Travel Week 2: Study Tour to Rome

Last week was Travel Week 2 here at DIS, which means I got to go on a five day trip to Rome with my class! DIS incorporates a week of travel to another European city into all of the core courses they offer. My core course is Cultural Diversity and Integration, which examines different approaches …

Five Days, Seven Stores, and Nineteen Scoops

After spending five days in Rome with my core course, Cultural Diversity and Integration, I’ve decided to review all the amazing gelato I ate. Spoiler alert: I ate a lot. Don’t worry, I'll write a full post on the actual experience with my core course in Rome, but for now I’m just going to reminisce …

Travel Week 1: Free Week in Italy

Wow where do I even begin? I just spent the last week traveling to various cities in Italy, and if I could summarize the whole trip in one word it would be “bliss.” This past week was the first of the two travel weeks during the fall semester here at DIS. Each student has one …