This was my third time in the country. Italy never fails to impress me and make me feel at home. Coincidentally, I have been there each time through school programs. This last time it was an educational consortium program for Executive MBA programs from Italy, Brazil, Russia and US (Miami). I chose to visit Italy, again. Italy has my heart. We completed a week long program with a school in Bologna visiting businesses and participating in lectures with the international cohort. Then, I took an extra week to travel with three other students. What an amazing adventure!
We visited with one of the student’s family in Abruzzi where they invested a lot in ceramics.
I stumbled through my broken Italian and entertained some conversation. We traveled the countryside to the Tuscan region hanging out in Moltepulciano. During this drive the highlights were listening to the monks chant at a monastery and then we stopped long enough to see a baby lamb be born.
Later in my trip in Milan, I had the opportunity to go to an opening of a ballet at La Scala and until this day think about the costumes juxtaposed from scenery and the celebration of the mother in the audience who was famous ballerina watching her daughter who was the star of the show.
So many more adventures to explain here but a trip I will never forget.