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The Trip Home This past day was very bittersweet in all of our eyes. Excited to go home because we miss our families, we are sad leaving such a beautiful place and our newly made friends, Tamara (the tour guide) and Fabio/Corrado (our bus driver).  We spent last night using all of our strength to stuff our luggage [...]

Getting on the bus at 8:30 in the morning felt like a hassle after getting in at 12:30 am the night before. Everyone fell asleep almost immediately. Fabio’s bus seemed to cast a spell on us every time! Upon reaching Milan, everyone noticed how much it seemed to resemble New York City. Everyone was so [...]

After arriving in Como last night and spending the evening visiting the shore of the lake, today we will finally get to experience this beautiful body of water by traveling to the gem of the lake a town called Bellagio. Bellagio is said to be the pearl of this lake and a lovely tourist attraction. [...]

Day seven of the tour we went to Saint Anthony’s church in Padua. It took 20 minutes to get there from our hotel. Saint Anthony’s church is beautifully filled with old sculptures and clothing that Anthony once wore. A priest in the church toured us around and the team was blessed in the church by [...]

Today our group ventured to the beautiful island of Venice, Italy. Sadly the weather was nothing short of awful! We hoped that the sun might make it out for our very anticipated trip to this famous island. We departed from our hotel in Montecatini this morning and headed towards Venice.   Unfortunately, on the bus ride [...]

I woke up this morning to a bunch of chatter about their beds shaking at 4 a.m. I slept just fine, come to find out, there was a large earthquake in Northern Italy. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those effected. Our next stop on our expedition was Siena and the San Gimignano winery. Before [...]

Day four in Italy we visited the Duomo which is located in Florence. Florence is a beautiful city with a lot of shops where you can find a plethora of nice clothing and shoes for cheap. My teammates definitely were around for that one! The tour guide showed us the tower that was beside the [...]

Ciao. We departed the hotel in Rome this morning and are heading to Pisa. The trip was a few hours which was great because we all needed a nap. Tamara told us we will be taking a ‘comfort stop’ half way so we can use the bathroom. We arrived in Pisa and had to take [...]

Good Morning Italy! What a beautiful day. Today I woke up and had breakfast with everyone at 9:30 a.m. Second day trying to get use to the breakfast selection here at the hotel. After breakfast, we left to tour the Vatican city. I am personally excited to tour the Vatican City. Did you know that [...]

Check out the video diaries of the UNH Women’s Basketball team’s trip to Italy! Entry #1 Entry #2