Hello there! My name is Madison Grode and I am a second-year student at USF. Growing up, I have always wanted to travel the world and learn about cultures other than my own. What better way to learn about a new culture than to be completely immersed? I will be spending this next term being [...]
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Challenges Faced in Cuba
https://usfgoingplaces.com/2018/12/18/arriving-in-cuba/ While studying abroad in Cuba, I came across many unexpected challenges. I say unexpected because you can have numerous people tell you, or a training to prepare you, but you will never know how difficult the challenge is until you personally face it yourself. The first challenge I faced was the plumbing situation in [...]
Arriving in Cuba
Before my arrival in Cuba, I began to wonder what the island would look like. Everything I have heard about Cuba has been portrayed in a biased nature according to media within the United States. Being a communist country for an extended amount of time and having limited access to resources outside of the island, [...]
Caught Up in Florence
This semester has shaped up to be by far the most unique of any semesters I’ve experienced so far. Though I suppose that was to be expected considering it’s being spent abroad in Florence, it still is surprising at times. As weird as it sounds to read—it feels even more strange to write, I can [...]
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What is Italian food? Pasta! I never knew there were so many different types of pastas until I came to Florence! Tuna pasta? Yes, even tuna pasta exists. But there is more than pasta. Pizza is another Italian favorite. And no, American pizza is not the same as Italian pizza. Italian pizza is the [...]
