After spending my last week in Puntarenas studying and preparing for three finals, I was super pumped to go on the southern Costa Rica tour that was planned by USAC. Before I left though, I had to say goodbye to several of my friends who were not going on the tour. It’s crazy how good …
Ciao tutti! As expected my study abroad in Roma is going very well. The first week of classes has ended and that means it’s time for the welcome mass and dinner!! 🙂 We had a beautiful private mass at San Ignazio di Loyola, which is a stunning church near downtown Roma. Following the mass, we …
For the first weekend where USAC did not have a planned trip, five other girls and myself decided to venture off to one of the most popular places in Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio. It was super easy and cheap to get there from Puntarenas. It only cost about $3 and the bus ride was 3 …
Ciao tutti! Well, I must say this week has been…surreal? Yes, I would say that word is the best way to describe everything that is happening to me so far! I love being in Rome, it is SO much fun. There are so many things to do around here and to see, and I’ve really …
Today is the day! After a train from Paris Gare de Lyon and a taxi from the station here in Aix-en-Provence I have finally reached our residence here in Aix! The commute was wonderfully simple, and luckily IÂ just missed the chaos from the Tour de France which passed right through town this morning (but …
Ciao! Classes are officially in full swing here at JFRC. (I am taking Italian 102 and Classical Mythology if any of you were wondering) After my first two days here I kinda forgot that I actually came here to study haha. I would highly recommend that you take some form of Italian if you come …
Dear readers, This last post is being written as I return home to Los Angeles. It’s hard to believe just a few hours ago I was shuttling around Europe, but here I am already missing Spain. Throughout our month abroad, us students would share when it hit us that we were actually in Spain. We …
Ciao tutti! Just finishing up my second day in Roma and let me tell you, it is AMAZING! This weekend has been a crazy/amazing blur. First with getting to O’Hare airport and realizing I was in the wrong terminal (oops) and then being up for over 32 hours straight while trying to get through orientation …
Ciao! My name is Lydia Wassman and I am studying abroad for four weeks at the John Felice Rome Center! I’m going to be a junior and I am a history major with a communications minor. I’ve been in Rome for two days now. I flew in on Saturday morning and spent an entire full …
¡Musica! ¡Fuega! ¡La Playa! ¡Baile! My yelling of random Spanish words can be one two things. I’m either helping Pitbull with his new single or describing my night in Malaga last weekend. Around 4PM on June 23rd, a few of us students headed to the bus station prepared for a 3-hour bus ride to …