Here is our second post on our DG study abroad/internship series.
Junior, Gabi Audagnotti and Senior, Lauren Messonnier describe their exciting experience in Rome, Italy. Enjoy!
Gabi and I both independently decided to
study abroad this summer in Rome for five weeks. I was thrilled when I learned
another Delta Gamma was going, and we decided to live together for the duration
of the program. Gabi and I didn’t know each other very well going into the
summer, but we became good friends through the culture shock, adventure and
food that Italy had to offer.
We stayed in apartments in Rome, and we took two courses
while abroad: photography and introduction to Italian. We were in class most of
the day Monday through Thursday, but we tried to make it downtown to Rome
whenever we could! By the end of the trip, we even had a little café that knew
us and knew our standard order: due cappicini e due paste. We became experts at
shopping and eating all of the delish pasta meals, our favorite of which is “caccio
e peppe.”
The highlight of my trip was our weekend adventure to
Interlaken, Switzerland. We survived an overnight train, border control and the
language barrier and made it by early Friday morning. Interlaken is known for
their outdoor adventure, and Gabi and I had been having panic attacks all week
for the activity we had signed up for: canyon jumping. We were to jump off a
270-foot cliff connected to a rope and swing through a canyon. After a lot of
panic, we both managed to jump off and have the time of our lives. The picture
depicts the adrenaline rush that we felt post jump. It was truly a surreal
experience. We continued the adventure weekend by canyoning (in freezing water)
and bike riding around the beautiful town.
- Lauren
