Today was a very long day to say the least. We left Tampa airport at 11 A.M. and did not arrive in Rome until 1 A.M. Tampa time, or 7 A.M. Rome time, meaning we had about 15 more hours to be awake that day. When we arrived in Rome, the airport was not what … Continue reading First Day in Italy and it's Already Memorable by Mikayla Bridges
DAY 1 We flew in on Sunday. The flight was painfully long, and I didn’t get any sleep, but I wasn’t very tired. After we got off the plane, we went through passport control before we got our luggage. I saw priests and nuns before we even left the airport, which shows how influential Catholicism … Continue reading Days 1 and 2: Getting Acclimated by Lily Gayton
Today is the day that we landed in Rome and we did so much and a lot of things happened and I’m tired and I’m just going to do my best to remember this. We had woken up Saturday morning to get to the airport for our first flight, which was really quick and easy. … Continue reading On the first day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney
Take a look at the video from the Italy high school program from Summer 2012. This video was created by Brae Elliott, one of the five recipients of the 2012 Sharing the World: Multimedia Project Scholarship through the St. Petersburg College Foundation’s Innovation Grants Initiative.
The Dome of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore On the day we spent in Florence, I was beside myself with joy. Florence, to me, represents everything I love about art and philosophy. If it weren’t for the Medici’s in Florence, than there would not have been the Renaissance. To just think of all of … Continue reading Italy HS – Memories of Firenze by Brae Elliott
Spending our morning the park in Rome was one beautiful but sad thing. This was where I took the time and reflected on my experience in Rome. I had the chance to just sit and enjoy the fact that I was in Rome with my best friend, Austin. Spending the remainder of the evening in … Continue reading Italy HS – Bittersweet, Mainly Bitter, Ending by Lisa Nguyen
Arriving in Rome I still remember our very first day in Italy. It was around 6:00 in the morning, many of us had not slept on the plane and we immediately entered an airport that (if possible) seemed hotter than the air outside. But what did we have to complain about? Well, damaged luggage, a … Continue reading Italy HS – A Taste of Roma by Karissa Barrera
On the way to Italy for the first time. Looking back I’m sure I’m not the only who can say that this trip has changed me in one way or another. Through this trip, I discovered that when you go out of the country for the first time and get to experience a new culture … Continue reading Italy HS – Looking at the World for the First Time by Jessica Barthle
Villa Borghese All in all, I would have to say that the last day was my favorite. To choose a favorite day out of our trip is a pretty heavy task when one considers all that we did. I have seen so much culture, art, and architecture. I have been taken out of my element … Continue reading Italy HS – I have a different sense of who I am by Brae Elliott
Taking a Cruise on a Rowboat with Corey and Andre I personally believe that, despite all of the wonderful things we had seen previously, our last day in Rome was one of the best because it gave us the chance to finally sit back and take in everything around us. For the first time really, … Continue reading Italy HS – We came, we saw, and we conquered. by Jessica Barthle