Italy
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I have less than a week till I depart for Italy for my Maymester study abroad. I cannot be more excited about this adventure of a lifetime. I can not want to emerge my self in the Italian culture, try new foods, and learn about wine!! As I am overwhelmed with excitement for my journey I am…
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After three months in Europe I finally made it back home. I had an internship in Spain after my study abroad in Italy where I was able to continue my summer of learning about wine and wine grapes. It was an amazing experience but coming home has been the best part of my summer. Adjusting…
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When I boarded my plane in Rome, set to arrive in the States in less than 10 hours, I already knew that it would be weird to go back home. I felt that, over the past three and a half weeks, I had changed dramatically. Italy had given me an opportunity to see what the…
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If you’ve never been to or heard of Cinque Terre, read on and be prepared for this tiny slice of heaven. If you have been to Cinque Terre, you already know just how magical of a place it is. I had never heard of Cinque Terre before one night at Lion’s Well, the favorite late-night…
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Before May 7th, Italy was all I could talk about. This was to be my first time out of the country, first time traveling for longer than a week, first time being immersed in a culture significantly different than my own. I was a mess of emotions: excitement, worry, fear, wonder, nervousness. But above all,…
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Going into this trip knowing it was my first time visiting Europe, and really my first time abroad, culture shock made me a little nervous. It was something I wanted to try my best to avoid in order to have the best possible time in Italy. I have also traveled to Costa Rica on a…
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One of my most favorite things we did in my class was visiting beautiful vineyards around Cortona. During the Maymester, I had visited other busy cites such as Pisa, Rome, and Florence, but I liked the vineyards the most due to their quiet and relaxing atmospheres. The Il Falconiere vineyard in Cortona even had a…