- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
Catalonia Dreaming 02/20/15
It’s crazy to think I have officially been in Italy for one month! Time is flying by, yet moving slowly. I’ve done so many new things over the past four weeks that it feels as though I have been here for much longer. A girls weekend in Barcelona was just what I needed—complete with relaxation, […]
- Megan
- Western Michigan University
- 2015 Spring
More Wine than Water, More Churches than Houses, More Donkeys than People 02/19/15
It was the end of week 4 and on Friday afternoon there was an intense vibe in the air around campus as, all the Cimbians were working on their preparation for the first travel weekend, myself included. There was packing to do, tabacchi sandwiches to be picked up and classes to attend. Yeah…about that last […]
- Kelsey V.
- Purdue University
- 2015 Spring
España! 02/18/15
This past weekend was our first “travel weekend”, meaning CIMBA gave us Monday and Tuesday off from school to have an extended weekend to travel. We left campus Friday around 5 p.m. and went to the Venice airport. We flew to Barcelona. Our plane was slightly delayed so we arrived in Barcelona late that night. […]
- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
Mindful, or Mind Full? 02/12/15
Have you ever stopped to think about what it is that makes traveling so enticing? When you visit a new place, you are more attentive to everything: the differences, the similarities, the positives, the negatives. Over the past few weeks, I have begun to recognize that there is so much more that I could gain from traveling aside […]
- Kelsey V.
- Purdue University
- 2015 Spring
(Positive) Culture Shock 02/10/15
While preparing to travel abroad, people always warned me about culture shock. They warned that I would feel out of place, uncomfortable and surprised by the way some things are done here. What they didn’t warn me about was positive culture shock. The phrase “culture shock” has adopted a negative connotation. However, after being here […]
- Megan
- Western Michigan University
- 2015 Spring
Things to do, Places to See. 02/09/15
Three weeks have gone by in the blink of an eye since my arrival here in Paderno and I am finding it difficult to wrap my head around this concept. In a way it feels as though I have been living here for much longer due to how comfortable and at home I feel, but, […]
- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
Choosing CIMBA 02/04/15
I have always known studying abroad was something I was eager to do in college. I researched and expressed interest in a variety of countries but had yet to come across a program that felt quite right. Finally, I narrowed my scope to Italy but nearly every school offered programs residing in Rome, Venice, or […]
- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
A Weekend in Firenze 02/04/15
I spent the past weekend in Florence—a city infused with history, art, and Italian culture. After a long day of classes, we boarded the bus at 5:30pm on Friday and had a three-hour drive to Prato. Upon arrival, nearly 60 CIMBA students scurried off the bus to take a train to the hostel in Florence. We wandered […]
- Melissa
- Virginia Tech University
- 2014 Fall
A Day in the Life: Paderno del Grappa 02/03/15
The CIMBA campus is based in a small town called Paderno del Grappa in the Treviso region of Italy at a small Italian private school, Istituti Filippin. Located, as the name would suggest, at the base of Mt. Grappa, part of the Dolomites (foothills to the Alps), the students of CIMBA can enjoy a mountainous skyline from their […]
- Katie
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2015 Spring
La Mia Nuova Casa 02/03/15
Greetings from Italy! The past week has been everything from hectic to exciting to breathtaking. After a tearful farewell to my parents and sympathetic smiles from strangers, I boarded the plane from Minneapolis. The timing could not have been better as I ran into other students in the program and we navigated our way to the […]
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