Dear Family and Friends! My journey just started a mere 24 hours ago, but I already have so much to tell you all! My flight from the States went well, and I even made some new friends along the way, including graduates who are meeting up with their parents to go hiking for a few …
Being in Rome for four days now, I have completely exhausted the word “beautiful.” I’ve used it so much that I need to find another adjective that can describe what I see and feel. All I have now are my experiences through my senses in order to explain how wonderful Rome has been for me …
Hello! I’m Kelsey! I’m here to tell you all about my adventures in Italy this semester. I am a junior at Loyola University Chicago (or the John Felice Rome Center at the moment). I am working toward a major in Communications (Advertising and Public Relations, as well as minors in Environmental Leadership and Action and …
Hoy was my first day of escuela! Well, that is the first day of my month long intensive Spanish course. I had to wake up at 7am, the earliest time yet for the trip and is really early according to Chilean time and mi Padre walked me to the Metro stop that is about 15 …
January 17, 2012 Do You Believe in Magic? Ciao! It’s my sixth day here at the John Felice Rome Center and I’m still as captivated as I was on day one. School trips to the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Tivoli, and Villa D’Este have been some of the most incredible experiences of my life. Roaming …
Trip to Tivoli It has been a full, crazy week since first arriving at the John Felice Rome Center. This first week of orientation has been one amazing event after another. The JFRC has also been a very good guide in the adjustment of a completely different culture. We have had many informational meetings and workshops as …
Upon arrival the first day at the John Felice Rome Center last week I felt a bit unsure of my surroundings, I have to be honest. What many people forget to mention is that it is slightly hard the first night and next day realizing you are in a foreign country for the long haul. …
The first week of Rome…
The decision to study abroad was, for me, an easy one. When I was in high school, my sister spent a semester in Santiago, Chile – her exceptionally positive experience there put study abroad options high on my list of important aspects of the universities I applied to. As a perspective student, the fact that …
Happy Lunar New Year from Vietnam!!