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Alas, I’ve made it to my penultimate blog post, the last post I’ll write while physically in Madrid. It’s been a whirlwind of a week and a half since my last post, full of LOTS of rain, two finals (one to go!) and a decent amount of packing.
Saturday, May 14th, 2016
Alhamar, Granada
Rome is home to some of the greatest sports teams and events in the entire world. Most importantly, it is home to the A.S.
Thursday, May 4th, was something known as “Father’s Day” here in Berlin. This is not to be confused with American Father’s Day, where kids give their dads presents and everyone goes out to dinner or whatever. This is German Father’s Day, when middle-aged men get flat-out wasted and disappoint their families. I think it’s also a religious holiday or something. Anyway, I didn’t have school.
At the end of April, I went with my “Renaissance and its Classical Heritage” class to Florence for a day long field study. My professor, Prof.
As the semester comes to a close (in fact we just had our goodbye dinner and a ride on a party bus called a Chiva), the weekends became a little more homework and hanging out with friends/family oriented rather than travel oriented. After the earthquake there was a period where no one really wanted to travel or do much at all, which is very reasonable. After bleeding my funds all semester it is probably good that I will have some money left for my upcoming trip to Peru. BUT I still managed to get some camping and hiking in!
In the middle of April, I went on an IES Abroad sponsored trip to the Amalfi coast. During this trip, we spent two days traveling and throughout the Campania region. This trip was definitely one of my favorite trips of the semester. It was also a great experience because I signed up for the trip before knowing anyone in IES Abroad, so I was able to hang out with people from my program who I hadn’t really talked to a whole lot.
Don’t Call My Name, Don’t Call My Name…
If there is one thing I have learned about during my time in Italy (besides of course all of my new music and academic knowledge), it is FOOD. Yes, this sounds like such a stereotype when we’re talking about Italy. Everyone knows this is the land of pizza, pasta, and gelato. And I must admit, this stereotype is not completely unfounded. There is quite a lot of pizza, pasta, and gelato in Milan and Italy. And also in my stomach!
