Christine joins us to share about a unique study abroad experience she had in Rome...right before COVID! Hear about her experience in Italy, and what it was like seeing COVID hit there.
- How does a study abroad work?
- Part of the international human rights capstone project
- Decided to go to Rome 4 weeks before departure
- UW has a center/campus in Rome!
- Capstone Project: Specific Military defenses for EU by 2030
- Class trips to Naples & Florence
- The food
- Carbonara
- It’s like the italian equivalent of mac n cheese (comfort food)
- Favorite restaurant
- Little mom & pop place where the waiter ate whatever you ordered, so he would tell her what to order...and it was always good
- Of the major touristy things she saw, what does she recommend to see and what isn’t worth the time
- Skip the Colosseum
- The history is just depressing
- The inside isn’t as interesting
- You can walk around the outside for free
- Go to the Forum
- Spend the whole day there
- Pay the extra few dollars to get a pass to see the extra things
- Projectors display what it used to look like
- Eat food before you go
- Go to Vatican City
- Papal address - special audience with the pope
- Tickets, but doesn’t cost a lot
- She got there at 6am and it started at 8am
- The address was 2 hours long, but she was in the front row!
- She got to shake hands with Pope Francis!
- COVID in Italy
- The government was downplaying things while she was there saying it wasn’t that bad
- She wasn’t aware how freaked out people were about Italy until she came home
- Was home by March 4th
- Went to Trevi fountain and there was no one there (it’s usually packed)
- Everyone who was walking around had suitcases
- Had planned a whole trip in N Italy with parents after the end of her study abroad
- Parents knew things before she did (people in Italy weren’t talking about it)
- Applied to Peace Corps while in Italy
- Was going to teach English in the Caribbean in June
- Was going to be teaching English in Spain
- Had applied for year long internship in Rome
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