Blogging from Mantova, Italy on November 17, 2019 Bloggers: Halle and Margaret Steps Taken: 22,300 Our day got off to a peaceful start with a quick bus ride from Vicenza to Verona. Oh Verona, where Shakespeare’s famous Romeo and Juliet was set, where Christmas markets are beautiful, and where Catellus … More Day 56: The Finish Line

Blogging from Vicenza, Italy on November 15, 2019 Bloggers: Shawn and Leo Steps taken: 12,000 steps Today we said goodbye to Doctor Arik and Professor Bradley. We had breakfast with the pair before sending them off in their cab. It’s been a great week with the two of them and … More Day 54: Arrividerci Amici

Blogging from Assisi, Italy on November 11, 2019 Bloggers: Margaret and Mack Steps Taken: 15,500 Today began the last road trip of the FSP. Sad. Despite this trip signaling the beginning of the end of our time together (emo), it also meant the group would get to see our bus … More Day 50: Ciao Arnaldo, Buongiorno i Mei Amici Nuovi

Blogging from Rome, Italy on November 4, 2019 Bloggers: Mack and Margaret Steps Taken: 16,000 Ah, Mondays. Nothing ever seems to go according to plan on Mondays, and today was no exception. Our morning began with a brief train ride to Ostia, where we planned on spending our entire day. … More Day 45: Chiuso, Caracalla, and Catacombs

Coming at you from Rome, Italy on November 8, 2019 Bloggers: Shawn and Leo Steps Taken: Today was a short day. We had to show up to class at the early early hour of 2:00 pm to deliver our oral reports on portraiture at the Capitoline Museum. We had a … More Day 44: A Short Day of Portraiture

Blogging from Newcastle, United Kingdom on October 24, 2019 Bloggers: Mila and Margaret with guest star Jake Maguire! Steps Taken: 8,200 We woke up this morning bright and early to grab breakfast in Chester. Immediately after leaving breakfast, we stopped to grab another coffee at Cafe Nero. Then, we went … More Day 37: Cheerio Chester!

Blogging from Rome, Italy on Friday October 18, 2019 Bloggers: Mila and Margaret Steps Taken: 17,500 This morning we woke up refreshed after two free days. Three students were presenting today: Mack at the Colosseum, Mila at the Temple of Vesta in the Roman Fourm, and Leo at the Mithraeum … More Day 32: A Plethora of Presentations

Blogging at you live from Pompei, Italy on October 14, 2019! Bloggers: Margaret and Halle Steps Taken: 16,200 Monday was an amazing day. Let us tell you about it. We started off in Pompeii to see some of the monumental buildings we missed on the previous days. The first thing … More Day 30: Halle’s Bananas and Herculaneum

Coming at you from Naples, Italy on October 8, 2019 Bloggers: Halle and Margaret Steps Taken: 12,401 Today we woke up at the crack of dawn to be at the Archeological Museum of Campi Flegri to see the Temple of Augustales. Unfortunately, we got stuck in an hour of traffic … More Day 25: Preserving the Patrimony

Coming at you from Terracina, Italy on October 6, 2019 Written by: Shawn and Leo Steps Taken: 13,362 Flights Climbed: 41 We began the morning in Praeneste or modern day Italian city of Palestrina. Our purpose for being here involved a very, very, very big sanctuary, on the hill, with … More Day 23: Sanctuaries, Stairs, and Spectacular Heights