{"id":5600,"date":"2014-06-23T12:52:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T16:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=5600"},"modified":"2024-01-30T08:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:54:54","slug":"experiencing-the-food-and-culture-while-studying-abroad-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/experiencing-the-food-and-culture-while-studying-abroad-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing the food and culture while Studying Abroad in Italy! by Austin Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5601 alignright\" style=\"line-height: 24px\" alt=\"IMG_0266\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_0266-161x300.jpg\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, we had our class at the nearby Pontifica University. Then we took a tour of the Roman Forum, \u201cOld Rome\u201d, and the Coliseum.<\/p>\n<p>For lunch that day I had something that is rare in Italy as they view it as something like a crime against food, ham and <b>pineapple <\/b>pizza. Italians don\u2019t have an issue with ham on pizza, just pineapples. For dinner I had a seafood salad consisting mostly of squid, shrimp, and something else that I couldn\u2019t really identify other than to say it was fish.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve had Gelato at a few places in the US (I think at least one was owned by an Italian) and it doesn\u2019t even compare to the stuff they make here. The flavors I tried were Nutella, cr\u00e8me, and the store\u2019s signature flavor \u201cgelatone\u201d. 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