As you may have read, due to the spread of the coronavirus in Italy, the Mount decided to suspend our program on February 28 and sent us home. I will write more about my experiencing leaving early in a separate blog post, but I will say now that in the […]
Welcome back to Feasts of Florence! This post will cover the most important meal of the day, and also my favorite meal: breakfast! Here in Florence breakfast, or colazione, is very different and much lighter. Back home while we might enjoy scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast, Italians usually eat pastries. […]
Welcome back to Feasts of Florence! As I mentioned in my first blog, last week we got the chance to visit two different vineyards, one of which, Castello del Trebbio, was formerly owned by both the Pazzi and Medici families. Chianti is the type of wine produced in this region […]
Hello, welcome to my blog! My name is Amara Jerome and I will be spending this semester in Florence, Italy. I am a junior at the Mount majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology, as well as minoring in Human Services and Marketing. I decided to study abroad this semester to […]