To begin our journey in the Piemonte region, we took the train to a town called Asti. Serena asked if we had any expectations for Asti and we said “no,” to which she said “good.” She said one of her… Continue reading

I spent the last two days in Liguria, which is a coastal region in the northwest of Italy. The train took us to La Spezia, which is where our hotel was. We didn’t really do anything in La Spezia; it… Continue reading

The second stop on my journey through the mainland was Florence. After arriving on the train we took a walk around town. We saw the Cathedral of Santa Maria which was really beautiful and surprisingly clean. Apparently they are always… Continue reading

So after Florence, we went to Lucca which is a small medieval town. It’s completely surrounded by a wall. It was nice because it was much less crowded than Florence and Rome. We walked around and saw the church pictured… Continue reading

 So I arrived in Rome two days ago and the first thing that struck me about Rome was how many Americans there were there and how many people spoke english. When I first arrived in Cagliari I was surprised by… Continue reading

My last week in Sardinia was extremely busy. I had a ton of work I needed to get done for class and our schedule was booked with excursions as we tried to get the most out of our last days. … Continue reading

This weekend we took a trip to the western side of Sardinia. First we went to a beautiful town called Bosa, which is known for its colorful houses and its river. There aren’t a lot of rivers in Sardinia and… Continue reading

Just wanted to tell you guys about a few cool things I’ve been doing. Today we all went on a bike ride around some lagoons/salt marshes. There were a ton of flamingoes in the lagoons so that was pretty cool.… Continue reading

So on Wednesday we went to a paper recycling plant. I really thought the smell would be ok because it was just paper but it smelled pretty bad inside. Imagine the smell of boiling paper. Anyway, here are some pics. … Continue reading

So this weekend we took a bus through the mountains of Eastern Sardinia. This involved some very thin windy roads which were difficult for the bus to navigate. On the road we passed all kinds of animals: cows, pigs, sheep,… Continue reading