Category: Italy: Trinity Rome

When I traveled to Italy I became part of the slower life movement where the importance of taking your time is most important. In America, people are accustomed to the opposite where we rush from home to work, getting to school on time, rushing to get our grocery shopping done, eating meals, etc. In Italy,…

Prior coming to Italy, I have never used the public transportation system in the United States besides in New York. Thus, I did not have high expectations on how reliable or safe Italy’s transportation would be. To get to certain classes I have to take the metro system which is essentially the subway. It is…

My semester in Italy this spring was amazing! I had such a great time and was able to meet so many different people and experience new things. One thing that I really saw and was able to experience was the difference in how Italians live their lives. It was clear that Italians are very much…

Since being in Rome I have discovered Italians to be much more lenient when it comes to time. This is apparent not only in their attitudes, but in their behavior as well. For example, during this semester I had the fortune of interning for Chef Andrea, assisting him in his cooking class. However, as one…

So far my time in Rome, Italy has been amazing! I have had such a great time learning the ins and outs of a new culture and a new language. It is especially fun for me because I am Hispanic, and I’m having a great time being able to compare and contrast the Italian and…

At the beginning of my journey I had a rough time. I was in a place which was not familiar and surrounded by strangers. Moreover, I was trying to adapt to a new culture that was completely new to me. So, as a result I had a few confrontations, most of which involved the locals….

In about a week, I am leaving to go to Rome for study abroad! I am so excited to go and spend several months in a new country and be immersed new culture, especially one that is surrounded by so much art and history. As an Art History and Classics major, this is an opportunity…

So often cultures have different communication styles, or at least thats what i’ve learned in a previous class at Rollins. For example, some cultures are direct communicators while some are indirect. America in particular has a direct communication style, which means we often prefer people to use verbal communication as we so rarely rely on…

During my time abroad one of the adjustments I had to make was dealing with how time was managed in Italy. When I was preparing to leave for Rome I learned about how one aspect of life in Italy is how it can be more relaxed and slow even if you have something urgent to…