Ten years ago I anxiously stood next to my parents on New Year’s Eve of Y2K and wondered if the end of the world all came down to a 10 second countdown. Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One… Nothing. Ten years later and I’m glad to say things have changed. I [...]
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Italian Lesson #3 Buon Capodanno – Happy New Year!
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Sandy FlorezItalian Lesson #2 Grazie Mille – Thank You Very Much!
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Sandy FlorezI was incredibly lucky to meet some of the brains behind operation International Student in person on December 7th. Though I must admit that I was a bit nervous about this. I mean, what if they didn’t like me? What if the “brains” behind Hello 2 Ciao wasn’t as funny or charming in person and [...]
Italian Lesson #1 Andiamo – Let’s go!
Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Sandy FlorezCiao, I’m Sandy. I am a twenty year old journalism and English literature student at the University of Miami and next summer I will be spending six weeks living in a small town in central Italy learning Italian. I’m a writer, not a filmmaker, so the last thing I saw myself doing was entering a [...]