Chapter 6 Trip date: April 3 - 5, 2003 Age: 20 I grew up watching The Sound of Music but not quite understanding the story. I don't think I'm alone in this. I mean, what young girl didn't whirl around in her backyard and pretend she was Maria in the opening credits? Or jump from [...]
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Pompeii, Sorrento & Capri: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 5 Trip date: March 28 - 29, 2003 Age: 20 My exciting and fast paced weekend in Southern Italy began bright and early Friday morning when I boarded the bus to Pompeii. To those of you who are scratching your heads and trying to remember where you've heard of this little town with a [...]
Barcelona: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 4 Trip date: March 20 - March 23 Age: 20 I just couldn't get enough of Spain! After spending spring break in Costa del Sol last week I convinced Kristin, who wasn't on the trip, that España was the place to be so we quickly scrounged together a last minute Catalonian adventure for this [...]
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"Exploring Q'enqo" Emily, Katie and I were the first of our group to arrive in Peru. While waiting for our fellow trekkers we opted to take a day hike near Cusco to warm up our hiking muscles and acclimatize our sea level lungs. The three of us along with Danelle, our new friend, loaded into [...]
Costa del Sol: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 3! Trip date: March 8 - March 15 (Exactly 9 years ago today!) Age: 20 Hola! Last week was spring break for the students at the Romecenter in Monte Mario, though I feel like this semester has been one long spring break. Regardless, a week without classes was welcome, as was a week at [...]
Carnevale in Venice: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Here's chapter 2, another one from the bound book of study abroad emails! Trip date: February 28 - March 2 Age: 20 My goodness, Venice! I've had such a crazy time, I don't know where to start. Carnevale (or Carnival as it's known in most of the world) is international but the place to experience [...]
Paris through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
As promised! This one comes from the bound book of emails that my mom collected, originally written 2/18/03. Trip Date: February 13 - 16, 2003 Age: 20 Bonjour! I have just returned from a wonderful French weekend! Four of us single girls decided at the beginning of the semester that we would escape to Paris [...]
Travel Journals
When I was in junior high I tried to keep a diary because, in the 90's, that's what junior high girls did - or said they did. I came across those diaries a few years ago when my mom kindly threatened to throw out everything in my childhood room if I didn't clean out the [...]
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