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These pictures were taken January 10th. It was our second day of exploration, and first day of exploration during the actual day. The plan was to go see the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain.  View of the Tiber River during the day. It’s usually a meeting ground for a variety of Rome’s birds.  There are
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Photostory: First Exploration!

This is going to be more of a photo story of our first trip into the center of Rome to explore. By this time my roommate Mariana had also arrived so the three of us met up with our friend Tylar and hit the streets!  Via della Penitenza is the name of the street in
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Orientation & the First Supper

In the middle of the night my roommate Emily arrived! It was an interesting, half-awake first conversation. Now we were just waiting for one more roommate. It felt like in the first couple days that I was in Rome I learned more about the United States than I did about Italy. Most of the schools
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The First Night is the Loneliest

The first day I arrived in Rome my other two roommates were not here yet. At an orientation meeting for our building I made friends with a girl and we made plans to meet up later and go explore a little bit. The part of Rome that we live in is called Trastevere, or Old
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From New York to Roma

Soooo, where to even begin?  I think I’m going to start off by writing a little bit about where I come from, since none of this matters unless you understand a little bit about me. I grew up in New Paltz. Although its made up of scenic mountain ranges, it’s only about a 30 minute
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