Approximately 24 hours ago I set out on the journey to Florence. A few tears and good byes and three flights later, with little to no food or sleep, I am sitting in what I can now call my beautiful Florintine Villa. I've already met the chickens that live here and about 40 other amazing students from Wisconsin and Michigan. I have one of the biggest rooms in Corsi Salviati and I am sharing with two other girls. Sarah is from Michigan and Jade is from Wisconsi...

It's cold! In Italy the weather will never get below 30 degrees F. In fact, it will start at around 35 and work its way to 70 by the begining of April leaving me with an extra month of summer next year! I have my class assignments for the spring semester at the villa. I will be enrolled in the mandatory 16 credit load required for the program. These credits are made up of four classes that include Introductory Italian, Writing in Italy, The Anthropology of...

Hey Everyone! I downloaded SKYPE. Skype is an internet communication tool that allows me to have free, or cheap, telephone conversations through my computer. As long as you have a microphone and speakers on your computer, you can download skype, and we can talk while I am abroad. I know this really sounds like I'm selling :) but that's because I am. If you go to www.skype.com you can download it for free. It is set up similar to Messenger, iChat, and AIM....

Info that might be good for you to know... Villa Corsi-Salviati: Via Gramsci 460 50019 Sesto Fiorentino Italy U.S. Embassy: Via Veneto 119/A 00187 Rome Tel: 011-39-06-46741 Fax: 39-06-4882-672 or 06-4674-2356 U.S. Consulate Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci, 38 50123 Firenze TEL: 011-39-055-266-951 Flight info: January 3 2008: Airline: Alitalia Flight 627 from O'Hare to Milan (Boeing 767) Leave @ 3:30 PM arrive @ 7:25 AM ...