By Michelle Campbell Some of the many perks of studying abroad with Florida State are the excursions that are included within the program. Every semester our director, along with some of the professors, takes the group to towns located within Tuscany to show us a little more of the countryside that surrounds our Florentine home. The first day...Read More
By: Ilyse Liffreing – Ilyse is going to be a senior at the University of San Francisco, and spent one semester studying abroad in Oxford and one semester studying abroad in London. If you have any questions about study abroad, or Oktoberfest, you can contact Ilyse by e-mail at [email protected]. Every year, Munich, Germany, the third...Read More
[slideshow]As we celebrated the Fourth of July this past week with celebrations of hot dogs and burgers, we sat back and recapped the past few weeks of summer. We realized that all of us here, while we are driven by crazy schedules and all go off in different directions every weekend, we still have complete...Read More
By: Michelle Campbell Crossing the European borders into Africa was not included in my original travel plans during my stay in Florence. I knew a few friends who went there over Spring Break when they were studying abroad in Florence a year back, but the thought of going there never truly appealed to me. Looking back now, it...Read More
By: Patricia Garcia Febles. Patricia studied abroad in Madrid in Spring 2012 and is a student at Syracuse University. Spring break: probably my favorite time of year. This would be my first time spending it in Europe with my best friends and we were at a loss for where to go. Being that we are all from...Read More
Because we love beautiful visuals, have a look at these 3 awesome infographics about study abroad courtesy of the IIE, Rate My Study Abroad, and Course Hero.Read More
Friends don’t let friends miss out on a freakin awesome time abroad! Our Fall 2012 trips are on the website and it is go time. It’s time for all of those headed to Europe, to sign up for the times of their lives at Oktoberfest, The Amalfi Coast, Croatia, Interlaken,Ireland, a Fall Break trip, and every other cool...Read More
By: Michelle Campbell [slideshow] Because I had the time of my life in Interlaken, thanks to Bus2Alps, I decided to book another weekend trip with them. This time I planned to go to Austria. I’d never really heard anything specific about the country, besides it being the birth place of the famous Marie Antoinette and the location...Read More
The first two weeks flew by and before we knew it we were all planning out first weekend getaway. I had been talking to our RA for some ideas and she suggested we look into Bus2Alps. She knew some of the guides and she that Bus2Alps was the best travel agency to use out of Florence. We set...Read More
Rimini is the capital of the Adriatic Italian Riviera. Sure it is a wonderful, relaxing beach destination, if that is what you are looking for. However, most people who descend on the Italian Riviera’s hot spot are not only looking for a relaxing time. Rimini is known for is pulsing nightlife, with beach clubs, pub...Read More
“It’s getting ill, it’s getting sick on the floor. We never quit, we never rest on the floor. If I ain’t wrong we’d probably die on the floor. Brazil, Moroddo, London to IBIZA, straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa.” There’s a reason JLO and Pittbull sing about this place. It is the places to be at!...Read More
by Michelle Campbell The second I arrived at the Tampa International Airport, the reality of leaving for the next fours months to live in Florence, Italy sunk in. My thoughts seemed to match the pounding of my heart, for everything was running through my mind at a rate of a thousand miles a minute. Images of Tuscan fields,...Read More
