Wow! My apologies for not posting recently, we haven’t taken a break since we arrived! From classes to the Orientation Trip it’s been a crazy week and a half! I’ll post more this week to get you caught up on all the happenings of Rome! Let’s rewind a little first. The first week/weekend we were …
Day 1 of Orientation Weekend: Cortona & Arezzo, Toscana This weekend, myself and my peers (all 180+ of us) hopped on four busses headed to Tuscany. Never in my entire life did I expect so much beauty condensed into three days of absolute perfection. We started off the weekend in Cortona a small village located …
In short, I have solved my photo uploading and technology problems! To make up for the absence of photos in my previous posts I would like to include them now.
Nha Trang city is the coastal capital of the Khanh Hoa province. It is located on the coast of South Central Vietnam. At first I was skeptical to take the trip to Nha Trang with five of my fellow classmates. Nha Trang, although very beautiful, is a hot tourist destination and even the former host …
This weekend was our last free weekend in Vietnam for awhile so we decided to take a trip up to the beach town of Nha Trang for the weekend. Traveling in Vietnam has been relatively easy (aside from the language barrier). It was not difficult to purchase train tickets, we booked the hotel online and …
Everyone, please take a moment to agree or disagree, but weren’t field trip days the best days of school? Field trips are meant to supplement a learned topic for a class, like visiting a museum or attending a performance etc., but really they are an excuse to get out of class and have some fun, …
The past two weeks have been more then I ever could have imagined. The more I have explored Rome, the more I and my friends figure out how much it really does have to offer. How often can you go to a city and turn every corner and have an old building sprung on top …
There have been a few times, thus far, that I have truly missed the ease and reliability of Chicago’s public transportation system. One such time was the other night, when it seemed I had been thrown into an obscure version of the Amazing Race, Italian style, as a group of us rushed to the Mass …
Buonasera, friends! I promised you a couple of blogs this week and here’s another one! This past weekend we went to Tuscany, the land of great food, expansive views, rich culture, and…did I mention great food? We started off the trip in Cortona, a tiny village known for its sweeping views. As soon as we stepped …
Classes at the JFRC are a species of their own. Although professors and classes are great in both Chicago and JFRC, I feel that a major difference between the two is that the professors here are able to immerse themselves in their field in their everyday life. For example, my THEO 100 professor, Father Ted …