Italy
This group is open to all GeoVisions volunteers participating in a program in Italy. Currently, there are five programs offered in Italy; Conversation Corps, Conversation Partner, Summer Camp in Macerata, ...
I am only a few days away from leaving! I just got home from school last night, and now the important packing and planning begins! I fly out this monday, I am getting very excited, and I cannot wait until I am on the plane headed to Italia! Hope to be writing more journal entries soon!
After the flight was delayed for more than 9 hours at the airport in Milan, by the time I arrived at Reggio di Calabria there was nothing left to do but sleep! We spent the next couple of days going to Bova Marina where Riccardo’s (my tutee) grandmother stayed. It really was an amazing beach with the clearest blue water I’ve ever seen. Though I somewhat promised myself not to …
For teaching english lessons as part of my volunteer duties, sometimes I struggle finding appropriate material. My students Mariella (my host mom) and Antonio (her 14 year old son) know a lot of english already, but while we're conversating communication is still difficult! I still have to speak slowly and enuniciate every single word while they listen carefully, then they respond slowly and carefully to my comments or questions. As I have …
I needed a day away from the hustle and bustle of the busy city life so I decided to book a Vespa tour. A group of us were picked up by the train station and driven to a ranch just outside of Florence in the Chianti wine region of Tuscany http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany. There were about 15 girls and one guy on the tour. Our day started with an orientation on how …
Camp has gone by so quickly! The second week flew by and we have just begun the third week. In the second week of camp we had the same group of kids as we did the first week. From a teaching standpoint we began each day with our review then we showed the new material, which was in the form of flashcards, and followed it up by games that would …
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