

There's still some work outstanding - which is perhaps outstanding work, but how can one tell until it arrives for grading? We had an appointment with the director of studies at the Scuola to pick up the Italian grades this afternoon, so we're feeling finished - and that helps a lot!

I'm hanging around Rome until the end of April. The knee is doing better, but I don't think I'm up for foreign travel and tromping around a lot. I hope to get up to Venice to see the Romans and Barbarians show - and maybe over to Milan from there. I've never really been to Milan (changing trains and running outside the station to look around doesn't count).

I have to admit though that another two weeks in Rome won't kill me. I never use it up. A day trip here or there, perhaps - but I'll enjoy free wandering without a program, deadline, or rendezvous with students. I like being places but I don't really like travelling - when I get somewhere I tend to drill in for depth rather than running around for breadth.

So - it's been a great semester. I hope you enjoy reading about my two weeks of freedom. I know I'm going to enjoy living them!

Posted by CrankyProfessor at April 15, 2008 4:51 PM

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Posted by: Bruce at April 16, 2008 12:39 PM

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