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Making a Decision: learn or not to learn; Italian or not Italian; Rome or not Rome!

Making a Decision: learn or not to learn; Italian or not Italian; Rome or not Rome!

By far the most difficult part about this “gap year” has been making decisions about what to do with my time. I sweat over the smallest details and panic whether I am choosing the right program. Until all suitcases are back in my hands in the final destination, I am physically unable to take that [...]

Pizza Evening in Rome

Pizza Evening in Rome. San Lorenzo Student Quarter

In return for attending Italian lessons and labouring tirelessly for the school I get free pizza and wine every couple of weeks. Such is the hardship of life in Italy, where the youth, unable to find jobs, will work for 6 months unpaid, and the rest are called ‘Bamboccioni’ (or lazy) by the politicians, while [...]