The Inside Scoop: Attending the International Gelato Festival in Florence Oh, gelato, my one true love. If you’ve been following my Instagram stories this semester, then you know that I indulge in a cone (or two) of gelato just about every single day. And all of my training tying flavor after flavor at gelato shops around the city has led
A Tale of Two Cities: A Look at Two Very Different Visits to Rome, Italy I traveled to Italy during the summer before my senior year of high school and had an…interesting time. I was able to go back to the capital of Italy last week with my university, LIU Global, and had a drastically different experience. Read on for
A Weekend in Milan The fashion capital of Italy was calling my name, so Kendall and I headed out there this weekend during Milan fashion week. We didn’t participate or see any of the events because we are neither rich nor famous, but we had a good time sightseeing in the city. Read on to discover the best things to
A Masked Affair: A Weekend in Venice for Carnivale Last year while studying abroad in Costa Rica, I traveled to the Caribbean coast for the Limon Carnival, and a year later, I was able to travel to Venice for one of the original Carnivale celebrations dating back to the 11th century. The city of Venice is astoundingly beautiful on its
A Weekend in Cinque Terre, Italy This weekend, my roommate Kendall and I ventured out to the western coast of Italy to explore the stunning villages of Cinque Terre. Cinque Terre, or “five lands,” is comprised of five picturesque villages built on cliffs along the Italian Riviera. The five villages, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso al Mare, along with
A Preview of my Semester in Florence, Italy Art, Art, Art Art. The lifeblood of this semester. I am living in one of the world’s greatest art capitals, home of the renaissance, and I am studying at the Florence School of Fine Arts. The school is essentially one gigantic art studio, and I can’t help but be overwhelmed by happiness
Highlights of Budapest, Hungary I am writing this in my new home for the semester, a quaint apartment in the city of Florence, Italy. But before I get into my new life in Italy, I want to share about my time in Hungary’s capital, Budapest. The LIU Global class of 2021 spent three days there primarily focusing on the rise
A Day Trip to Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia. A relatively small Central European country of 49,000 square kilometers and a population of 5.4 million. Their currency is the Euro and they speak Slovak. You may be wondering why one would even think to go to here. The answer? It’s capital city, Bratislava, is only an hour by bus from Vienna, and
A Weekend in Krakow: The City, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Wieliczka Salt Mine I have wanted to visit Krakow for years. After learning about the Holocaust and World War II, a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau made its way onto my bucket list. The opportunity arose to go when I was searching for flights to anywhere in Europe for after my Paris trip,
A Girl’s Solo Trip to Paris First off, I survived. Yes, I survived Paris alone as a female for four days. And it was awesome. It seemed like I saw and did a million things during my time in the City of Lights, so here’s a list of them! Practical Things Flew Norwegian I used American Airlines miles to get