“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…
Tag: Venice
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…
Round Two… (36 Days to Departure)
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” -Mark Twain It’s February and those close to me know…
