IES Rome
Lungotevere Tor di Nona, 7
00186 Rome, Italy
Lungotevere Tor di Nona, 7
00186 Rome, Italy
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My schedule is relatively relaxed. My last day at work is January 27th, and I'll probably head back to Lafayette on the 29th or 30th, give or take a few days. I leave Indiana on the 3rd of February and arrive in Rome on the 4th. We have time to get situated in our apartments and have dinner with our roommates that night. The next day we have off-site orientation in Perugia and Assisi through the 7th. Friday the 8th is our language placement. We have intensive Italian through the next week and classes start the next Monday, the 18th. Spring break is March 21 - the 30th. Mid-terms are from April 7 - 11. We've got a field trip of some sort the weekend of April 18th, and no class on the 25th. Also, we have the 1st and 2nd of May off. Finals are May 19-22nd and our last day is Friday, May 23rd. Tadaaa!
The IES center is in a new location this semester, and it happens to be across from the Vatican on the Tiber River. How delightful, no? I won't know where my apartment is until the week before I leave.
Also, I am interning with Cafe Abroad, and will be meeting with the Rome team once a week to discuss our plans for publications, the city guide and event coordination. I am somewhat lost on what exactly I will be doing, but I know it involves writing articles and attending events throughout the city...not to mention meeting four new people that I won't see in my classes or in my apartment.
Aside from, "When do you leave?" the most commonly asked question is, "Are you excited?" Of course I'm excited. I'm thrilled. I'm also struck with a mix of other feelings including fear, anticipation, anxiousness, nervous ignorance and an all encompassing longing for both the now and the tomorrow. Right now, I am most comforted and calmed by the idea that not only am I leaving, but I'm also coming back within a reasonable amount of time. Who knows how that fact with impact me later in my trip. I'll keep you posted.
It's been nice to not have classes lately. I've been working non stop, keeping busy with reading and researching and listening to as much new music as I can get my hands on. Deli folk have really been an amazing gift lately, as they are probably the group I spend the most time with outside of the Bratpack, and their perspectives are refreshing. I'm spending as much time alone as I can while still cherishing the last few weeks I have with the people I adore. And then I leave, and I'll bring them all along! Follow along through this...please! I'll be posting as much on here about my trip as I possibly can, complete with pictures and maps and links etc.
So, let's have a big party, drink our drinks, celebrate our love for one another and then I'm off and I'm taking you with me! 18 days, my friends.
The IES center is in a new location this semester, and it happens to be across from the Vatican on the Tiber River. How delightful, no? I won't know where my apartment is until the week before I leave.
Also, I am interning with Cafe Abroad, and will be meeting with the Rome team once a week to discuss our plans for publications, the city guide and event coordination. I am somewhat lost on what exactly I will be doing, but I know it involves writing articles and attending events throughout the city...not to mention meeting four new people that I won't see in my classes or in my apartment.
Aside from, "When do you leave?" the most commonly asked question is, "Are you excited?" Of course I'm excited. I'm thrilled. I'm also struck with a mix of other feelings including fear, anticipation, anxiousness, nervous ignorance and an all encompassing longing for both the now and the tomorrow. Right now, I am most comforted and calmed by the idea that not only am I leaving, but I'm also coming back within a reasonable amount of time. Who knows how that fact with impact me later in my trip. I'll keep you posted.
It's been nice to not have classes lately. I've been working non stop, keeping busy with reading and researching and listening to as much new music as I can get my hands on. Deli folk have really been an amazing gift lately, as they are probably the group I spend the most time with outside of the Bratpack, and their perspectives are refreshing. I'm spending as much time alone as I can while still cherishing the last few weeks I have with the people I adore. And then I leave, and I'll bring them all along! Follow along through this...please! I'll be posting as much on here about my trip as I possibly can, complete with pictures and maps and links etc.
So, let's have a big party, drink our drinks, celebrate our love for one another and then I'm off and I'm taking you with me! 18 days, my friends.
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