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3 Entries Tagged with "Night Train"

Spring Break in Sicily!

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

Back in January, we knew we needed a place to go for spring break. We were considering Greece, Tunisia, Sardinia, and Sicily. So we shopped around online looking for apartments to rent for a week in any of these places. We found a nice one in Cefalu, Sicily, where I had studied two summers … More »

Tags: Sicily // 2008 // Rome // Spring Break // Study Abroad // Night Train
The Rome to Swiss Alps Not-Express Night Train

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

This weekend we left Rome for the Swiss Alps, and I had one of the most fun weekends of my life. On Thursday, we took a night train to Interlaken, the extreme sport capital of the world. On night trains, you tend to meet characters. Strange characters, characters with interesting … More »

Tags: Gimmelwald // Swiss Alps // 2008 // Night Train // Study Abroad // Ski Trip
Street Fighting in the Lagoon

Posted by Andy Steves on September 15, 2010.

We caught the next train with no other problems and arrived, bleary eyed, in Venice at 8:00 that morning. Our group of four split off to find our “budget hotel.” After a while, we decided we were lost. The streets in Venice change names randomly, and the numbers don’t follow any … More »

Tags: Night Train // 2008 // Study Abroad // Venice

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I absolutely loved my WSA experience. I traveled to Rome over Easter Weekend and was able to do so many incredible things while I was there. We stayed at the Yellow Hostel which is kind of far from a lot of things but it was so much better than I was expecting it to be. I would definitely...
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