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…
Category: Italy: ISA Rome
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…
One month later…
I can’t believe it has already been over a month. Somehow, it has felt like one week but also a year. I love it here so much I never want to leave. It is going by so fast! Every weekend comes so quickly. Maybe it is because I only have class three days a week,…
Capri, Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius
This past weekend I went on an ISA trip to Capri, Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius. I had been waiting for this trip for as long as I can remember! We left early on Friday morning and made it to Mt. Vesuvius. The climb to the top was surprisingly difficult. My calves were on fire by…