Italy

To my dismay, I realized the politics in Spain are just as polarized as those in the United States. But because I was traveling in a country with a longer history, I could connect to a time and place free of conflict.

On Monday morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks struck southern Turkey and Syria. 

I would head back to the airport eventually, but I didn’t feel like rushing. I let the hours pass by as I explored the city and felt grateful that I had chosen to explore Naples, if only for the day.

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After two years of waiting, the Cal men’s soccer team traveled to Italy this summer for two weeks to participate in the United Soccer Academy games.

“He’s the perfect naked man,” she described the statue with too much arousal for comfort. “Half tense, half relaxed.”

UC Berkeley’s study abroad programs have reopened for the fall 2021 semester, sending students across the globe amid uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A Negroni is definitively a main character drink. And everyone needs a main character drink, whether they choose to admit it or not. 

Last summer, I was lucky enough to spend two weeks during a study abroad experience in the city of Venice. One memory that I will carry with me forever is the morning strolls around the city I took before my classes.