Hey everyone!! As I'm writing this, my body is aching from the low ropes course we did on Saturday. We had to do such things as trust falls (where you fall backwards off a platform and pray to God people catch you), getting lifted through a spiderweb rope thing, and climbing a 12 foot wall. Needless to say, I'm still in agony. My muscles are like dead, but it feels good of course! I actually ended up crushing my finger on the wall because I was on top hel...

So this morning I came to the realization that this program couldn't be more perfect for me. I was sitting in a leadership orientation and the director of the program (who is also my professor for my class of 7) was the one presenting. He was talking about the characteristics of leaders such as behavioral traits, process thinking, and knowledge, and how there is something that stands out about those who decide to study abroad. Many people like parents, adviso...

So I made it safely to my campus in Paderno Del Grappa, Italy on sunday. I've been here a couple days, and I just absolutely love it. There are 150 students from 24 different universities, some of which being Kansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, etc. We are studying at a place named Instituto Filippini, and it is a shared campus with a prestigious Italian boarding school for high school students. It's a VERY small town, which really...

Buongiorno! So my whole adventure started as soon as I arrived at the Venice Marco Polo Airport on Saturday afternoon, January 20th. I was feeling about 10 feet tall during my travels because I had a smooth flight from Chicago to Zurich, Switzerland, and an even smoother 45 minute flight to Venice. It was great. BUT as soon as I landed and got off of the plane, I quickly sank down to feeling 2 feet tall. I realized I was in a foreign country. It had begun. To ...