This last week has been so hectic! I have been so busy packing, making and checking off lists, and anticipating the experience of a lifetime. I am so excited to be arriving to Florence to experience Italian culture. My course this session is on Food, Wine, and Italian culture, and I could not be more [...]
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Bye Tampa, Ciao Florence!
Hi guys! My name is Tammy Huynh. I’m excited to say that will be kicking off my second half of summer studying at Florence University of the Arts! I was lucky enough to be selected as a recipient for the Genshaft/Greenbaum Passport Scholarship and I cannot thank President Genshaft enough for giving me an opportunity [...]
Post-Trip: Bringing Italian Culture Home
Going to Italy for seven weeks was an amazing, and life changing experience for me. I’ve never been to Europe before, so I think I got a lot out of the program especially for that reason. Europe is in the West, but it still is a very different experience from being in the United States. [...]
Travelling to Pompeii
Last week I was able to go on a wonderful trip to Sorrento, Positano, and Capri. But perhaps the most interesting thing for me was to go see the ancient ruins of Pompeii. According to my tour guide, Pompeii was originally a pre-Roman town that existed for around seven hundred years before it was taken [...]
Cooking in Italy
On July 15th I began my second course, the course on food, health, and wellness in Italy. So far, we have spent most of our days cooking in class. We have learned about various healthy foods and how valuable they can be for your nutrition. For the first day of class, we made a range [...]
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