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Italy 2004

A brief yet heavily illustrated travelogue from the IWM Summer School in Cortona and my trips in Toscany and Umbria.

Car of dreams It began as a typical dream: If you study hard, your future job will allow you to buy a fancy car and a summerhouse somewhere in the Mediterranean... Summerhouse of dreams

Cortona from above This is why I traveled far, far away… to the Italian town Cortona, where IWM organized their 11th Summer School of Philosophy and Politics. In 2004, the courses were related to the concepts of Order. Immediately after my arrival, I became immersed in the readings… Reading

View from Siena's Duomo Tower From our ivory tower, the world seemed to be small and predictable… View from Siena's Duomo Tower without me

Our group in Perugia Fortunately, we also put our feet to the ground from time to time… Our group in Siena

Machiavelli's grave in the church of Santa Croce Great miracles are not buried only in Locke's and Nietzshe's tomes! We were crying in front of our Master Machiavelli's tomb in the same way as we do while reading Marx's Kapital. And the Etruscan gate in Perugia is as breathtaking as Hobbes' Leviathan... Perugia, ancient Etruscan gate Arco Augusto

Florence viewed from San Miniato After buying a couple of postcards from the most crowded Toscan cities, I could go back home - to dream another beautiful dream… Pisa, Campo dei Miracoli with its cathedral, leaning tower, baptisery, and tourists

Keywords: Italy, Toscany, Umbria, Cortona, IWM summer school, travelogue, pictures, album, pics, images, international summer school, travel