THURSDAY We made our 6:25am flight and we were finally off to Paris. We were both exhausted and passed out on the flight and the bus we caught into the city center. From there we had to take the metro to our Airbnb. There is a super helpful app called NextStop Paris. It helped us…
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MONDAY We arrived in Dublin and caught the 747 bus right outside the airport and went into the city. We found this lunch place on Google Maps called The Brazen Head, which is right near the river and our hostel. We really liked the atmosphere and the food there was good, so we decided to…
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Spring Break Leigh and I started our spring break by going to the capital of waffles, chocolate, beer, and frites. Friday We flew with RyanAir for the first time. This low-fare airline is the definition of the bare minimum. Here are some tips we have learned after flying RyanAir: RyanAir usually does not fly to…
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WEDNESDAY Friends from my school who are also studying abroad in Italy took a day trip to Florence. Kayli and I were in contact throughout the day trying to meet up. By the time she found wifi and I was out of class, they were about to leave. Luckily, I was able to walk over…
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THURSDAY Last weekend, I didn’t do anything. Two of my roommates and I stayed in town so we could just relax. On Friday it rained, which sucked. Today for one of my art history classes, we took a field trip to San Lorenzo, the Medici chapel to look at a couple of sculptures we had…
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TUESDAY Valentine’s Day! We went to Gustapizza because they make heart-shaped pizzas, and we’ve heard really good things about it. When we went, it was incredibly packed, but it lived up to its hype. It was only 5 euros, and it was delicious. THURSDAY A couple of my roommates and I signed up for a…
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CLASSES Classes started this week and the class sizes are really small (especially the graphic design courses). My Elementary Italian class has 9 people including me. Web animation has 3 people (incl. me) Avant-garde and modernist art 12 people (incl. me). Hidden Meaning in Renaissance Art, 7 people (incl. me) and Graphic Design for Advertising,…
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ORIENTATION DAY ONE + TWO + THREE We had one orientation session each day. Each one only lasted about an hour or so. We got our finalized schedule, met our advisor, and learned about extracurricular activities. I also went on an optional campus tour, to find out where the rest of the school buildings were…
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THE NIGHT BEFORE Travel can be a stressful time. I thought it was all pretty stress-free until the night before. First, Delta had a system outage. Flights were being canceled and the website and mobile app weren’t working. Luckily, I had checked in and printed out my ticket a couple of hours prior to the…
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