Our flight from Brussels was in the afternoon so we didn’t arrive to Rome until that evening and after an hour train ride to the city center we were already pushing 8:00. Our hotel was about a 45 minute walk from the Termini train station, so we were able to experience the eternal city at…
Category: Italia
Day Eleven: Our Last Day
“Good company in the journey makes the way seem shorter” -Izaak Walton I almost woke up on day eleven with tears in my eyes because I knew this would be our last day in country and the past week and a half seemed to go by way too fast. It never ceases to amaze me…
Day Ten: The Feds and Futbol
“To travel is to live” -Hans Christian Andersen Day ten started out like the previous day…except without the cuddling prior to breakfast. I went downstairs, had breakfast with Lauren and then we met up with Dr. Morris to arrange our first business appointment of the day: the US Consulate. Since our group had split between…
Day Nine: Verona (Boobs!), Pasta and Milan!
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves” -Pico Iyer Not a good start to the day. At seven this morning, we had to make sure our bags were in the lobby in our hotel so the porters had enough time to get our bags to the boat prior to…
Day Eight: Hopeless Wondering and GEOX
“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living” -Mary Ritter Beard This, as you all know, is my second study abroad trip with Dr. Morris so when I see these words on the itinerary for day eight: “Market Research…
Day Seven: Venice, Murano and Burano
“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment” -Hilaire Belloc On day seven, I was able to finally sleep in for the first time during the entire trip and trust me, I desperately needed it. Lauren and I awoke around eight and headed down to breakfast (this became our Italian tradition since we got…
Day Six: Hello, Venice!
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” – Saint Augustine As the sun rose over the Florence skyline, I was just finished packing and ready to head downstairs for an early breakfast. Today was the first of two city transfer for the trip and I was required…
Day Five: Vino, Castles and Skylines…Oh My!
“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience” -Francis Bacon I don’t know if everybody reading this is aware that Italy kinda has a big wine industry which most of us were really excited about. In the morning after breakfast our guide, Antonella Mori, met us…
Day Four: Ferraris and Bologna
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain Day four started like any other day here on the Fantastic and Fun-Filled Florence Frenzy. Breakfast was served a bit too early (7, I’d prefer around 11:30)…
Day Three: Pens, Architecture and David
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” -Maya Angelou I could never fully articulate the irrational and uncontrollable hatred I have for mornings. They really sneak up…
to love and wander 