A Weekend in Two Continents
Posted December 6, 2019
A photo essay Celebrated my 21st birthday by traveling for six hours. This is me eating my birthday cake outside the Florence Airport because...Profile xmo5914
Not to get dramatic here, but art is everything
Posted November 18, 2019
Not to get dramatic here, but art is everything when it comes down to the pure romanticism of life itself. I am studying abroad...
So…let’s talk about money
Posted November 18, 2019
I don’t even want to say how much I’ve spent in these past two months. It’s…a lot of money. And since I’m studying in...
What I Learned About Traveling in Europe
Posted November 4, 2019
Europe is unbelievably small, especially for someone who’s traveled to most of the Midwest by car. I’ve taken two road trips from Chicago down...
Going out of the classroom…and into the mountains?
Posted October 14, 2019
Florence is without a doubt, the place to study Renaissance art. It is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, a city that multiple...
A group of chain-smokers and I walk onto the beach…
Posted September 24, 2019
Sand. Everywhere. Such a common complaint after a full weekend on the beach. On Friday night, when I arrived at Viareggio, the sun was...
Lazy Domenica
Posted September 9, 2019
Florence is a different way of living. I’ve been a city girl nearly all my life. I used to take a normal 40 minute...
Being home
Posted October 17, 2018
After being back in the country for a month, I feel somewhat lost. There was so much to do in Beijing, every day felt...
Nearing the End
Posted October 17, 2018
Shanghai was an amazing time. We saw a lot of differences between the two major cities in China. In Beijing, the traffic is a...
Getting Acclimated
Posted October 17, 2018
It’s been a month in Beijing already. We have finished taking our finals for the first part of Chinese. I think it went smoothly!...