So for the past month, I have spent A LOT of time on the road and living out of a suitcase for fall travel, recruitment to various high schools and college fairs around Indiana & Illinois. This has led to quite a bit of reminiscing over my study abroad experience while I was a junior at Loyola University [...]
As a celebration of our last week in Rome, the John Felice Rome Center staff threw us a huge party at a beautiful restaurant. It was right in the middle of downtown Rome. It was a formal affair, so everyone was dressed to impress. The restaurant was really cool. There was an upstairs and a [...]
Celebrating Easter in the world capital of Catholicism was definitely something I can check off my bucket list. Loyola had a bunch of tickets to go to St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday. It was mass… with the pope!! Luckily, Father Al (one of the priests here at John Felice Rome Center) was generous enough [...]
While looking at my calendar, I saw that I had marked on this day, March 28th, “One month to go ”. I can’t believe I only have one month left here in Rome! Time has flown by and I have enjoyed every single minute of my time exploring Europe. I will be very sad to [...]
I’ve been obsessively checking my mailbox for the past few weeks, since I knew a little package was coming for me from home. Before I left for Italy, I ordered a few necessities online, and of course with my luck, they got to the States the day after I leave! So my lovely mother sent [...]