On Thursday,I went to a wine store after doing some research with the intent to buy un-oaked chardonnay. The man there asked if I needed any help and I meant to tell him that i was looking for a Chardonnay “sans chêne” but I what I actually said was “sans chien” (without dog). I corrected myself quickly but it was too late. He asked me ‘well, which one is it? without oak or without dog?’ I told him I’d prefer a wine with neither. (This was all in French by [...]

Wednesday we took a trip to the 300 year old port, Sète, in Southern France. It is the largest port on the French Mediterranean coast selling 8,000 tons of fish every year. Fishing boats leave at 3 am and return at 4 pm to auction off their catch. Turing the Cannes Film Festival, the price of fish skyrockets because restaurant owners travel to Sète to buy the freshest, best fish for all the celebrities. Tuna boats leave in April and return in October where they fish as far as the [...]

On the 9th and 10th we went to Ascea which is in Southern Italy. It is about an hour south of Naples. We went with our marketing professor, Fabiana. We went to Ascea with the intent of seeing her company, Combust, but instead ended up spending the entire time at the beach club opened last year by her associate Gianni. I am quite alright with the decision made because the Mediterranean trumps pretty much everything else on a sunny day. We arrived in Ascea and then watched the sun set. [...]