Tag Result For: italy
- Jessica
- West Virginia University
- 2013 Fall
San Gimignano: Authentic Italy 11/18/13
On a normal weekend here I was able to escape reality and enter Italy. This was the Italy that you see in movies, as cliche as that sounds. It was the Italy where no modern concepts on life have interfered, it was simple and it was beautiful. I found this Italian oasis in San Gimignano, […]
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- Kim
- Mount Mercy University
- 2013 Fall
The Tour of Italy 11/12/13
This past week has been a blur of tours, sights, food, culture, and so much more! We had our first travel break this past week which meant we had a week off of school to travel around Europe. Many CIMBA students traveled to places like Paris, Dublin, London, along with many others. However, for our […]
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- Kim
- Mount Mercy University
- 2013 Fall
Doesn't Get Much Better than This 09/30/13
Well this week has been a whirlwind of activities and traveling. The week began by having classes on Monday and Tuesday. Then on Tuesday afternoon my group began LIFE, the leadership seminar that is part of the CIMBA program. This experience is something that is about impossible to explain because of everything we did over […]
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- Jessica
- West Virginia University
- 2013 Fall
An Italian secret 09/25/13
“I am spending my semester in Italy.” Words I have said one too many times. Time after time, I would explain to people my choice, then a conversation of people’s expectations and perceptions would soon follow. The most common statement goes along the lines of how every meal I consume would consist of pizza hand […]
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- Kim
- Mount Mercy University
- 2013 Fall
Intros, Orientations, & Explorations 09/24/13
Well I’ve arrived and have had the opportunity to do so much throughout our first week in Italy! To go back to the beginning- I left the Cedar Rapids, Iowa airport on Sunday afternoon, flew to Detroit, then to Amsterdam, and finally landed in Venice. After waiting in the airport for the second bus to […]
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- Jessica
- West Virginia University
- 2013 Fall
Years coming 09/09/13
Throughout my life I have been fortunate. I have been able to dig my toes into the sand on the playa in Mexico, and see the manmade stars New York can make in their concrete jungle while on the roof of a skyscraper. I gained these memories by traveling most of the US and several […]
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- Kelsey Y.
- Iowa State University
- 2013 Summer
6 weeks and a lot of memories 07/08/13
People said 4 weeks would fly by before I knew it and they weren’t kidding! It felt like I had just unpacked and started classes when I started packing my bags again and started studying for finals. The things I was able to see and do during those four weeks are things I will never have the […]
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- Evan
- University of Iowa
- 2013 Summer
We’re on our way.. 05/20/13
From this morning when we didn’t have internet: We’re finally traveling! Currently Kylie, Jenna, and I are on our way to Pennsylvania (Jenna’s house) for the next day until we fly out for Italy! We’re driving straight through the night to cover the 900 miles from Iowa City to Pennsylvania. With Jenna and her mom […]
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- Kelsey Y.
- Iowa State University
- 2013 Summer
Packing helpers 05/17/13
Since I leave in just a few days, I started going through my suitcase full of stuff I brought back from college with me. As I walked into my living room, I found one of my cats, Tiger, happily laying on my dresses that I had put over the back of the chair so I […]
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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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