I only have two more weeks left here and I am starting to get so sad! I am definitely ready to come home, but there are so many things I will miss about this city and the program. I thought for my last blog post in the city that I would write a list of…
Category: Italy: Trinity Rome
Final Stretch
My days in Rome are coming to a close and I just want to stop time and savor it for as long as I can. My finals are almost here and I am avoiding my final papers as if in not writing them I’ll slow down the time I have. I feel at home here,…
Ravenna: my fall break adventure
Ciao a tutti! Something so exciting and amazing happened to me this past weekend! Through a travel scholarship funded by the art history department at Rollins, I was able to travel to Ravenna and see some of the art of my dreams. Ravenna is home to 8 UNESCO world heritage sites and is particularly famous…
Fall Break Trip to Amsterdam!
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Amsterdam thanks to the Art History Department Travel Research Grant I received last semester. I received this grant so I could begin my research for my senior honors thesis in the Art History major, which I plan to do on Vincent Van Gogh. My plan…
On Experiencing
There is a certain idea of what studying abroad is and can be. We expect it to be this constant action and experience. We forget that we are the same people at home as we are in a different country. We tire the same, we get overwhelmed the same, we need breaks the same. Having…
Making Connections
Part of the difficulty of putting your life at home on pause to study abroad is leaving the connections you have at home that define your everyday life. I love it here but of course I miss my family and friends. I even miss the baristas at my favorite coffee shops! My solution to this…
How Rome is treating me so far:
Ciao from Rome! I have been studying in Rome now for about a month and a half and it has been an interesting and awesome experience! I am enjoying getting to know the culture and the language, as well as embracing my identity as a foreigner and learning about who I am in a new…
At Home in Rome
Ciao a tutti! It’s been a little over a month since I arrived in Rome and I have been so busy! Italians are always considered to live a much more relaxed lifestyle but Romans are always on the go! It is nothing like my life in Orlando. Waking up is exciting and between class, my…
Reflections: growth and identities
When I completed the identities activity, I listed things that I strongly identify with—being a daughter, a student, a sister, and a friend. But I think that my identity as a woman is something that impacts the way I see the world the most. I think that these impacts are both advantages and disadvantages. I…
T-minus 1 Day Until Rome!
The past two weeks of my life have been a whirlwind of work, packing, appointments, and soaking in as much of my hometown as I can before I leave for the semester. During this crazy time, I have stopped to think about what going abroad really means, and how I think it will change parts…