THERE'S NOTHING BETWEEN US BUT SPACE AND TIME

On the 2nd day left abroading, Europe gave to me...

#17- GELATO
#16- ABROAD SONGS
#15- PERSISTENT HAWKERS
#14- ITALIAN WEATHER
#13- ABROAD CONSTANTS
#12- #STUDYABROADPROBLEMS
#11- OLD STOVE PORCELLINO
#10- 3,991 MILES
#9- PARIS, FRANCE

#8- APPRECIATION OF WHAT'S TO COME

#7- MEETING UP WITH ABROAD FRIENDS

#6- BEING COMPLETELY SINGLE

#5- BAD TRAVEL KARMA

#4- CHIARA

#3- MY CLASSES

#2- FIRENZE FRIENDS


This experience would be nothing without the friends that made those unforgettable life changing moments while abroad. I came over with a few good friends, but I made friendships with some amazing people and who I had never known before coming here and I wonder if I would have ever become friends with them at Stonehill if they did not study abroad here too... probably not which I think is a pretty cool thing. Whether is was the San Gallo girls that I was already friends with or Jess who I didn't know at all until I came here (and she is one of the NICEST and FUNNIEST person I have ever met no doubt), or Kat being utterly ridiculous in our art class or outside it, whether it was anyone who came to join in Tijuana Thursdays, Keefer being Keefer (like going to Rome without anything... only he would), or Katie and Jade who I CANNOT WAIT to hangout with back at Stonehill cause I know the good times will only continue there. Overall I can't even remember how many times I died laughing at the ridiculous abroad stuff that has happened to us all. Abroad life is unreal and I am glad I have so many friends to share my experiences with and laugh about all the memories we had for years to come.


HIGHLIGHTS (just the first several that come to mind)
-Katie bitching some rando Italian out in Red Garter on Halloween, "WHERE THE HELL ARE MY EARS!?"
-Courtney shattering her wine bottle that she just bought and making it rain wine
-Anytime Katie was in a photo, she needed to be on her good side haha
-Jade being the mapquest of Florence
-Kat and Alex during the Yankee swap
-The pub crawl night where we got COMPLETELY lost in Florence til 3 am and it was a hot mess of a night, but now have a great anecdote out of it
-Lengel.. guys its actually leaning!
-Pretty much anytime we went to Old Stove Porcellino, Club 21 (the night Katie/Jade/Melissa and I went was a major highlight with the drunk Spaniards and the super biddie), Twice or any of the other random places we went out to
-Courtney kicking her leg up and clapping underneath her legs as if no one was going to notice
-Anytime we were traveling and Ali and I were the Amazring Race duo leading the group
-All the free GSE dinners in the places we travelled to
-THE HORRIBLE WALKING TOURS
-Any interaction we had with Antonio at the Old Stove Porcellino
-Standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa...what should we do.... LETS JUMP!
-Anytime it required me to say "This is not real life"


Just to name a few, regardless Firenze would mean nothing if I didn't have such amazing people to share it with