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People are funny. I have started a blog that is a travel-log of my adventures in Italy two summers ago. In my opinion, it is highly educational and interesting. Here is a typical picture from my adventures:

Greek Temple at Paestum

The same picture has been posted on Flickr for two years. In all that time, it has had two views. What seems important and fascinating to me must seem less so to the world. I imagine these reminiscences to be like the dreaded travel slide-shows from the days of youthful sitcoms on television: something to be avoided or slept through.

On the other hand, I once dyed my hair Pepsi blue as an incentive for students to vote in a contest for my previous school to get grant funding for technology for the school. We missed winning the contest, although not by much. On the other hand, some of my pictures on Flickr have received over 1,000 views. Go figure!

Blue-Haired Ballroom Dancer

A Latin Teacher's Adventures in Italy, 2010

Those of you who have been enjoying posts on this blog might want to check out another blog I am writing. I am a Latin teacher who had the opportunity to participate in grant-funded summer study in Italy in the summer of 2010. Mentally and physically exhausting, it was adventure of a lifetime.

I actually got two grants to study in two different programs for a total of six weeks in Europe. My blog was originally posted on another site to fulfill some of the requirements of the second grant. The website that hosted the original blog seems to have shut down, so my effort there has been lost. I kept good notes and still have my digital pictures, however, so I plan to recreate the blog here.