I can’t believe over a week has passed since I’ve arrived in Italy. Orientation blew by, and I am settling in comfortably to my apartment in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome. Every day, the culture …
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T-Minus 10 Days
Packing your whole life into a suitcase for one semester is no doubt one of the most stressful parts of the preparing-to-go abroad process. Applying for a student visa? Easy. Filing a Permesso di Soggiorno …
They say all roads lead to Rome…
Lately, I’ve been watching every study abroad movie in existence to prepare myself for my own upcoming travel adventure; in just over a month, I will be departing UW-Madison for a semester to study abroad …
Roman Hiatus (October 9)
I like Rome. But Rome is a place. By this I mean that, like any other place, you notice flaws after a while. And suddenly a combination of little flaws (a rude cashier, public transportation …
More Studying, Less Abroad
When studying abroad, there’s this inevitable moment when you realize that actual studying needs to happen amidst the chaos of living and traveling abroad. Before I left the states, I was swept up in this …
Home Sweet Rome
Before my trip, everyone told me it’d be difficult to keep up with all the blogging I had planned on doing – I didn’t really believe them until I actually got here. Needless to say, …
The “Study” Part
Sadly, studying abroad is not all about traveling and fun fun fun; we are primarily here for school. The past couple weeks was our midterm season, so I was doing a lot more studying than …