The weekend trip to the Almalfi Coast had finally arrived! A few of my friends from DU (Maria, Caroline and Katie) and I had planned this trip before we arrived in Rome and had been anxiously awaiting it! We hoped on a train to Naples on Friday morning and then had to catch a local train to get to Sorrento, where our hostel was located. Being that Naples has the highest crime rate in Italy, we were holding on to our bags for dear life. Luckily, we made it thro...

My roommates and I booked a flight to Milan for the weekend. We left late on a Thursday night so we could have all day Friday to explore. We flew out of Ciampiano, the other airport in Rome. It was the sketchiest airport I had ever been in. They hardly checked anything in security; we stood in lines to then get on buses to get to the airplane. We finally were on the plane and it actually was a nice plane considering we were flying on cheap Ryanair. When we arr...

This weekend my roommates, Julie, Jenna, Alee and I went to the beautiful Cinque Terre! It is a string of 5 towns along the coast in the Italian Riviera about 4 hours north of Rome. We had to get up extremely early to navigate our way to the train station and catch our train at 8am. Getting anything done here takes twice as long dealing with the language barrier and the public transportation's sketchy schedule. We made it on the train and were off for a beautif...

Since I last blogged a lot has happened. We were swamped with arrival activities the first few days. We toured the Colosseum and the Roman Forum but it was so hot and our group was so big that it was hard to learn much. Luckily I had been there before and we are going again for my Art History class. That night we finally got the energy to go out with a bunch of students. We ended up at Campo Di Fiori, the main square filled with bars and lots of Americans. It i...

Well here we go again trying it a second time. I had this completely typed up and my Internet decided to quit. My flight over here and getting to the apartment was such a blur. I was awake for more than 24 hours…I have no idea how I am still functioning. When we first arrived we were taken to our apartment. It is a cute, small apartment that fits 6 girls. It is in a very quiet and safe neighborhood with a few markets and shops around it. It took us about 30 m...