Buongiorno a tutti! I'm so excited to finally write this post! Cinque Terre is by far my most favorite part of being in Italy thus far and I think it will remain that way even after my trip is over, but we will see. Anyhow, let me get started! Last Saturday 6 other girls and I took an impromptu trip to Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre means "5 towns" and it's named this because that's exactly what it is: 5 towns along the coast of mountains in the northern Tuscany re...

Buongiorno! Wow, I can't believe it's already July 10th! Or should I say, 10 di luglio. It seems like it was not that long ago that school was letting out and the 2 months of just waiting to come here began. Time sure has gone by fast. Thankfully, I still have 4 and a half weeks left here, but even that doesn't seem like enough right now. I'm going to try to get all caught up today so we can start talking about my life in a present tense. Here we go... Friday ...

Ciao amici e famiglia! Just so everyone can get an idea of what a wonderful place they have me set up in here in Italia, take a look at this post's photo...that's the view from my room's balcony as I am writing this post right now! Can you say, molto bella? Now let me get started telling you about on my first week in Roma... I woke up Tuesday morning feeling quite under the weather after 7 hours of less than adequate sleep and got myself ready for our program'...

While I know I'm a little late on the whole travel blog thing, it's better to start later than never, right? So here we go. Last Sunday, June 30th (my best friend's 21st birthday, actually), I left my house at 11am for Tampa International Airport to start my study abroad journey to Roma, Italia. After multiple attempts to say goodbye to my parents and making it through customs with a couple hours to spare I met up with a girl from my study abroad program that I ...