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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern tells the story of Zachary Ezra Rawlins, a graduate student in Vermont, who discovers a mysterious...

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is a Sci-Fi interpretation of the rise of China’s only Empress, Wu Zetian. Huaxia is a country battling...

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab tells the story of Addie LaRue, a French woman who gains immortality in 1714 after...

When discussing locations for my novel, my mom asked me how I found these small towns outside of these more well-known cities. How did I...

Now, I understand that my post about The Vatican could have easily been lumped in with the post about Roma. However, I feel like the...

In between protests and day trips for my novel, I had been seeing the sights of Rome and further exploring the places I mentioned in my...

When I've had conversations about what it would be like coming back home after being in Italy for about a month and a half I never really...

When I was preparing for my trip to Italy, I was essentially working three jobs in order to pay for my trip and I still had to take out a...

As previously mentioned in my second post related to Napoli, I witnessed a protest in front of Gambrinus regarding unfair wages. I would...

When I told multiple people during (and after) my study abroad that I wanted to go to Benevento, I was met with a lot of shocked...

Settling into Rome following the three weeks of Sorrento was interesting to say the very least. Rome is definitely a city that has a lot...

Surprise! I actually went to Napoli two more times instead of the one. There's honestly so much for me to do there that I don't think...

The Amalfi Coast (and title name of our Study Abroad) was a region that was highly anticipated by most of my family who knew that I'd be...

It's my last day in Sorrento and it feels strange. It feels strange feeling so attached to a place I've only truly known for three weeks....

From the beginning of my class, I have been open and transparent with my sexuality and being bisexual. One of our first assignments...

This is going an announcement post of an exciting opportunity that I was lucky enough to get during my time in Sorrento. Now, some...

One of the places that became highly anticipated for my classmates and me was the island of Capri. This was an interesting trip to think...

So I'm splitting my Napoli (or Naples) conversation into two parts as this city really needs two days to fully explore everything I want...

For my nonwriter friends, the messy middle is the point in writing a novel where the middle isn't fully realized or generally all over...

A part of history that comes from 79 A.D that I'm shocked isn't discussed nearly as much is the destruction of the little sister to...