Author
Sarah O.
Location
Sicily, Italy
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Sarah O.
Sicily, Italy
My name is Sarah Osterman. I go to the University of Virginia and live in Keswick, Virginia. I have always wanted to take a semester abroad and was already studying Italian so decided to go to Italy. This is the first time I have ever been out of the country and hope to see and learn a lot from this experience.
This week started the celebration of Carnevale. It is a festival and party leading up to Lent. Here in Siracusa there is not a specific tradition the city does, like some places have orange fights and others have parades with elaborate floats, but here… More
While being here our group has made some friends. Among them is the sweetest couple, Ana and Alberto. Ana is Romanian and Alberto is Spanish. This weekend they took us to Avola, a town in Sicily that has a lot of Spanish influence, which is evident in… More