A Tour Less Ordinary: The Hidden Poetry of Italy’s Literary Landmarks
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"Literature is a way to experiment with the world. You can have a story that is rich and detailed and that accurately depicts our life, and you can experiment within that to say: ‘OK, if x happened, what would be the result?’"
"One of the most vivid things that you can see or do when you’re reading Dante is to go to Florence and look up at the Baptistery ceiling - the same one that was there for Dante to see."Kyle's own study abroad experience, which sounds like the kind of idyll that makes permanent romantic exiles out of its graduates, is the model for these tours. It's the feeling of being able to look up from a book and then walk out of the classroom and see the object of discussion right before you. "We would have the class and then we would go see the work and then we’d talk about it more and so it feels real", Kyle reminisces of his Art History classes in Italy. A big part of Scolastica Tours’ experience will be discussion and debate. "You can have a very in-depth discussion that takes however long…and at the end of the day you get to come back and have a great meal that is sourced locally and respects the traditions while also perhaps sometimes being a more modern take on them. Sometimes maybe it’ll be more of a trattoria, sort of a homestyle meal." The tours are based out of cities where Kyle has lived because his connections there make it easier to unlock the city for tourists. Kyle's pursuit of Italian Studies took him to Phd level, so visits to Italy were frequent. [caption id="attachment_7532" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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