Today we arrived in Costa Rica. We landed in San Jose around 1:15pm central time. Immediately upon stepping outside of the airport, I realized how different our home is from here. The backdrop is nothing but mountains full of lush forests. Driving the 5 hours from the airport to our destination in Playa Blanca on … Continue reading The Start of our Study Abroad Journey in Costra Rica by Michelle McKonly
Day 1: Our day started EARLY as we all met in the Tampa Airport. Even though we were tired, everyone was very excited to finally get our trip started. We arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica at about 1:00pm. This was my first experience with customs. We were all given customs forms on the plane … Continue reading Arriving in Costa Rica! by Nicole Fahringer
G’day Mate! It has been a life-long dream of mine to go to Australia. I was given the opportunity to visit Australia this past summer. It was all that I thought it would be, and so much more. With that said, I thought how wonderful it would be to take a group of students to … Continue reading Study Abroad in Australia and New Zealand – Summer 2015 by Dawn Joyce
Without the help of a scholarship from SPC or my loving family, I would have never dreamed of traveling to Greece at this point in my life. Grateful and overwhelmed, I don’t know how to start preparing for an adventure of a lifetime. Today’s date reads April 24th, 2014. That means there are exactly two … Continue reading Packing My Adventure Boots: A Pre-Trip Reflection by Maria Patatoukos
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This trip to Italy was amazing ! the best part to me was climbing to the top of Brunelleschi’s dome. We had an hour long photo shoot up there and just had fun. My next favorite part was are cooking class in Florence. It was a great break from walking and seeing sights.
One of the cultural activities we participated in while in Florence was a cooking lesson. We made pizza, homemade pizza, out of flour, water, made into dough and then “decorated” our pizza, we had a chef with us, he was really cool too. We were in a group of 24, some from Ohio, and some from … Continue reading Memories of Italy: we made homemade PIZZA in Florence!! by Haile Noto
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Today, while busy, was a phenomenal day. This was honestly the day that I was personally looking forward to maybe the most. We traveled all over the ancient city making sure to hit the Piazza del Popolo, the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon, the Church of St Ignatius, the Trevi Fountain, the Circus Maximus, before finishing … Continue reading Monday, March 10th: Spanish Steps, Caravaggio, Cuisine, Culture! by Daniel Groesbeck
Even though my time in Jamaica has come to an end, my heart takes me back to my favorite moment at the Mt. Airy All Age School. The day hadn’t gone as planned for me because I was overwhelmed by the 47+ students in the one class I was teaching. Things quickly went out of … Continue reading Every Little Thing, is Gonna Be Alright! by KEESHA Graham