- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Extra, Extra read all about it 04/02/13
Ciao, For me one of the biggest reasons for picking this study abroad program over the hundreds of others, besides its location, was the fact that it had several extra programs that were structured to facilitate extra experiences that would not be available in other programs. These programs are LIFE, LEAP, and CAP. LIFE (Leadership Initiatives For […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Chilling out, maxing, and relaxing all cool 04/02/13
Ciao, After one of the hardest weeks we have had at Cimba yet, ie. 2 tests, 2 presentations, and 1 paper about 15 of us decided that we were just going to relax and kick it on campus. This turned out to be one of the best weekends that we have had thus far. With […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Best teachers out there 04/02/13
Ciao, After being in the classroom of a small study abroad program, is it easy to see how different it is from the class atmosphere of our home universities. At CIMBA my largest class is 40 students and my smallest class is 18. My smallest class at my home university was 35 and my largest […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Pisa and the Leaning Tower 03/05/13
Ciao, This past weekend many of us took a trip to Florence, Italy as well as Pisa. These are both a must do while over in Italy; the architecture is amazing in both cities and there is so much history, you could lose yourself for days. Pisa is a small city on the west coast […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Trouble in Paradise 02/26/13
Ciao. After the first travel week I found the golden rule of traveling: never leave without knowing were you are sleeping. This came to bite my group in the butt many times during our travel break. First off was the first night in Venice: we could not find our hostel and did not have internet […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Top of the World 02/05/13
Ciao, This past Sunday two friends and I decided to take on the 1700-meter mount Grappa, which towers in the background of the scenic campus. First I’ll give some background because the mountain is no ordinary pile of rocks. This mountain was the backdrop of many battles in both WWI and WWII. The most memorable […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
All in a days work 01/28/13
Ciao, Back again here to tell everyone about the great experience I had in the little town of Crespano, just a brisk walk from the Paderno campus. Crespano is just fifteen minutes west of campus on a well-established road, so there are sidewalks that we Americans are used to and not the single file walking […]
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- Christopher
- University of Kansas
- 2013 Spring
Ciao, introduction for a new point of view 01/21/13
Ciao, Contrary to popular believe and some do’s and don’ts of Italy websites saying ciao to everyone is not frowned upon or disrespectful. So the first thing I have learned since being here is to be nice and respectful to every non-American you meet and say ciao. My name is Christopher Patton I am a […]
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