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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