FREE STUFF IS AWESEOME

Orientations can be pretty boring so I don’t know if you heard this, but there are things at pretty much all colleges called “clubs”. Now wait, wait, I know it sounds a little lame BUT it really translates to “free awesome stuff”. Who doesn’t love free awesome stuff, especially poor students? Sure it takes some …

Rome-ing (ˈroʊmɪŋ) Around

I’m a treadmill kind-of lady. Even though everyone just assumes elliptical are for chicks (current misconception) I only use them when I don’t have enough time to fully workout. In the days where I really want to go the extra-mile I run (more like fast jog haha) on the treadmill. I recently discovered that even …

First impressions – living

Well now that we’ve gotten food out of the way, we can talk about Italy as a whole. There’s a lot to get through so I’ll just stick to my living situation for now. My two roommates (who are also from FIT) are living in an apartment in the center of Florence, right near Santa …

Como se dice “yum” in italiano?

I’m sorry if I have been a little quiet the past week or two, I’ve been busy getting settled into my apartment in Florence. Yup, Florence as in Florence, Italy. I have officially started the second leg of my amazing semester abroad. I have already had some interesting experiences here, but I’ll save that for …

The Small Things DO Matter

Ciao, Its only been 17 days and I’ve been spending my days getting used to my new university and apartment. During this adaptation time I have been able to appreciate FIT in a whole other aspect. Here I have compiled a brief list of things I never noticed and can’t seem to stop missing, for …