Ciao from Italy. Studying abroad has been a great experience so far. The new people I am meeting come from a variety of backgrounds and they all seem to have a similar desire to breathe in the new culture around them. My semester will be spent in the CISabroad program located in Florence, Italy.

Our time in Rome was similar to the city itself: fast-paced, but beautiful. I’ve already learned so much, but some of this I’ve learned from my time at Elizabethtown College. My humanities classes taught me about the Renaissance and the influence of Rome on the rest of the Western world. Now I get to see places such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon.

We’ve only just arrived in Florence, but I can tell it’s the perfect blend of an Italian city with a smaller Italian town feel.