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The Global Experience: Florence, Italy
by Christina Wolf '13
As an art-history major with a fascination for the Italian
Renaissance, living in Florence, Italy, for a semester was a dream
come true. Walking around the city was like living between the
pages of one of my art-history textbooks, as priceless and
world-famous works of art were always "just around the
corner." Despite the overwhelming wealth of culture and
history present in Florence, some of my favorite memories derived
from the quiet moments I experienced, like an old carriage driver
feeding his horse in front of the baptistery, or the perfect view
of the Ponte Vecchio just before sunset. It was in these
moments that the magic of this ancient city came alive and the
lifestyle of Renaissance Italy didn't seem so far away.