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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
