London and leadership: Marist Italy students attend global conference on leading with inclusivity

By Alice Adams This April, nine first-year Marist Italy students traveled to London, England, to attend the Student Global Leadership Conference hosted by the Foundation for International Education (FIE). The students, selected through an essay contest, were Sofija Dudhia, Mia Boyd, Lynzee Zriebiec, Samantha Inciarte, Isabella Tuttolomondo, Rosa Benders, Sascha Hsin, Troy Tucker, and myself,... Continue Reading →

April 24, 2025 0

Staycation-ing in Florence: How to Have Fun on a Budget

Written by Olivia Horne With edits and additions by Alice Adams and Marlise Hyde Note from the editor: This week, we're bringing some unseen content to the blog, written by last year’s student blogger Olivia Horne. Budget travel is a timeless subject, but all details have been fact-checked to ensure the information is still current.... Continue Reading →

March 5, 2025 0

Planes, trains, and carbon footprints: Marist Italy students meet to discuss protecting the environment while living in Europe

By Kate Krehel "We students love to branch out every weekend to explore every corner of Europe, but often amidst our excitement we forget about the consequences to our climate and Earth." On February 12th, students gathered at the Marist Italy office to attend a Sustainability Workshop. An expert from Alethea Global, an international cooperative... Continue Reading →

February 28, 2025 0

Lucca: A timeless Tuscan day trip

By Alice Adams Florence is a beautiful city, but part of the attraction of studying here is… well, leaving. That is, exploring other parts of Italy, maybe even venturing out of the country to the rest of Europe and beyond. It’s lovely to spend a weekend day enjoying all Florence has to offer – its... Continue Reading →

November 12, 2024 0

Travel photo log: Prague

By Alice Adams One of the perks of studying in Europe is the opportunity to take advantage of its snugly packed array of lovely destinations. Lucky me; I spent the first few days of October break in the City of a Hundred Spires. Prague is situated where the tides of Western Europe crash into those... Continue Reading →

November 5, 2024 0

Cooling down: Reflections on adjusting to life abroad

By Alice Adams Summer is turning to autumn. Leftover summertime tourists are departing, and Florentines are trickling back into the city whose sticky heat they had fled. With the closing of summer comes the closing of Marist students’ first month in Italy. Life moves from the ten days of sweaty orientation to syllabus week to... Continue Reading →

September 18, 2024 0

Places to Visit during Fall Break

Pisa Description: A city in the Tuscany region best known for the iconic Leaning Tower, completed in 1372. How to Reach: Take the train for 1 hour from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Pisa Centrale. From Pisa’s train station, you can either take a 15 minute bus ride on the Red Line (linea lam rossa)... Continue Reading →

October 21, 2022 0

The Venice Biennale (2022)

By: Charlotte Coons This weekend, I had the opportunity of attending the 127th Venice Biennale Art Festival. La Biennale di Venezia is one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, and it dates back to 1895 when the first International Art Exhibit was organized. In the 1930s, new festivals were born: Music, Cinema,... Continue Reading →

October 3, 2022 0

The Sinking City of Islands

By Aylah Dhruv, FFE student Every year freshmen take a class called First Year Seminar. This year the class is centered around ideas of travel and place. We are exploring pilgrimages and thinking about how our own journeys from home to Florence have impacted us, and how it is similar to other historical pilgrimages. We watched the movie The Way which detailed the experience of a man walking the Camino de... Continue Reading →

October 19, 2021 0

Travelling while studying in Florence

By Elisa Checcacci, Student Services Coordinator The opportunity to travel around Italy and Europe has always been a major draw for students who come to study in Florence as part of the BA, FFE, and MA programs. Teaching mainly takes place Monday to Thursday, which allows for long weekends at students’ disposal to visit Rome,... Continue Reading →

February 22, 2021 0

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