When I was a kid, I went to CCD class once a week up until I was in 8th grade. My memory of those years is faded, but I can distinctly remember some things: the pungent smell of the candles… Read More
Trip Blog!
Exploring the Vatican
Hello! Today was a very interesting day that I’m sure I could go on for hours about. But it feels like I don’t have the energy to do even that! Today tuckered me out so badly that I’m already in… Read More
PGH—->Rome, Day 3
It seems as if the only free time I have is this late at night and I spend it writing a new post. But hey! It’s finally time to get into our visit to the Colosseum and Vatican City. We… Read More
Day 2: Politics, power, and media
Well, I’m adjusted to the Italian time change. We didn’t have to do anything until noon today, but we had breakfast from 8:15-9:00. I took a trip to the nearby supermarket to get some snacks for the day and went… Read More
Sometimes change isn’t good… 5/7/18
For the majority of us, if not all of us, typed our first blog on about four hours of sleep, completely jet lagged and exhausted. When we woke up in the morning, people re-edited their blogs to make more sense.… Read More
Third Day’s the Charm
Boungiorno! Day two was a total success! Courtney and I woke up around 7 this morning to do a little exploring on our own. We figured since it was a nice morning and since we had some free time on… Read More
Day Two: Media reality and Roman legends
After sleeping so soundly that I almost forgot where I was, I joined the students for a leisurely breakfast and prepared for the day. We love to start these trips with a lecture by a local professor. In Italy, that… Read More
Back to Italy Day one
Six years after we first visited Italy with an International Media class, we are back! Blessed with smooth flights and no issues with luggage or other travel snafus, 35 students and three professors arrived in Rome and shook off the… Read More
The Politics of the Vatican are Nun of Your Business
Song of the day: Changes by Tupac This song made it on the Vatican’s MySpace playlist in 2009 alongside Mozart and Muse, to name a few. Lyrics include “Is life worth living, should I blast myself?” “Give the crack to the kids,… Read More
Day 2 Flower Report: Lost
TL;DR – I didn’t get to see the beautiful flowers, but I did sit in a restaurant wondering why they were playing “What is Love.” Today I learned about the American call sign, it’s “What is Love” by Haddaway. Allow… Read More