{"id":2415,"date":"2023-04-14T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/?post_type=iskustva-s-erasmusa&#038;p=2415"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T10:22:34","slug":"a-corner-in-time-my-erasmus-journey-to-foggia-by-dafne-vidanec-college-prof","status":"publish","type":"iskustva-s-erasmusa","link":"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/en\/iskustva-s-erasmusa\/a-corner-in-time-my-erasmus-journey-to-foggia-by-dafne-vidanec-college-prof\/","title":{"rendered":"A corner in time': My Erasmus Journey to Foggia\" by Dafne Vidanec, college prof."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;asked a friend of mine who likes to travel: What does Italy mean to you? &#8211; And he simply replied: \u201cI don\u2019t know, perhaps the art of \u2018that time\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My experience in the land whose identity is world-widely marked by three-colored line:&nbsp;<strong><em>the Italian flag<\/em><\/strong>. (source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zastava_Italije#\/media\/Datoteka:Flag_of_Italy.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zastava_Italije#\/media\/Datoteka:Flag_of_Italy.svg<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian flag is the brand. It refers to everything made in Italy: food, fashion, vehicles&nbsp;<strong><em>Roman Holidays<\/em><\/strong>(1953.) withG. Peck and A. Hepburn likewise. Film, music, sport (\u2026). There is no destiny which happened in Italy that can be replaced with another one! Historical one of the death of Caesar (47 B. C.) literally mummified thanks to William Shakespeare: the tragedy of&nbsp;<em>Iulisu Caesar<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The trade market motto of \u201cbella Italia\u201d!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The eagerness for teaching the Italians the principles of Business Ethics turned into life adventure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 48 h. Rails Strike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-4.png 291w, https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-4-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>K\u00e4rntnernland Spaar Caffe in Globasitz.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The almost very end of cold November in Zagreb. And I am just about to leave Zagreb main train station in order to reach&nbsp;<em>Austrian Villach Haupt Bahnhoff<\/em>&nbsp;where I should make a train transfer to the train to Italy, a bit after midnight. Destination: &nbsp;<em>Roma Termini<\/em>&nbsp;10:00 AM. Planning and, at the same time hoping that my \u2018leg will step on the Italian soil\u2019 according to time schedule, in the manner of Gloria Gaynor\u2019s famous verse I was \u201cso exciting\u201d coming to Foggia. But! The \u2018hot\u2019 news! The&nbsp;<strong><em>\u00d5BB&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>went into 24 hours strike. It forced me to spend another 48 hours in&nbsp;<em>K\u00e4rntnernland<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I have reached Foggia in late afternoon on 29<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Park of the Princes and \u2018meet the family\u2019 story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2416\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Parco dei principi Hotel restaurant.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Parco dei Principi<\/em>&nbsp;was 4,5 km away from the city center my hotel destination. Close to Foggia airport named after Italian aviator, the Hotel the glasses, mirrors, and classics; \u2018sweet breakfasts (\u2026) while eating watching the winter edition of the Hotel \u2018wedding\u2019 fountain(s) surrounded with the palm trees (\u2026) Unusual, but hosting place ren by a good staff and led by Hotel manager&nbsp;<strong><em>Domenic<\/em><\/strong>o, who introduced me with his fathe<strong><em>r Giulio<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;with the words:&nbsp;<strong>\u201cDaphne e la nostra clienta!<\/strong>\u201d And, of course, I met the rest of the Hotel crew, too, not surprisingly when you spent the most of the mornings and evenings \u2013 in the hotel. Simple custom: meet entire family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Business ethics: Mediterranean Enigma?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oleksandra, Anna and Victoria &#8211; Ukraineans, Francesca and Federica \u2013 the two Italians and Croatian \u2013 i. e. me found ourselves discussing about peculiarities of our countries, cultures; men \u2013 \u201cguys\u201d \u2013 to cite Victoria, and women (\u2026), too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2418\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Victoria, Federica, Franceska, Oleksandra, Anna and me (counter-clockwise).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of the language barrier from the Mediterranean side along came, I was \u201centertaining\u201d my Ukraine and Italian colleagues few hours with my story of Croatia, of students and of the role of my course &#8211; of&nbsp;<strong><em>Business Ethics<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;within Croatian educational and higher institutional system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;<strong><em>region of Puglia<\/em><\/strong>, and perhaps we might apply the insight to the whole character of the area is that Business Ethics is still enigma there, and what gives me to think that such \u201ca look\u201d is a consequence of multileveled political, cultural, social, economic transformation that Italy was passing through since 753. B. C. What characterize this society is \u201cMediterranean moral\u201d. &nbsp;Italians are just in love with their territory, so much that the very concept is integrated into the name of the University department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story of&nbsp;<em>DAFNE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italian study of Economics in the region of Puglia is based more on the productive level. Their students at the&nbsp;<em>Department of the Economy<\/em>&nbsp;are engaged more with&nbsp;<em>Math<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Computer Sciences<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Logic&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Understanding<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Project Development<\/em>&nbsp;and other practical disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also have visited the&nbsp;<em>Department of the Law&nbsp;<\/em>and the&nbsp;<em>Department of Economy, Management and Territory<\/em>, which is among their students and professors known after acronime&nbsp;<strong><em>DEMET<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DAFNE<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is their acronym for the&nbsp;<em>Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimenti, Risorse Naturali e Ingegneri<\/em>a of the&nbsp;<em>University of Foggia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woman who conquered University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my stay in Foggia, I took a part in the sight-seeing the&nbsp;<strong><em>University campus<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(\u2026) in the very center \u2013&nbsp;<em>Via Alberto da Zara<\/em>&nbsp;(\u2026) And visiting the&nbsp;<em>University headquarters&nbsp;<\/em>in&nbsp;<em>Via Antonio Gramschi<\/em>&nbsp;No 89-91. Beautiful building few kilometers away from the city center. Everyone who visits Foggia cannot forget this architectural edition because its spacy entrance hall has been conquered by ingenious hand of the artist who sculptured astonishing statue of the Roman goddess<em>&nbsp;Minerva<\/em>&nbsp;(in Greek:&nbsp;<em>Athena<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 the goddess of wisdom and war, a. n.). So, woman dominates the building! And on the geo-map, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2417\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Foggia University Headquarters in Via A. Gramschi 89-91.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Versace pret-a-porter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geographically depicted country borders on the map which reminds on the woman high hilled boot makes impression that Italy is real \u201cpret-a-porter\u201d in the manner of famous&nbsp;<strong><em>Gianni Versace<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;models of nineties of 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;c. Calabria is Gianni\u2019s homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bak.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2419\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to listen to Italian synth-pop group called&nbsp;<strong><em>Matia Bazar<\/em><\/strong>, very often (\u2026). And the&nbsp;<em>The Souvenir<\/em>e song still echoes in my ears. I like the part of that song that says that \u201cthe love is a moment in time; a corner of time\u201d (originally:&nbsp;<em>Chanson d\u2019amour\/Un attimo di tempo\/Un angolo nel tempo<\/em>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The end.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;asked a friend of mine who likes to travel: What does Italy mean to you? &#8211; And he simply replied: \u201cI don\u2019t know, perhaps the art of \u2018that time\u2019. My experience in the land whose identity is world-widely marked by three-colored line:&nbsp;the Italian flag. (source:&nbsp;https:\/\/hr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zastava_Italije#\/media\/Datoteka:Flag_of_Italy.svg). Italian flag is the brand. 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