Ciao! This is officially my last blog post of my study abroad trip experience, and although these publishings were requirements of a scholarship, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't enjoyed sitting down at the conclusion of each week to synthesize my memories and articulate them into words for the viewing of others. With [...]
Whereas I usually adapt the natural literary technique of letting a rambling of recollections and thoughts dictate my blog posts, this one will be focused toward an anecdote regarding a specific local I met while abroad in Florence, Italy. It was just before 8am-- the heat not yet enveloped the city just yet-- and I [...]
Much to my dismay, I write this blog post from my hometown instead of from my quaint apartment on my rustic Italian street in the greatest city I've ever known. As I mull over the past six weeks in the context of the entire duration of my life, I find myself realizing that the unprecedented [...]
I write this last blog post with a heavy heart, but it goes without saying that every part of me fully acknowledges and appreciates having even had this opportunity in the first place. I cannot give enough credit to the multiple external factors that facilitated this trip, from my parents to USF to FUA, in [...]
Let me begin with a story, because one of the most bizarre yet motivational experiences occurred to me the other day, and I find it relevant to my overall synthesis. So, I was in Cinque Terre with my roommate this past weekend, (I'll elaborate on that more in a second), which is a totally foreign [...]
