Pastel the Traveling Pug

 1. Two Days at the Beach in Two Italian Cities: Santa Marinella and Santa Severa Part 1- Santa Marinella This is the concluding article from when Gisela studied abroad in Rome for a month in the summer of 2021. She did the study abroad program through the CIEE and took two classes at the CIEE Institute. One class was about the mafia, and the other was an Italian language class. Since Gisela had classes only three days a week, we had much free time to explore Rome, other Italian cities, and neighboring countries (we visited San Marino and Vatican City). Most of the activities in Rome were organized by the CIEE, and we did them after class. The CIEE also organized two day excursions to Orvieto and Tivoli on weekends. The other trips we did independently. Gisela and I went with our friends and on our own to Santa Marinella, Florence, Naples, Santa Severa, and San Marino. This article is in two parts, and I will talk about our day trips to Santa Marinella and Santa Severa, two beach t...

 1. Naples: The Resilient History and the Location of Mount Vesuvius   We had another travel story when Gisela studied abroad in Rome for a month in the summer of 2021. As I mentioned in my other articles, Gisela studied at the CIEE Institute through the CIEE program (she also studied in Seville, Spain, for a semester through the CIEE, only she took classes at the University of Seville). Gisela took two classes in Rome: a political science class about the mafia and law and an Italian language class. Though Gisela found the class below her language ability, she thought practicing her Italian and improving her speaking made it helpful. Overall, she had great practice speaking to the locals in Italian. The mafia class was in English. Anyway, she only had classes three days a week. That meant we had much time to explore Rome, other Italian cities, and neighboring countries (San Marino and Vatican City). Some activities and excursions were organized by the CIEE, while others we did...