Chapter 10 Trip Dates: January - May, 2003 My exploration of Europe as a sophomore in college had a home base: Rome. My desire to study abroad and, specifically, to study in Rome was extremely last minute. I had been planning to go to Miami University's campus in Luxembourg during my Junior year, like most [...]
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Puglia: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 9 Trip dates: January 30 - February 2, 2003 Age: 20 It seems that I didn't write a long email or entry about my trip to Puglia, just a list of the locations we visited in this rather whirlwind weekend: Lecce, Otranto, Altamura, Barri, Matera and Alberobello. Though, despite not having a written narration [...]
Prague: Through the eyes of my 20-year-old self
Chapter 7 Trip Date: April 11 -13 Age: 20 This past weekend the Kristin's (yes, both of them) and I went to Prague! Our adventure began Friday morning, way before the sun even came up. We got a 6AM taxi to the airport (I thought I was going to die the entire time, I just [...]
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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 [...]
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"Katie in the Clouds" When I think of adventure, I think of Katie. Together we have summited mountains, trekked to wonders of the world, spoken in airport code, recovered lost luggage, deduced Holmes, smuggled apples and translated bus schedules. When in South America we spoke in tandem Spanish - I am better at understanding and [...]
Fuego y Agua
As promised, below are several more images from the Fire and Water Show that was held at our resort during my recent trip to Mexico. It was a pretty intense show. At the end of the show they introduced each performer including "Kara from Chicago, IL." Of course we had to seek out this Kara [...]
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