Admittedly I am writing this blog some time after the actual trip, and so the sun soaked intensity of the entire experience is somewhat muted. Isn’t that always the way with the limitation of words? I still thought it worth documenting what was a vacation, a studious affair, the pursuit of a passion and the exploration of a potential future in food. I spent a week at the L'Università degli Studi di Scienze Gastronomiche (the University of Gastronomic Sciences UNISG) in Bra; the home of the Slow Food movement. I chose rather than the university accommodation, a nearby hotel. I was after all an adult student and far beyond the years of scraping by on my university overdraft facility. The entire experience was reminiscent of starting a new programme, of meeting new friends, of learning, creating,
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