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A Spontaneous Simple Sunday
Since I spent my Saturday being mostly unproductive, I decided to take a spontaneous trip on Sunday. I’ve not traveled nearly as much as I believe I should, and so after researching train trips for half an hour, I decided…
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Chianti, countryside, Italy, leisure, photography, SACI, student life, Study abroad, train, weekend life, Wine
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Italian Holiday
Imagine my surprise when I found out that the 17th of March was a national holiday for Italy. According to my Italian teacher, Patrizia, the day is one that celebrates the unification of the country. Also, however, there are a…
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Tagged fireworks, Florence, Italian holiday, italian national history, Italy, SACI, student life, Study abroad
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Spring Break 2/2: Germania
Spring break is over. Booo! Just kidding. To finish spring break and return to Italy is not such a bad deal! But, in case you read about the first half of my break, this is a recounting of the second…
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Tagged Frankfurt, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Palmengarten, Phoenix Park, SACI, Spring break, Study abroad
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Back to work.
Back from spring break. Time to get work done. Less than thirty days left. Absolutely crazy to think about. Yesterday was really great (any school day that doesn’t start until 2 in the afternoon is a good day!) It was…
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Tagged Art Academy of Cincinnati, Digital Media II, Dorm Life, DRawing II
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Spring Break, Part 1/2: Ireland
We (Schweebs and myself) landed in Dublin on the 5th, and were SO tired, that we didn’t do much the first day but walk around and enjoy the city. We actually met some cool people at the hostel, and they…
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Tagged bus tour, Connemara, countryside, Florence, Galway, Ireland, road trip, SACI, shepherding, Spring break, Study abroad
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Talk About a Bad Night’s Sleep
So last night at about 5:30 am, I woke up to a horrible high pitch screeching scream of metal on metal. It didn’t help that it awoke me from a from a nightmare. You know, the chainsaw killing spree kind…
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Tagged 2014, Dobson, Dorms, freshman, Illustration, Katelyn, Katie, Storms, Tornado
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Arriving in Florence
Sorry it’s taken so long to post on here, so I’m going to start from the beginning. On my second day in Italy, I saw more art walking down to my school than I have in two years of art…
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What would you do?
Although this may seem…incompatible after my jubilation over next week’s adventures, I am in something of a pickle: This past weekend, I did nothing. I mean NOTHING. Homework doesn’t count. But I missed out on a really cheap opportunity to…
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Tagged Florence, free time, Italy, SACI, student life, Study abroad, Venice
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Spring Break Approaching
It’s COMING!!!!! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! The break of all time….SPRING! Whooo! I can’t wait. The weather is warming up, the sun is shining (most days) and the parkas are being pushed to the rear of the…
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Tagged Dublin, Frankfurt, Germany, Ireland, Italy, rugby, SACI, Spring break, Study abroad, travel
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