Well, we may have been a bit hasty with judging Florence. This is a really nice town with a lot of nice people (once you get beyond where all of the tourists are hanging out). I’ve already been asked directions a few times by Italians (I just say “sorry” in my best mid-western accent), but …
We spent the last two days in Milan and just arrived in Florence this afternoon. So far, all of the Italians are really nice people. From the subway operators, to the security guard who joked that we needed tickets when we really didn’t, to the old guys on the train to Florence who gave us …
At the British Library at the moment, paying for wireless. Another day running around…climbing the stairs at St. Paul’s Cathedral, shopping at Harrods, a special Michelangelo exhibit at the British Gallery. Things are cooling down here, and without Internet it’s tough to keep track of the weather. Still, it’s been a lot of fun, so …
A nice relaxing Sunday in London. Started with Matins at St. Pauls, and then took a walk around Bankside (or the south end of the Thames, aka Shakespeare’s neighborhood) the “city,†(aka the financial, law, and news districts), and the Westminster area around the Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. Not much adventure today, but …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
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