Logan Carnes

Now that CIMBA has come to an end, I am left with reflections on my overall experience. Undoubtedly there were ups and downs. But overall, I would do the whole experience again in a heartbeat. I learned so much. So much about travel, so much about life, so much about what a successful career looks like, and so much about the world. I want everyone to know what to expect before they get into this program however, it was not always easy, except nothing good usually is.

As the CIMBA program is coming to a close, I am left with so many memories and experiences that have drastically changed and defined who I am and who I will be. I am writing this during finals week, semi excited to leave. School has taken up a lot of time and I have learned a lot so far, but the greatest teacher, in my opinion, were the weekend trips we would go on.

Now that things are finishing up, I am left with some final thoughts about CIMBA. With everything comes its positives and negatives. However, what good does it do to focus on the negatives? So instead, I will focus on the positives.

We just got back from the second formal dinner here at CIMBA and all I can think about is how awesome it is to have smaller class sizes where we can all build relationships with the professors. They attended the dinner with us, and it truly was incredible to share meals and conversations with them. They are all extremely helpful with travel recommendations and safety tips. Not to mention they really want the best for all of us. It makes me more motivated to try harder in class as well.

Suffice to say, this weekend has been the craziest weekend yet abroad. Personally, it feels as though each weekend seems to top the last in terms of adventure. The weeks are a great time to slow down and relax and focus on schoolwork, and then the second Friday rolls around, it is go-time.

Now that it has been a couple more weeks since my last blog, I want to write about all of the memories I have made so far. After being here for a while it really has set in that I am in a different country, and with that, has come a huge amount of learning experiences that have taught me a lot about life. It may sound cliche, but I really have learned a lot through my travels so far.

So far, the CIMBA experience has been absolutely electric. I wanted to write specifically about the program so far and then highlight how easy it is to travel on the weekends to all the cool sights and scenes that Paderno Del Grappa has to offer.