Being in the Joseph S. Bruno program has already been an experience I will never forget! I already feel like these 22 girls are my family and I can’t wait to see what these next few months have in store. This week we finally got to travel to Rome to start our Grand Tour of Italy and it was the most beautiful city I think most of us have ever seen! We saw things like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and Trevi Fountain, which were definitely my favorites. After 11 miles and over 20,000 steps, our Grand Tour was done for the day and we were allowed the freedom to either stay in the city or return to Ariccia. A group of seven of us thought we weren’t too tired and decided to have an aperitivo and then catch the 6:21 train, which ended up being our biggest learning experience of the whole week! We managed to miss our first train and somehow make our next one by mere seconds! If only we had the security tapes because watching seven American girls running and screaming to the complete opposite train platform would definitely be something to see. Moments like that, when you look around at the new friends you have made and realize just how little we know and how much we have to learn, are the absolute best and brought us closer together. I know these next eleven weeks are going to be the best of my life, but hopefully they all go a little bit smoother!
Rebecca Todd

Taylor Anne and me on our first trip to Rome!