So I arrived in Rome two days ago and the first thing that struck me about Rome was how many Americans there were there and how many people spoke english. When I first arrived in Cagliari I was surprised by… Continue reading

My last week in Sardinia was extremely busy. I had a ton of work I needed to get done for class and our schedule was booked with excursions as we tried to get the most out of our last days. … Continue reading

This weekend we took a trip to the western side of Sardinia. First we went to a beautiful town called Bosa, which is known for its colorful houses and its river. There aren’t a lot of rivers in Sardinia and… Continue reading

Just wanted to tell you guys about a few cool things I’ve been doing. Today we all went on a bike ride around some lagoons/salt marshes. There were a ton of flamingoes in the lagoons so that was pretty cool.… Continue reading

So on Wednesday we went to a paper recycling plant. I really thought the smell would be ok because it was just paper but it smelled pretty bad inside. Imagine the smell of boiling paper. Anyway, here are some pics. … Continue reading

So this weekend we took a bus through the mountains of Eastern Sardinia. This involved some very thin windy roads which were difficult for the bus to navigate. On the road we passed all kinds of animals: cows, pigs, sheep,… Continue reading

Let me premise this by saying that this blog is required for class and otherwise I would not subject you to it. It’s purely photos of trash/trash bins. Let’s begin.   Separate collection bins for my apartment that are kept on… Continue reading

In Italy (and Europe as a whole), waste-to-energy is a common treatment for residual waste (things that can’t be recycled or composted) because it saves landfill space and allows you to reclaim some energy from materials. So today we visited… Continue reading

^Picture from a local hike we did.  I’ve been in Cagliari for two weeks now so I’m going to give you the rundown on my life and what I do and don’t like about living here. My apartment is in… Continue reading

Today we hopped in some land rovers again and took a trip along the coast. Sardinia has a lot of flamingos that like to hang out in the shallow inlets near the coast and we saw a bunch of them… Continue reading