Follow my blog with BloglovinSo have I mentioned yet that the cities get better as the weekends go by?  Barcelona is everything that it’s cracked up to be.  From the lively music to the fantastic food, and to the beautiful beaches, there wasn’t a part of it that I did not enjoy. We stayed at…

Oktoberfest!  What a time, what a time.  There were ups and downs of the weekend, but if I had to tell someone whether to go, I would say for sure go.  I traveled to Munich through a student lead organization called Euro Adventures, and I loved them.  I would totally recommend them, and I am…

Cinque Terre!! Finally, the day has come when I made it to Cinque Terre.  I went in with absolutely no expectations.  I am glad I didn’t know what to expect because it made the scenery that much more beautiful.  There were moments I looked around where I almost wanted to cry from the beauty. Getting…

On Saturday, my friends and I decided to conquer the Firenze S.M. Novella Train Station (Santa Maria), which is the central train station in Florence.  It was a bit intimidating to go there because we were told to be on high alert for pickpockets.  We left early with plenty of time to get ourselves from…

   SYLLABUS WEEK!  That is usually something that everyone will get extremely excited for, at U of I. In Florence, it isn’t a thing here.  Most of my classes are over two hours long because they only meet once a week.  The teacher covered the syllabus in about 20 minutes and then we moved right…

Well, it is safe to say that after this weekend, I think I have walked 37 miles total from Thursday to today. A lot of those miles were circles from getting lost here but I am learning so much.  Thursday and Friday we had orientation but they were early in the morning so we were able to do some…

It has officially been 24 hours since my plane landed in Florence.  I didn’t get much sleep on the plane, so I am exhausted.  I traveled from Chicago to Zurich and then from there had a quick flight to Florence.  The airports are surprisingly easy to get around, and the flights went smoothly.  I was…

Shirt / Jeans / Scarf / Flats (similar) / Bracelete  I just recently went to The Hampton Social and had one of the greatest experiences.  If you are ever in Chicago and looking for a great preppy place to go eat, this is the perfect venue.  You can see from my pictures how adorable the atmosphere…

It is days like today when I am sitting in class, already exhausted, sick, and unamused, when I just wish I could be back in Chicago.  I didn’t really get to post too many things about my summer in Chicago so I figured why not do a quick post about a few of my highlights.…