Il mare

  pic.twitter.com/Etglvc06aM — MikeyP (@michaelbpelleg1) June 1, 2017 As a 19-year-old male college student, I would generally consider myself to be both spontaneous and a “live in the moment” type person, throwing myself into activities and aspirations with a lack of plans yet a strong hope for success as I merely figure things out as…

Posted by michaelp on June 1, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Relationships in Italy versus America

  In my Italian class this semester, in typical Italian fashion, we discussed love and romance extensively. Throughout these class discussions, I began to notice the disparities between the amount of people in long-term relationships in Italy versus those in America. In order to find out more regarding these dichotomies, I interviewed my new-found friend…

Posted by michaelp on May 31, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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Gli sport ya

pic.twitter.com/M18cNppIDB — MikeyP (@michaelbpelleg1) May 24, 2017 Early on in our trip I realized that Cefalu has plenty of basketball courts and soccer fields. The basketball courts are a little more difficult to come by, but the point is there are plenty of areas for children to disperse from their tech filled lives and be…

Posted by michaelp on May 24, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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La necessità di velocità

pic.twitter.com/6zVXyrQVr6 — MikeyP (@michaelbpelleg1) May 20, 2017 On Friday, the 19th of May I saw my life flash before my eyes. A moped trip from Palermo to Cefalu turned to disaster when I attempted to cut a bus off around a tight curve and too much lean caused the wheels to slip out from underneath…

Posted by michaelp on May 20, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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La casetta

pic.twitter.com/FCooqiib5r  Today after departing from Cefalu we ventured into the Sicilian countryside in the mountains where we took part in a three course feast with the residents of a beautiful casetta in the hills. The house was equipped with a rather large garden where the owners grew the majority of their vegetables to cook in…

Posted by michaelp on May 17, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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L’elezione

On Saturday as I meandered through the streets looking for an open wine shop around 9:30 I happened to pass through La Piazza Duomo during one of the mayoral candidate’s speeches pre-election. I knew there was a big election coming up, but I made the assumption that it was the Italian national election because I…

Posted by michaelp on May 15, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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I Ristoranti

Michael Pellegrino Experience Blog 1 I had an idea of the way Italians eat meals and the difference in service, but finally getting to experience the long drawn out dinner devoid of intruding servers intent on rushing your party out of the restaurant. The closest I have had to this is our Pellegrino family tradition…

Posted by michaelp on May 13, 2017 in 2017 Blog post

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