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. [...]
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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 [...]
Venetian Excursion
Last week, I decided to join my roommates on a day trip to Venice. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, I imagine that when most of us think of Venice, you think of canals and gondolas. You would be right, in part, to think that. But there really is a magical quality to being [...]
Week Two Recap: Cultural Adaptation
In my cultural psychology class, we learnt about how cultural stress and/or shock is kind of like a U-Curve, in that you start out in a euphoric state when you arrive and over time your mood dips down before rising back up again. This was no exception for me. I was absolutely enthralled (and still [...]
