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<\/a><\/p>\nBob attended TASIS for his last three years of High School. Although he was in the class of 1976, he knew the class of 1974 as the “big” Seniors of his Sophomore year.<\/p>\n
On the left a picture of Bob and his pals, under an apple tree behind Hadsall House in the spring of 1976, on the right, Bob sits in the same spot in 2014, although the apple has been replaced by some new landscaping.<\/p>\n
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ALUMNI ARRIVAL<\/h3>\n
We joined the Emirates Airline flight from JFK with many of the other TASISites and landed in Milan. On the left, the groggy gang gets their bags loaded on the bus at Malpensa airport. \u00a0A 50 minute bus ride later we arrived at the school, making the last big bend before the bus stop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob lived in this 4-man loft room his Junior year, with Ray, Tod, and Jon. Bob was sure he’d be able to find evidence of creative beam decoration done 39 years ago.<\/p>\n And then there’s that view at the end of the hall, what used to be the smoking lounge.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fall 1974 – Bob’s roommates Ray and Tod on the roof of Hadsall, catching some rays. On the right The View from the roof of Hadsall that day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 Giardino (Garden) is a pre-fab building that was used as a dorm back in the day. Bob lived here his Sophomore year with Ray. It sits behind Hadsall, and has nice views out past the apple tree on the side.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob lived in the loft room with the upper window with Henry and Tod his senior year. It was definitely cool.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lanterna is one of the many beautiful additions to the “newer” part of campus – development of some fields and a pre-fab dorm into an educational plaza. Thanks to the airlines losing Bob’s bag, we sometimes hung our laundry over “The View”, bringing a little bit of Appalachia to Ticino. Our room was on the next to top floor, second from the right.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 My, my – what views from our dorm room window in Lanterna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The TASIS crest<\/a> is rendered above the main entrance to the Salon in Villa DaNobili. Representing: Culture (tower) – Wisdom (lamp) – Truth (sun) – Knowledge (book)<\/p>\n On the right, a view down to Certenago through a passageway in Lanterna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 Wheelbarrows are lined up for some work being done on the new section of campus. Check out the granite work done around the new buildings – certainly built to last.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Camille was taken by the seemingly disembodied heads floating behind a hedge at Lanterna.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 A 17th Century villa that became home for the school very early on. This building is sort of the Student Union – housing the dining room, the salon, as well as administrative office and dorm rooms. On the left, Is the villa today, on the right, how it looked in November 1973<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These weapons have hung in DeNobili a long time. At one time, the building was a national museum. Camille thought the building had the air of Hogwart’s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mrs. Fleming, the school’s indomitable founder, lived in this beautiful house at the center of campus. Each year she held a dinner for each class of students that was a chance to dress well, eat well, and have a view from her tower.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This marble bench was placed on campus in remembrance of\u00a0Mrs. Fleming, a strong and beautiful reminder of a lady who shared the same qualities.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A reunion group photo of all of us after our dinner at Mrs. Fleming’s house.<\/p>\n A bunch of old hippies and preppies.<\/p>\n An unforgettable 40th reunion for the The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) class of 1974 – June 12 – 15, 2014 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BLAST FROM THE PAST <\/p>\n \n Bob attended TASIS for his last three years of High School. Although he was in the class of 1976, he knew the class of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sub-story","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7103"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11098,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7103\/revisions\/11098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/troutsfarmtoo.com\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTOP FLOOR HADSALL – BOB’S OLD DORM ROOM<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nHADSALL VIEWS – BACK THEN<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nGIARDINO<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nBALMELLI<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nOUR DORM ROOM – LANTERNA<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nVIEWS FROM OUR ROOM<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nTASIS CREST AND A PEEK AT THE ROOFTOPS<\/h3>\n
<\/a> \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nAROUND THE GROUNDS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nTALKING HEADS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nVILLA DE NOBILI – NOW & THEN<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nDINING HALL WEAPONS<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nCASA FLEMING<\/h3>\n
<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nMRS. FLEMING’S BENCH<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPARTING SHOT<\/h3>\n
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[Troutsfarm]<\/a>\u00a0* [June, 2014]<\/a>\u00a0* [Camille’s Birthday Party]<\/a>\u00a0* [TASIS Reunion]<\/a> * [Lugano]<\/a> * [Gastronomy]<\/a>\u00a0* [Hike Up to the Collina d’Oro]<\/a> * [Valle Verzasca]<\/a> * [Monte Bre and Morcote]<\/a> * [Florence]<\/a> * [Art Museums in Florence]<\/a> * [Rome]<\/a> * [The Vatican]<\/a> * [Sicily]<\/a> * [Touring\u00a0Taormina<\/a>] * [A Drive to Mt. Etna]<\/a><\/h4>\n
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