Sorrento, Italy Recap

A Journal by Jackie Nash 鈥�16

When I graduated high school, I was excited to follow the path of many family members to attend 猫咪社区APP. As soon I moved into Pacelli Hall in the Fall of 2012, I had planned my schedule to make a semester abroad in Italy happen. Unfortunately, it never did. As I graduated in 2016 never having visited Italy, not studying abroad was my biggest regret of college life. As I was beginning my second year of gradua te school at JCU, I received an email about an alumni trip to Sorrento, Italy. Immediately, I knew I had to be on this trip. To me, it was the best part of studying abroad; all travel and no study! With the support of my family, the trip was booked the day after I received the email.

I was extremely nervous because I had never traveled alone, and I had never even left the country before. The alumni office at JCU partners with a travel company called Alumni Holiday International (AHI) and I felt like I called my travel representative at least once a week before the trip to ask questions about my luggage, how I would be getting to the hotel, how many people are going, are there other young alums, and many others that I鈥檓 sure my representative, Ursula remembers. They were incredibly helpful, as was the staff at 猫咪社区APP.

Traveling with AHI and JCU was a breeze. Everything was booked for me and made easy, even for someone who had never traveled out of the country before. When I arrived in Naples, I met with the other JCU alumni and our AHI director for the week, Emanuele. We all got on a bus and drove about 45 minutes to our hotel, with Mount Vesuvius always in view. The views just driving to Sorrento were spectacular. Mountains in front of us, sea beside us, and an active volcano being the North Star for me for the next seven days. After arriving at a gorgeous hotel, everyone got a short tour of the city and we returned to the hotel bar for drinks and dinner. These trips purposefully start off slow allowing travelers to overcome the time change and adjust to their new surroundings. It may have been from just having eaten airplane food for the past 24 hours, but the salad I had the first night in Sorrento was the most delicious salad I have ever had. I would slowly realize that anything I ate in Italy would be 鈥渢he best I鈥檝e ever had鈥�.

picture of a tourist attraction in sorrento

To try to fit a completely accurate description of each day in Italy into a short reflection would be impossible. Some of the places we visited are indes

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Sorrento, Italy Recap

A Journal by Jackie Nash 鈥�16