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Italy: Small Portions, Smaller People

July 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Torino, Travelogues

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, one of the above ice cream delights is from Grom gelateria in Italy, the other from Cold Stone Creamery in the United States. Without reading the labels, can you guess which is which? If an alien life form visited the Earth, he might conclude that Americans are some kind [...]

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Benvenuto a Torino: A Day in the Life of a Mountain-Dwelling Physicist

June 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Torino, Travelogues

Despite my lack of planning, Italian fluency, sense of direction, or luggage, I have successfully navigated my way to Torino, Italy to spend the next five weeks living on a mountain, doing physics, climbing glaciers, and eating gelato. To explain this strange lifestyle, I invite you to join me on a typical day. Hermit on [...]

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