I made it through the first week in Florence, Italy! The days felt long but the week as a whole went by pretty quickly. There are a few things that I was not expecting about the culture here in Italy. I guess this is part of the culture shock during the first week. Comparing my [...]
Category: EUROPE
A Whole New World: Unexpected Cultural Differences
I must admit, when I found out I was going to London and Paris I was not too worried about the differences in culture and society, and I probably should have looked into a bit before leaving. I believed that my vast knowledge of history on the areas and my one semester of French for [...]
Dream Come True: An Anglophile in England for the first time ever!
While my major is Modern Europe, my first love in history was and will always will be the Tudors and their time ruling England. I chose to go a different path with my studies because so much has already been done on the Tudors that I felt my time and research would be better spent [...]
Before Leaving: My 1st trip to Europe!!!!
My name is Tamala Malerk and I just finished my first year as a PhD student of history at the University of South Florida. I am very graciously a recipient of an education abroad scholarship. My major is Modern Europe with a minor in Public History and my research and writing tends to reflect overall [...]
Get to Know me!
Hello, I am Leah McCoy and I am starting my senior year at USF! I am studying abroad this summer in Florence, taking business law and principles of finance. I received the USF Credit Union scholarship which will help me financially abroad. I am excited for this trip because my family is originally from Italy [...]
