Teary-eyed Goodbyes/ Addii con le lacrime agli occhi (italiano sotto) Although I will always want to be back in Bologna, where time moves as slow as your pace of step during a passeggiata, but also so quickly that 5.5 months came and went with a blink of an eye- it was time for me to …
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Italy part X
Proprio Italia After journeying for 10 days through southern Italy, I have officially traveled to all of the cities in Italy that I wanted to see! While I was traveling, I started thinking about the purpose of why I travel. After living in Bologna for 5 months, I know that seeing a city for 1-5 days is not enough …
Italy part IX
Andiamo a Parigi! Paris had such a unique ambiance: it is laced with elegant architecture, and full of polished people. Everything is romantic, and inevitably I fell in love with the city. I have to preface this post by saying that my amazing company made it easy for me to love Paris: Adriana and Kyra …
Italy part VIII
Ibiza Perfect, Ibiza Pretty My first trip out of the country was during Easter break to Spain. It was well needed after I studied so hard for the Art exam… It all started when Christine and I flew to Barcelona. We still think back to Barcelona and laugh, because we don’t believe that the whole …
Italy part VII
In Italy to…Study? Right before leaving for my Easter break, I had to take a final for my “Arte e Società tra Medioevo a Rinascimento” class. In an intense 3 months of lessons with our strangely art-passionate professor, we covered every page and every picture in our textbook of the art and architecture in Italy …
Italy part VI
Living as Light I just wanted to update y’all with how I’m doing and share one thing I’m learning. Since the University of Bologna has 100,000 students, I’m absolutely burdened when I go to class and know that because <1% of Bologna is evangelical Christian, the chance that any of my peers here have heard …
Italy part V
Lit up like a Street Lamp at Midnight Contrary to my expectations of mid-march, every day in Bologna, I’m still amazed. By what? Here are some minor details of the city that I love: The crooked, open, wood window shutters that line the alleys of Bologna in between baskets of flowers outside the window. Everyday …
Italy part IV
Venezia – La Serenissima, The Most Serene It’s been 3 days since I saw Venice. Oh, it was magical. This excerpt describes it, and refuses to describe it, better than I ever will: “By day it is filled with boat traffic – waterbuses, delivery boats, gondolas – if something floatsand it’s in Venice, it moves …
Italy part III
The Rainbow Trail in Florence This past weekend I had the most fantastic day and Firenze is now my favorite city in the world! Some American friends and I originally wanted to go because the annual Chocolate Festival is happening throughout February. So, Friday we made the decision to go and on Saturday morning I …
Italy part II
Downsizing My Comfort, Maximizing My Worldview I’ve been here for 3.5 weeks. Although I still feel like I have so much to figure out, I have gained a little stability- and in this context, stability is a gift. There is absolutely no organization. This is demonstrated in my class schedule: I start a different class …