David Berger

Category: Italy

  • Impressions of Italy: Culture shock and the lessons I’ve taken from it

    Introduction to Italian culture: Culture Shock Italian culture is an amazing mix of history, passion, and poetry. It’s been said that French is the language of love, Spanish the language of God, and Italian the language of Poetry. The mixed artistic and cultural heritage created and passed down since the early Roman Empire is nearly…

  • Jumping Ahead

    Hello folks! I apologize for the delay in blogging. Since Alex and I set off into the Highlands of Scotland and then across into Northern Ireland and then I continued into Northern England and down to London to return home I’ve not been able to blog. I’ve got quite a bit of catching up to…

  • Bergamo!

    Bergamo – 5-1-09 I awoke at 7 am, having taken a shower the night before and prepared for an early train to Bergamo. Bergamo is a beautiful city consisting of two parts. The old upper city a walled fortress built at the top of a steep hill and the languid lower city stretching off into…

  • Final Week in Milan!

    Final Week Milan: A week without work, a week without some of the simple joys of routine, this week… enthusiastically preparing for my departure, a return to uncertainty, discovery, personal self discovery. A return to travel! Not knowing where or when I’ll be somewhere until the day before. Walking the city, speaking to locals searching…

  • Saturday, Easter Sunday and Monday in Monza

    Saturday Saturday morning I awoke and decided to take advantage of a quiet day in a quiet apartment. My roommates have all abandoned Milan for the warmth and comfort of family and friends to celebrate the Easter holiday. The house quiet and clean, I settled into the couch and started on the second of C.…

  • Mixtures

    With the passing of my uncle, comes the second affirmation that this lifestyle is viable. I miss him and I want to be a part of the ceremony that celebrates his life. However, at this juncture I do not see how that would be possible. I think that in the end he would rather that…

  • Saturday the 28th Milan italy.

    Journal entry March 29th 2009: Ciao Ragazzi! Come state? Io sto bene, ma oggi é una brutta giornata. Il tempo é freddo, piove c’é anche la nebbia. Terribile. Ammalato un po’, mal di gola e anche mal di testa. Ho pensato che il tempo é il problema. Allora, ieri mi sono divertito molto, particolarmente a…

  • Thoughts – pensive.

    Journal Summary 2009 – March 20th Equinox In the last two weeks I’ve had a bit of time to really get into work and settle into it. Specifically three things have distracted me from this bent – the departure of my friends for the U.S., Africa, and Greece…my own travel planning for May…and my continued…

  • Ides of March

    Journal entry 2009-03-15 Today is the Ides of March. March 15th 2009 – a moment in time which reaches back across ages and cultures. In Roman times, the Ides of March was a day dedicated to the Greek and Roman god and military parades were held in his honor. In modern times, the term Ides…

  • Dancing and the weekend!

    March 01, 2009 personal journal entry for David Nathaniel Berger. Ladies and gentlemen today I’m excited to announce to you that I am trying the new voice dictation system through Microsoft Office Word. I believe that you will notice a difference in my writing style as I am directly dictating and not thinking through each…