Submitted by Hannah Watts on the 2018 winter session program in Italy sponsored by the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and the Department of English…
As my program has come to a close, I’m happy to be home, but I’ll definitely miss Italy. Since my last post, I’ve seen the caves underground in Orvieto, I’ve visited the Vatican and attended a Papal audience, walked through the catacombs, and explored Sorrento, Capri, Naples, the Almafi Coast, Pompeii and Montecassino. The last week of the program contained some of my favorite days, where we made our own pizza at a restaurant in Sorrento, took a boat ride to Capri and explored Naples, Almafi, Pompeii and Monte Cassino.
I’ve been sharing with my family a list of some everyday things that are different about Italy:
- Nearly every hotel had heated towel racks
- Nutella is to Italy as peanut butter is to America–there’s hardly an peanut products to be found there
- Water isn’t free at restaurants unless you ask for tap water, which some people advise against
- People don’t really eat or drink while they’re rushing to places
- People walk much more slowly in Italy
I have to say, while I’m glad to be back home in America, I’ll miss some of these differences, and I’ll definitely miss all the places we went.
