I experienced my first earthquake in Italy! At first I thought it was just my imagination, but when one of my roommates ran into my room in a panic, I knew it was real. It only lasted a couple of seconds but it was really scary! The frames moved and the windows shook. My mom…
Category: Italy: ISA Rome
Fall Break
Fall break was amazing! My mom came down to visit and we travelled throughout France and Italy. Florence was absolutely stunning- the duomo was my second favorite monument/building in Italy (the first being the Trevi fountain). It had so much detail and colors and stood so tall you feel like an ant when you stand…
Half way there
Ciao, A couple of friends and I just got back from a very relaxing trip in Santorini for the week. We spent time cliff diving, ATV riding, watching the sunset in Oia, eating gyros and taking a very strange transportation system. Their local buses consisted of 2 men and they would come in a coach…
Exam Time
It’s exam time! Sadly, it’s the time of year when midterms roll around and everyone starts cramming to learn everything they should have been learning in increments, into 2 days. As I’m studying for my exams I realize how much I miss studying in the Rollins library and how appreciative I am of my professors…
Letter to Myself
I’ve reached the halfway mark! The time has gone by so quickly. I don’t want to think about going home yet, I am loving it so much here. In the letter I wrote two weeks before leaving from Rome, I talked about worries with the language, getting my way around, and roommates. Luckily, none of…
The Coming weeks
Ciao! It is hard to focus on school work when everyone back in the Rollins Community is having to shelter up and get ready for Hurricane Matthew. I hope nothing too bad happens and that it just quickly goes through with limited damage! Here in Rome, few people are traveling this weekend because midterms are…
French Riviera and The Amalfi Coast
Ciao from Rome! These past 2-3 weeks in my program have been unbelievable! A few friends of mine went to the French Riviera where we hiked to the top of a hill in Nice, to a picturesque Nice below us where you can see people on the promenade, then our trip took us to two…