When in Rome, you drink one too many espressos every day, eat dessert for breakfast, walk 20k steps a day, and start talking with your hands. Ciao! I am Grace Garland, a Marketing major from Chicago and am spending the fall semester of my senior year in Rome at the American University of Rome. I […]
Now that I am half way through college, I have grown accustomed to airports. The hassle of traveling from Chicago to Newport has always been well worth it for me because I love school. I would call Salve my home now as well, which makes traveling easier. However, there is nothing harder than saying goodbye […]
By, Alexander Colon Introduction When you first arrive in a major cosmopolitan city like Milan, the excitement of travel provides all the fuel you need to walk anywhere and everywhere in the city. However, after a couple of days, you will realize, just like I did eventually, that you are tired, your legs hurt, and […]
I am halfway through my time here in Florence—which is so crazy to think about—but that also implies that I have been able to develop a routine here. I know what streets to take to get to my academic classes vs. my dance classes vs. my fav café, and I rarely have to use google […]
An Underground City Prague has been a well-known city since the 5th century when it was first written about by a foreign trader in his journal. Throughout time, Prague has changed drastically as the world has evolved. However, throughout all of Prague’s history, the Vltava River has flowed through the center of the city. The […]
One of the hardest things about choosing to study abroad was leaving the team I know and love behind, to thrust myself into a new experience without any knowledge of how my team is doing while I’m not there, or if I will even be able to swim while I am abroad. Regardless of everything […]
It is impossible to describe how much growth comes with studying abroad. From choosing where to go, to getting on the plane, to realizing that you’re in a new country and there is no looking back, you learn things you never thought you would have the opportunity to know before and meet people from different […]
There is a musical essence to Irish culture that swept me up almost immediately when I arrived in Cork seven weeks ago. People in the street, at school, in shops, pubs, the park, and wherever I find myself, all seem to be connected by a never-ending positivity expressed through song. Whether the presence of songs […]
by Casey Bermingham Blog 1: School’s in Session It’s hard to express how much insight and knowledge I’ve gained from just one month of studying abroad. Between my classes and the learning experience that day-to-day life is when you’re abroad, I know so much more than I did when I started this journey. The first and […]
By: Hannah Rezendes Dance has been a constant my whole life. I literally learned to walk on my tippy toes and my parents had to teach me how to walk flat-footed. At age three I started ballet, and I haven’t stopped since. Coming to Florence was the first time in my life where I wasn’t […]