"This is New York," I think to myself as we emerge from the Milanese train station and spot the tall buildings and the giant apple sculpture. "This is totally New York," I muse again later as I confidently cross streets while we navigate....
I fell asleep in the Tuscan hills on winding roads and awoke to Pittsburgh at night. But this is not Pittsburgh, in fact. I'm just still sleep addled. This is Bologna. A flashy neon sign proclaims out my window: "Fuddrucker's, A Real American...
"I bet this is the first time any of you have been to a convent," Dr. O'Connor says. I smile and say, "Nope." He looks surprised, but my aunt is a nun, so this whole shebang is not wholly unfamiliar to me. This...
I stand, flabbergasted, as the tour guide explains that the surface we are looking at is basically the counter of an ancient fast food joint. We are in Pompeii, a destination I have read about and dreamed about setting foot in since I was...
I spent the majority of my time behind David. The front is impressive in many ways and absolutely brilliant and life-changing, a remarkable work of sculpture and anatomy. From the back, however, we get a new perspective. It doesn't have the same “wow”...
It has been a lifelong dream of mine to explore the catacombs of the world. Today, I took my first steps down into the earth and with them, down the path of that dream. Some fellow thrill-seekers and myself set our sights on...