Author: Haley Barnes

Today is a sad day, as it is the last full day in Italy. I woke up in a bittersweet mood, as I want to go home and want to stay in Italy at the same time. Regardless of my… Read More

Today was an interesting day. I woke up with itchy eyes and a scratchy throat. I am diagnosing myself with seasonal allergies. Later tonight I will be on the hunt for some Claritin or some other type of non-drowsy allergy… Read More

As we did not stay in Venice, we left our not so practical hotel in Padua this morning. I slept and did my make up on the bus today as per usual. We arrived in Milan around 11:30 am, and… Read More

Today we traveled to Venice, which was much more difficult in comparison to our other bus trips. There was a good bit of traffic heading out of Florence, which delayed us quite a bit. The trip to Venice was also… Read More

Today we a had a free day in Florence. I was a little anxious for this day to come, as I am the only graduate student in the class. I do not know many students in this class. But during… Read More

I was very sad to leave Assisi. I wish we could have had more time in this lovely time, but we had to move on to Florence. I have learned about Florence in my previous art history classes. I knew… Read More

The bus ride to Assisi was magical. Of course I slept the first half of the bus ride, but the second half was gorgeous. I was not exactly sure what to expect with coming to Assisi. I knew it was… Read More

It was the last night in Rome, and it was a wonderful night. We had the opportunity to learn how to make gnocchi and ravioli from scratch that we then ate for dinner at Fabiolouso Cooking Day on the Tiber… Read More

I had a memorable day. Today, I had the pleasure to experience what work life is like at the La Repubblica newspaper. This was memorable because seeing their office gave me hope that I am going to find an awesome… Read More

In my previous blog post, I discussed how I took quite a few art history classes at Slippery Rock University. Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Vatican to view more pieces that I learned about. It is one… Read More