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Friday, July 17, 2015 From Day 1, I have been saying that one of the things I wanted to do more than anything else is to learn how to surf. Yesterday, that dream came true. We took a 30-minute bus ...

Yesterday was a normal start to any other day, wake up, breakfast, walk to our meeting place, and classes. After lunch we went to Villefranche. Here we split up into two groups; one went ...

Bonjour! Yesterday was La fête National or the Independence Day for France. In America, people refer to it as Bastille Day, which is because it was the storming of the Bastille. In class, we ...

On Saturday morning we took a bus to San Gimignano to climb the old medieval towers left in the city. It was a beautiful quaint town and the view from the top of the tower was breathtaking. We had ...

Walking with my roommates, Eve and Alex, the other day, we got on the subject of how easy it is to take the city for granted. Now that we’ve lived here for a few weeks, we have become ...

Looking back on my time in Cádiz, I cannot help but be amazed at how much I gained in just two weeks in Spain: a greater level of proficiency in understanding the Spanish language, a more ...

15 July, Wednesday An eventful Florentine day, filled with history. During my afternoon art history course, we went to the Academia. Michelangelo’s David has to been seen to be believed and I ...

It was nice to go back to our classes from our busy weekend. I learned more about the amazing art that covers this unique city. Even though it is small and contained it is impossible to get ...

I woke up Tuesday morning filled with excitement for the day to come- we were going snorkeling! I have never had the opportunity to do this before, so of course I was extremely eager to ...

After a few days of vivacious studying, the group decided that Tuesday should be a relaxing day. We took the metro to a beach resort called S-Beach, where we spent a few hours in the sun. S-Beach ...

On Tuesday we had class in the morning. In class we went to the central park in Barcelona, where we were sent on a scavenger hunt, testing our Spanish speaking skills and interactions to locate ...

Monday afternoon meant photography class, where we went to a street market. Jacopo gave us different objects to photograph, such as people with hats, and we had 10 minutes to complete each task. I ...