{"id":13320,"date":"2018-09-10T12:56:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=13320"},"modified":"2018-09-10T12:56:28","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T17:56:28","slug":"ciao-roma-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=13320","title":{"rendered":"Ciao, Roma!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a little over a week since I arrived at the John Felice Rome Center, and I still can&#8217;t stop pinching myself. From the aroma of oven-fired pizza on every cobblestone street to the blooming olive groves lining Via Massimi, I am starting to see why they say living in Italy is\u00a0<em>la dolce vita.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This past week of Orientation has been planned minute by minute by our trusted Student Life Assistants to give us a crash course in Roman life. We&#8217;ve toured the Colosseum, splurged on a gelateria crawl, navigated public transportation, relaxed on the beach, and consumed bottles and bottles of wine (thanks Loyola) to toast the beginning of the semester. This weekend we had the opportunity to tour the Italian region of Umbria, and became aquatinted with the whimsical towns of Narni, Spoleto, Foglino, and Citta di Pieve. Sometime during lunch overlooking Castiglione del Lago, or wine tasting at a countryside vineyard, or even reenacting a Roman battle we grew from classmates to friends as we learned\u00a0about the ancient history of these fairytale-esque Umbrian escapes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13325\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/files\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/41482800_1785319048252924_433706716673081344_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the commencement of Orientation on Wednesday upon the Mass of the Holy Spirit, I do have to admit that I&#8217;m excited to explore Rome on my own terms, and learn more about exactly what is\u00a0<em>la dolce vita<\/em> (with the help of gelato, of course).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a little over a week since I arrived at the John Felice Rome Center, and I still can&#8217;t stop pinching myself. 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