{"id":6004,"date":"2014-03-19T05:36:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T10:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=6004"},"modified":"2014-03-19T05:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T10:36:03","slug":"traveling-101-take-it-from-the-inexperienced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=6004","title":{"rendered":"Traveling 101: Take it from the Inexperienced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two posts in one day, woo hoo!!\u00a0 I mean, I have to…I am a little too far behind to NOT.\u00a0 Whoops.<\/p>\n

Anyway, all of us here at JFoRCe (JFRC) are currently in all-out recovery mode from spring break.\u00a0 I’ve never seen our IC\/library so crowded, and everyone is only just now starting to complain about all of the homework hitting hard.\u00a0 However, there’s always time to recount spring break stories and share some of the things I picked up about traveling while doing it!<\/p>\n

First thing’s first, promise me that if you’re going to constantly move for 10 days straight, PACK LIGHT.\u00a0 Don’t ever, EVER, pack more than you need to.\u00a0 No, you don’t need that extra pair of jeans.\u00a0 NO, you most certainly do not need to pack three sweaters.\u00a0 I can tell you after lugging around a packed duffel bag with at least three outfits that I did not even bother to look at…it’s just not worth it.\u00a0 Also, use something that distributes weight evenly (um, hello? Backpack!).\u00a0 Otherwise, all you’ll have is one freakishly strong shoulder and one normal looking one.<\/p>\n

Second, trains are definitely the way to travel in Europe.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I love flying, but on a train you can watch the country pass by outside of the window.\u00a0 This is especially cool on the long train rides.\u00a0 And, you have way more space to stretch out in a train…I mean, who doesn’t want that?<\/p>\n

Third, as one of my fellow bloggers pointed out in her most recent post, nothing in Europe is free, and the Euro sucks when it comes to exchange rate.\u00a0 For my spring break, a friend and I traveled around northern Italy.\u00a0 We visited Bologna, Padova, Venice, Trieste, and Torino.\u00a0 Without fail, in all but one place, we had to buy an entire tourist book in order to get a map.\u00a0 Now, it all worked out seeing as we kept the books as souvenirs.\u00a0 Nevertheless, an entire book just to get the map?\u00a0 Really, Italy?\u00a0 Also, dinner is EXPENSIVE.\u00a0 Our solution?\u00a0 Apertivi!!\u00a0 An apertivo is just a drink (wine, beer, or even a soft drink) and a small appetizer.\u00a0 And, of course, after that we found a cheap kabob place and had that for dinner because apertivi simply did not fill us up.\u00a0 FYI, kabob here is not meat on a stick, it’s actually more like a burrito or meat wrap, and they’re SO good!\u00a0 Also, you don’t need to buy every souvenir you see…okay, well, maybe THAT one, but that’s it!<\/p>\n

Fourth, hot chocolate is better here.\u00a0 Without a doubt.\u00a0 It’s basically chocolate melted down and ladled into a cup for you to drink (or scoop out with a spoon).\u00a0 I could get on board with this.<\/p>\n

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Fifth, learning is actually pretty cool sometimes.\u00a0 Not only did I learn a lot going to various museums or visiting various royal palaces, but I also used what I learned in the past to make a cool discovery.\u00a0 Did you know that writer James Joyce (author of Dubliners) <\/em>lived in Trieste for part of his life??\u00a0 Me either!\u00a0 So imagine how cool I thought it was when I visited a pastry shop that he used to eat in, and the chapel he married his wife in!\u00a0 Learning rocks.<\/p>\n

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Finally, Italy is beautiful.\u00a0 This was certainly something I learned traveling all over this country for 10 days.\u00a0 Every city is different, every scenic countryside has something new to show, and I will never get enough.\u00a0 Venice was absolutely beautiful with canals winding through the islands that make it up, water everywhere.\u00a0 Trieste is perfectly nestled between sea and mountains, that Austrian influence accentuated by beautiful buildings and straight roads.\u00a0 Torino equally beautiful, situated along the Po river and demonstrating the French influence.\u00a0 Even though most people try to see as many different countries as they can on spring break, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to see the country I’ve been living in these past couple of months.\u00a0 I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend spring break.<\/p>\n

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Next on the travel agenda: Sicily and then Prague!\u00a0 Hopefully I follow my own packing and spending advice for the remainder of the semester…<\/p>\n

Ciao for now!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two posts in one day, woo hoo!!\u00a0 I mean, I have to…I am a little too far behind to NOT.\u00a0 Whoops. Anyway, all of us here at JFoRCe (JFRC) are currently in all-out recovery mode from spring break.\u00a0 I’ve never seen our IC\/library so crowded, and everyone is only just now starting to complain about … <\/p>\n

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