Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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As the Romans do
Friday May 1st is an Italian national day, meaning all classes are cancelled. My Australian friend, Kelvin, and I decided to make the most of our long weekend with a trip to one of the most history-packed cities on the globe, Rome.
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Notes of Mulberry
Just a short train ride away from Torino is the city of Alba. Alba is known primarily for two things. The first, Alba is home to the headquarters of the Ferrero confectionery group. If you’ve ever slathered heaps of Nutella hazelnut spread on anything or popped a Tic Tac before a date, you’ve got Ferrero to…
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Big Treehouses and Big Churches
A few months ago, a photo made its rounds through the interwebs of an urban treehouse in Italy. As it turns out, that building is only a 20 minute walk from where I live in Torino. If you haven’t seen the photo before, the apartment complex is called 25 Verde. It was designed to contrast the…
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Easter Travels…part due (two)
As mentioned in the last post, I spent the first half of my Easter break with some friends in Munich. I flew back to Italy so I could meet up with my parents who came to visit me for a few days. My flight actually flew into Milan which is only a regional train ride away…
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Bier and Wurst
All classes were cancelled between April 2 and April 8 for our Spring Break/Easter Break. Some Americans (Jeremy, Dan, and Samir) and I skipped class on April 1st and started our break a day early by flying out to Munich, Germany. Around this time, Torino weather was just starting to warm up. We arrived in…
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Sacra di San Michele
Just a short train ride from Torino is Sacra di San Michele (or Saint Michael’s Abbey). Overlooking the Susa Valley, this is an 11th century abbey built on the peak of Mount Pirchiriano. There is technically a road leading all the way up, but we decided to trust Jeremy when he said it would be an “easy”…
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I forgot a few…
I completely forgot that I had taken some photos on my cellphone. The following photos were also from around Torino. Most were taken in the first few weeks of my arrival.
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Fancy Cars and Stolen Bags
Not too long after classes began, some friends and I organized a trip to Switzerland. The main purpose of this weekend trip was to attend the auto show in Geneva. Due to the high cost of housing in Geneva, we decided to rent an Airbnb in nearby Lausanne, Switzerland and just drive over to the auto show…
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Benvenuti in Italia!
If you don’t already know, I’m spending this semester (Spring 2015) studying abroad in Torino (in the Piemonte region of Northwest Italy). I began college knowing that I wanted to look into studying abroad at some point. It’s too great an opportunity to pass up. I ended up applying for Politecnico di Torino and began…
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I’ve made another one!
So I’ve definitely made a few “blogs” in the past couple years, but have had a very difficult time motivating myself to keep up with them. Here’s to hoping this one sticks! My goal is to keep this website relatively up to date with relevant things either from my engineering pursuits or from my photographic…
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