So many people have asked about our Italy 2023 (Sep 18 – Oct 13) Itinerary! When we found out I was pregnant, we started joking about how that is the most leave I’d get to be able to go back to my favorite place, Italy, and show Blake around. Then the joking turned into looking …
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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 …