- Jillian
- University of Iowa
- 2013 Spring
My Trip to Brussapestelona 03/20/13
After three academically challenging midterms, it was time for the second 10-day travel break of my study abroad experience. I was especially excited for this break because I was going to places that I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, Brussels, Budapest, and Barcelona, or otherwise known as Brussapestelona. My first stop was Brussels, Belgium. […]
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- Ellen
- University of Minnesota
- 2013 Spring
How I Spent My Spring Break 03/20/13
This past week I experienced three travel breaks in one. I started my week with a night in Rome. After a short flight, we arrived in one of the world’s most historic, and in my opinion most beautiful cities. Rome began with a trip to the Scholar’s Club down the street, and we immersed ourselves […]
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- Connor
- Virginia Tech University
- 2013 Spring
Brussels Pick Pockets, Budapest Baths, and Milan Football 03/19/13
After another hard week of school, it was Friday afternoon and as always the CIMBA community was getting antsy. At 5:30 we would be hopping on the airport shuttle bus and be off, yet again, for another week long break of European gallivanting. This time we were headed to Brussels, Budapest, and Milan. BRUSSELS Known […]
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- Connor
- Virginia Tech University
- 2013 Spring
A Bromantic Weekend in Rome 03/13/13
This past Sunday, an Easy Jet aircraft carrying six bros from Paderno Del Grappa landed in Venice. We had spent yet another weekend traveling to one of the most amazing places any of us had ever seen: the ancient city of Rome. While we have had trouble on past trips efficiently using our time to […]
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- Ellen
- University of Minnesota
- 2013 Spring
Company Tours 03/08/13
Ciao! This week I toured Ideal Work, an Italian company specializing in concrete finishing. As a leader in “decorative concrete,” Ideal Work has designed for homes, restaurants, clubs, theme parks, and hotels around the world. I’ll admit it, when I discovered my assigned company I was not exactly thrilled to look at cement. However when […]
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- Jillian
- University of Iowa
- 2013 Spring
Fun, Fur, Food, Friends, Florence. 03/05/13
Although I am studying abroad in the wonderful country of Italy, I came to the realization that I have been focusing a lot of my travel time outside of Italy and haven’t planned as many trips in Italy that I would like. I love to travel to other countries but it is important to focus […]
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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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- Connor
- Virginia Tech University
- 2013 Spring
Interlaken: A Weekend In the Swiss Alps 02/27/13
The week in Paderno had been a long one. Three tests, a paper, and multiple group projects. By the time my third and final class rolled around on Friday, I could no longer focus on complex isoquant curves and production functions. No. At that point the only thing on my mind was the Swiss Alps […]
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- Jillian
- University of Iowa
- 2013 Spring
Different Country, Different Culture 02/27/13
I can’t even begin to wrap my head around the fact that I am almost half way done with my study abroad experience. There are so many things that I have experienced and seen, and there is still so much more to explore. This past weekend, I went to Interlaken, Switzerland and it was one […]
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- Ellen
- University of Minnesota
- 2013 Spring
A Weekend Away: Milano 02/26/13
Ciao! This weekend I traveled to Milan, one of the world’s fashion capitals. We arrived at the end of Milan’s Fashion Week 2013, and the city was draped in many large advertisements for numerous worldwide brands. Past the displays, I took a step back in history to experience the Piazza del Duomo, the city’s main […]
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