Tag Result For: italy
- Elizabeth
- Furman University
- 2012 Fall
Rain Rain Go Away 10/04/12
Salve! This weekend I adventured off to Verona and I wouldn’t say that I had the best of luck when it came to this trip. Saturday morning, we woke up in this charming little bed & breakfast that we were staying at, called B&B Villa dei Pini, and were greeted by a plate of homemade […]
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- Elizabeth
- Furman University
- 2012 Fall
I Took the One Less Traveled by, and That has Made All the Difference. 09/28/12
Salve! The title of this post is a quote from Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken and this idea definitely applied to my weekend. My friends and I hopped on a train and traveled to Florence, Italy. People always say that you need to thoroughly plan your vacations or you will just be wandering […]
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- Elizabeth
- Furman University
- 2012 Fall
So Many Places, So Little Time 09/19/12
Ciao Everyone! The end of orientation is upon us and everyone here is so pumped for the first travel weekend! Most conversations surround the topic of traveling and all the different places that people are going this weekend. Friday (after I finish the partially terrifying but intriguing LIFE Program), I leave for Florence, Italy. As […]
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- Morganne
- University of Oregon
- 2012 Fall
Arrivederci Seattle, Ciao Paderno! 09/14/12
Ciao! It’s my seventh full day here in Paderno del Grappa and I am already loving it. After a full 24 hours worth of travel from Seattle to Venice on Sunday-Monday, I couldn’t have been happier to finally arrive on campus. Little did I know how quickly things were going to start—the second we got […]
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- Elizabeth
- Furman University
- 2012 Fall
Ciao, Graci… That's all I got… 09/12/12
Bongiorno from Italy! My name is Elizabeth. Its only my second full day in Paderno del Grappa, so I’m just going to take this time to introduce myself. I am a junior Business Administration and Sociology major from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. I grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. My family […]
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- Melanie
- University of Iowa
- 2012 Spring
It's Finals Time in Paderno! 04/11/12
It is crazy to think that there are only 3 days and 5 finals between me and the start of my summer! Usually I am eagerly counting down to the start of summer for weeks, but this year it is definitely bittersweet. On one hand, I am so excited to see all of my friends […]
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- Melanie
- University of Iowa
- 2012 Spring
The Trip is Booked, Now What? 03/08/12
It’s Thursday and you just booked your trip to Ljubljana, Slovenia and you couldn’t be more excited! Everything is perfect until you realize one little thing, you know nothing about Ljubljana. What is there to see? What food should you (or shouldn’t you) eat? This scenario has played out over and over again during my time here […]
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- Melanie
- University of Iowa
- 2012 Spring
Coffee Time 02/16/12
So it’s time for a confession, I am a total coffee addict! I have worked at a coffee shop in Minnesota for 4 and a half years, but I have been drinking coffee for a lot longer than that. Coming to Italy, I knew that I was in for a whole new kind of coffee […]
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- Melanie
- University of Iowa
- 2012 Spring
Buon Appetito! 02/06/12
One thing that I have learned since being here is that CIMBA is not your average study abroad program! They provide so many amazing opportunities outside of just normal classes for things like leadership development, cultural experiences, and things that are just plain fun. This week we had an event that encompassed all three of […]
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- Melanie
- University of Iowa
- 2012 Spring
Life in Paderno 01/25/12
So it has been just over a week since I arrived in Italy and think that I am almost adjusted to the day to-day life here! There is so much that I could talk about so I will just give you a brief overview. Food: First off let me start by saying that if you […]
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