February 14, 2012 And I Will Always Love You Buon San Valentino! (Happy Valentine’s Day) I have been away from the blogging sphere for 2 weeks now. Somewhere between the picturesque streets of Amsterdam and the snowy weekend in Rome I lost the will to do much typing, but I’m back and ready to share …
With winter weather warnings in Rome, it ended up being the perfect weekend to head to the Alps. Six of us from JFRC, took a “Bus2Alps” trip from Rome to Interlaken for an adventurous weekend. We left Thursday night from Roma Termini and were on a bus for a total of 12 hours all the …
My recommendation for everyone: take a completely spontaneous trip at least once in your life. That’s what I did last weekend. If you’ve never heard of Thessaloniki, Greece, don’t worry. I hadn’t either until Ryan Air offered me an unbelievable price on a flight there. So, after looking around on the internet for a little …
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By leaving Chicago for the semester, I thought that I would be escaping the snowy weather, but I was wrong. In the last two weekends, Rome has received its first major snowfall in 26 years! It was interesting to watch the reaction of the locals. They were all very excited, and I was even asked …
Carnival: the root of our Mardi Gras. This is the celebration of the winter season and Sitges, a quaint fishing village 30 minutes outside of Barcelona by train, is purportedly The Host for Carnival. While Halloween is not much of a to-do in Europe, Carnival is the festival to don a costume (the more ridiculous …
Sorry guys, it’s been a while. I just came back from Florence and it was absolutely mesmerizing. My friend and I were supposed to go two weekends ago but because of the odd snowfall in Rome, we were not able to get proper transportation to get to the Termini stop and catch our train outta …
With midterms on the horizon for the coming week, most Loyola students back in Chicago would be having a pretty calm weekend catching up on their work while pounding cups of Dunkin’. Although this weekend the meaning of the phrase “work hard play harder” took on a whole new meaning for me. Prioritizing your time …
Fact: I have been in London for a month. Fact: It is getting warmer and I am beginning to feel more and more like a local. Fact: I am starting to call London my home! It seems like it has been ages since my last blog post because, well, it has! So much has happened …
February 28, 2012 Nossa, Nossa Ciao on this gorgeous Tuesday morning! I have so much to tell you about today! Nossa, nossa means wow in Portuguese and is a part of a song that brags the third spot on the Italian music hit list this week. I hear it everywhere and I am not complaining! …