{"id":2819,"date":"2018-01-16T16:54:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T21:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/?page_id=2819"},"modified":"2018-05-19T15:50:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-19T19:50:21","slug":"italia-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Italia 2004 &#8212; March 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click here for more pages:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-march-27\/\">Italia March 27<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-march-28\/\">March 28<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Edit \u201cItalia 2004\u2013 March 29\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-march-29\/\">March 29<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-2\/\">April 2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-3\/\">April 3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-5\/\">April 5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-6\/\">April 6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-7\/\">April 7<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-8\/\">April 8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-9\/\">April 9<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/italia-2004-april-10\/\">April 14 and Misc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an interesting page for Italia-philes:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenreviews.com\/best-things-to-do-in-italy\/\">100 Best Things to do in Italy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terry Lynn and I got to go with the Hampshire High Italian Exchange in the Spring of 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Rita Hott, German teacher, was the driving force that has made the trip &#8220;happen&#8221; for many years.\u00a0 Bill Moore, biology teacher, displayed in so many ways the spirit of the trip.\u00a0 His Italian language skills were probably as bad as mine, but his personality (think friendly, goofy Labrador retriever) added much to the trip.\u00a0 We were lucky to accompany an exceptional group of young folks.\u00a0 We will always cherish the memories of this trip.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing we arrived in\u00a0Vercelli (via Milan) on Thursday, March 25, 2004.\u00a0 We were hosted by Ornella Gangi and Fabrizio Brancaleon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vercelli\">Vercelli<\/a> is a beautiful city in the Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piedmont\">Piemonte<\/a>, between <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milan\">Milano<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turin\">Turino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first day we toured Ornella&#8217;s school, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.istitutosuperiorelagrangiavc.it\/new-lagrangia\/index2.asp?TARGET=introrosastampa2.asp?TARGET=introrosastampa\">Lyceo Lagrangia<\/a>, Instituto Rosa Stampa and toured Vercelli (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g1175110-d247240-Reviews-Basilica_of_Sant_Andrea-Vercelli_Province_of_Vercelli_Piedmont.html\">Basilica of Sant&#8217;Andrea<\/a>, il Duomo,and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Attraction_Review-g1175110-d11717605-Reviews-Seminario_Arcivescovile-Vercelli_Province_of_Vercelli_Piedmont.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-tpp=\"CoverPage\" data-tpact=\"shelf_item_click\" data-tpatt=\"6|poi|11717605\" data-tpid=\"47\">Seminario Arcivescovile<\/a>,\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p>You can right click this link to hear\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hur6CVqh3hM\">Laura Pausini&#8217;s &#8211; Volevo Dirti Che Ti Amo<\/a>&#8221; while you enjoy the photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli-038.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2820\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli-038-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli-059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2821\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli-059-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli1CasaGangi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2822\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli1CasaGangi-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a 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class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2830\" alt=\"March26_2004Vercelli2TrojanBanner\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli2TrojanBanner-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli3NoTeacherStress.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2831\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli3NoTeacherStress-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli4Duomo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2832\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/March26_2004Vercelli4Duomo-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" 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Here is an interesting page for Italia-philes:\u00a0100 Best Things to do in Italy Terry Lynn and I got to go with the Hampshire High Italian Exchange in the Spring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3600,"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2819\/revisions\/3600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebailes.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}