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Yearly Archives: 2007
Spain 3: bread and sausage
On our second day in Spain, we headed to the University of Vic, also known as UVic (- and I guess, fair enough, they have more claim to the name than Victoria, which lacks a school of idioms). On our … Continue reading
Spain 2: cured meat and wine
Our first day we left behind three casualties: two recovering from queasiness from the previous night’s tapas feed, and one sore throat. We drove through the wooded hills – a surprise to many of us, expecting a parched, desert-like landscape … Continue reading
Canada Day, and the pain in Spain
Just got back from nine days in northern Spain: a record breaker for the university, I think, as being the sickest stage ever. We racked up the following ailments which affected, if I counted right, 18 out of 24 of … Continue reading
Massa to Mosaiko
Last weekend, in an attempt to escape the unending heat of Parma, we took a trip to the seaside, in search of cooling breezes and nice chilly marble museums. We found a breeze or two, and a few other things … Continue reading
Food reading
Just back from a sprint round northern Italy. Meanwhile, a couple of journals we’ve been pointed towards. Food For Thought, self-described (in the spirit of nose to tail gastronomic studies?) as the Organ of the University of Gastronomic Sciences, is … Continue reading