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A Ride to Geraci

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

Saturday I woke up and cooked myself an extra egg. I had a feeling I was going to go on a long bike ride that day. I picked a town in the interior of the island about two and a half inches away from Cefalu. Well that town turned out to be 38 miles away with about 30 being uphill, but I’m a … More »

Tags: Cycling // Sicily // Cefalu // 2008 // Spring Break // Study Abroad

Playing Pong with Nonno Carlo

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

On Tuesday I decided to ride inland and uphill to Castelbuono. It was a beautiful day, and the views were amazing. People have asked me if I saw evidence of Mafia activity during the time I’ve spent in Sicily. The Mafia is careful not to attract any attention to itself so as an outsider, it … More »

Tags: Sicily // Cefalu // Spring Break // 2008 // Rome // Study Abroad

Spring Break in Sicily!

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

Back in January, we knew we needed a place to go for spring break. We were considering Greece, Tunisia, Sardinia, and Sicily. So we shopped around online looking for apartments to rent for a week in any of these places. We found a nice one in Cefalu, Sicily, where I had studied two summers … More »

Tags: Sicily // 2008 // Rome // Spring Break // Study Abroad // Night Train

Skipping School for St. Paddy’s Day in Ireland

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

I was supposed to fly back to Rome at 2 in the afternoon on Monday but on Saturday I asked myself how many times do I have the opportunity to be in Dublin for St. Padd'y day and bumped my flight back to Wednesday for €35. Not bad.

            At noon, the parade started promptly with the … More »

Tags: Dublin // Ireland // St. Paddy's day // Study Abroad // 2008

Defying Gravity for a Guinness

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

We made our way down to Dublin on Saturday. On the way we took a detour through Belfast. Stephen wanted to show me where the real Troubles happened. In that city, it looked like there was another Berlin Wall running right down the middle separating the two parts of the population. Protestant … More »

Tags: Ireland // Dublin // Belfast // Derry // 2008 // Weekend Trip // St. Paddy's day // Study Abroad