The day before finding out our program in Rome was cancelled, I spent the morning in Villa Doria Pamphili. A park on the west side of the city, only a 10-minute tram ride from my apartment, Villa Pamphili became my ‘happy place’ after my very first visit. On that Friday morning, walking to my usual…
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The Beginnings of Learning Italian
A few weeks before leaving the United States, I had several plans to obtain a basic grasp of the Italian language in preparation for my time in Rome. However, after learning the meaning and pronunciation of Buongiorno on Mango and never again opening the app, I showed up to Italy with a severely limited knowledge…
Preparing for a Semester in Rome
From the start of the semester, I have held tight to the idea that I would be spending this upcoming semester in Rome. Spending the entirety of my life living in suburban Central Florida, with short-term visits to cities of cultures vastly different from my own, I envisioned what life would look like living in…