“My Italian adventure”: Five months of schooling in Casteggio

By Giulia Antoniazzi
Community contribution / 4 years, 11 months ago

On August 28, 2014, I caught a plane with my dad to Casteggio, 50 kilometres south of Milan, where for the next five months I would be living with my grandparents and attending primary school.

Giulia Antoniazzi at primary school in Casteggio, in 2014

The plane ride was very long and bumpy and gave me lots of time to think about what life and ...

By Giulia Antoniazzi

Community

Giulia Antoniazzi is a Year 8 student at Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh.

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