Something I had never had before coming to Italy: gelato! Favorite Roman Architecture: St. Peter’s Basilica Why I like it– put me into an absolute awe when I walked in; the amount of detail put into everything as well as the mathematical proportions done to make you feel like a doll in a dollhouse are … Continue reading Scavenger hunt! by Mikayla Bridges →

I’m back home now, in St. Petersburg, Florida, in America, far away from Europe, far away from Italy, far away from Rome. In all honesty, at first, I was pretty nonchalant about going on the trip, mostly just doing it because I knew it would look good for college. However, I have never been more … Continue reading Reflecting. by Cheyenne Lake →

So this post is meant to be a reflection on our entire trip, good thing too because I spend this entire day on a plane and I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t yield for any interesting post topics. Where should I start? Honestly there is so much I experienced here. It wasn’t just an amazing trip … Continue reading Reflection on Italy by Christian Bean →

Yesterday, we went to Frescati for the afternoon. We also saw the Pantheon. I thought it was pretty amazing how architecturally advanced the Romans were to be able to build a structure with a dome and shape the floor in a way to keep it from flooding or collapsing in on itself. Sometimes, I wonder … Continue reading My Last Day in Italy by Cassidy Slockett →

Today was comprised of a lot of travel and a lot of sadness for leaving. All of us were trying to find a way to get left behind. I tried to pay Mr. Hesting to “forget” me, but he sadly said no. All of the sadness comes from this being one of the best trips … Continue reading Traveling Home! by Mikayla Bridges →

Today was our last day in Rome, and also our catch up day. We started off by taking a metro to the Pantheon again to try to see it before we leave. Luckily it was open today so we were able to go inside. I think my favorite part about the pantheon wasn’t the art … Continue reading On the Final day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney →

On this day we left to see everything we haven’t yet to that point, again; it was relevantly short due to the fact that the only thing that we didn’t see was the Pantheon. Which is a really interesting building, I know that there was a time that Christians shunned anything related to paganism so … Continue reading The perfect ending to an amazing trip. by Christian Bean →

Today, in class we talked about genocide. Evidently, genocide is an international issue. The “ethnic cleansing” of a specific group of people based on who they are, obviously raises international conflict. A few of the specific genocide incidents we talked about were: Serbia-Bosnia, Darfur, Rwanda, and the Holocaust. There is steps that lead up to … Continue reading Livin’ in the Ghetto by Cheyenne Lake →