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Today I visited the city of Cervia with Eric and Beata. They invited me to come out with them for a day, and I was excited to visit the coast. While my friends headed out to Verona, I took the bus into town to catch the train. We met up, bought our tickets, and then hung out together on the hour and a half long journey.

We arrived at the station in Cervia and began our walk into town. We passed through the old city centre where there were easter markets and food stalls. I checked out some of them to try and find some nice gifts to bring home to my family. I found a heart shaped necklace and a scarf for my grandmothers. Afterwards, we headed towards the harbour. We drank coffee and ate pistachio croissants in the sun. We also got the chance to scope out some restaurants to eat dinner at later. Cervia had a big focus on seafood cuisine, so I was excited to try it out later.

Next, we walked along the beach and looked for seashells. I forgot to bring my swimming gear, and I wish I had. I pocketed a handful of tiny seashells to bring home to my sister. The three of us took pictures on the beach before heading to the park nearby. After all the noise and busyness of Bologna and Venice, it was nice to walk around somewhere quiet and peaceful again. I took the chance to take some pictures for my photography class.

Finally, we headed back into the harbour to grab food. We had to wait for the restaurants to open again, but it was worth it in the end. I got calamari skewers while Eric and Beata got fish & pasta dishes. It started to get dark around half 7, so we walked back to the train and settled in for the journey home. I had such a good time exploring Cervia with them, and I’d love to come back here in the future.

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Today our group visited Venice. My family had been to Venice a few years back and I hadn’t been able to go, so I was excited to finally check it out. My roommates and I woke up early to get ready and catch an early bus to the train station. We met with Richard and Beata, who then led us to the right station. The train was packed so my friends and I had some trouble finding seats together, but we managed to in the end. It was a long journey, and I was still exhausted from the night before, so I put in my headphones and slept almost the entire way up.

We finally arrived after about two hours and reconvened in the Venice station as a group. Richard explained that we would be meeting our tour guide soon, so after I ran into a shop to buy breakfast, I was ready to begin the tour. Our guide gave each of us a portable radio and earphones to listen in on. I was already impressed by the view as we left the station, the architecture was beautiful.

The guide brought us through side streets and residential areas first. It was crazy how quiet it was down these alleys compared to the main streets. Some roads felt like nobody had lived in them for decades. I got tons of nice pictures of the waterways and bridges. There were a few times I almost got lost because I was too busy taking photos of the surroundings, but I always managed to find my way back. We learned so many interesting pieces of history about the city, and I was so glad to get the opportunity for the guided tour. Lastly, he brought us to the main square, which was packed with people. We took a group picture before heading to the restaurant together.

The restaurant was the low point of the trip sadly. The cutlery was dirty, and the food was gross. Thankfully we didn’t stay for too long, as my friends and I left to explore the city on our own. I visited a shop that specialised in tiramisu and macarons, which I had never tried before. They were both delicious, and I wish it had been in Bologna instead because I would have gone back every single day. After we visited some of the landmarks, and walked down by the harbour where there was a lot of markets selling nice trinkets and gifts. I picked up a few things for my family.

We had around 3 hours to explore, which flew by. Before we knew it, it was time to catch the train back. With the massive crowds, the walk back took twice as long as we expected it to. We eventually found a way to weave our way through and had enough time to buy ice creams and cannoli’s in a café near the station. Exhausted from walking around all day, I was glad to sit down on the train.

We arrived back at the apartment a few hours later. My roommate Charlotte and I ordered takeout since we were too tired to cook or go out for food. I had a really good time in Venice, and I wish I could have stayed longer to explore the city more.

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Today I worked on a PowerPoint for my boss Vishwa in work. I was hoping to do more graphic design related work, but I didn’t mind the tasks we were being given. At lunch, Alisha and I went out for a few pizza slices, and sat under the tree near Scuderia. We hung out for a little bit and did some people-watching before heading back in.

This evening, we had a dinner scheduled with some of our teachers, Gabriel and Richard. I made my way to the restaurant with Laura, Alisha and Kayleigh, where we met Gabriel and the rest of the group. It was nice getting to talk to him and the others on the trip, who I hadn’t seen in a little while. Before long, everyone had shown up and we ordered together. I decided to try out an anchovy pizza because I was curious, and I ended up loving it.

After the dinner, everyone parted ways. I headed over to Laura, Alisha, Kayleigh and Aoife’s apartment for a night in. We drank wine and watched music videos on the TV in their apartment. We also all did a facemask together and got some pictures of us with them on. I had a really good night, and hopefully we can go out in town together soon.

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Today in work, Vishwa introduced me to Andrea. He has an important role in Scuderia and needed me to do some work for him on Illustrator. I was excited for the chance to do this because I hadn’t really enjoyed using Canva, and Illustrator was something I felt much more comfortable with. He explained the maps that he needed made for their website and I got to work immediately.

During lunch, Alisha and I got the chance to hang out with him. We ate in Scuderia and chatted for the whole break. The three of us got on really well, and I was sad to hear that he wouldn’t be in Bologna again until after our Erasmus had ended. We all still had a nice time talking to each other and I was glad to have met him. After lunch I got around to finishing the work and sent it off to him.

After work I visited some clothes shops in the city centre and bought a dessert in Impero to eat at home. I bought a little trianon cake that I was so excited to eat again. I took the bus back to the apartment, where I called my sister and one of my friends. I updated them on how I was getting on in the city and in work, and I was so happy to hear from them again. Afterwards I headed up to my friend’s apartment where we watched a movie together and drank wine. I was too tired to head out into town again, so I made my way back to my apartment and got an early night.

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This morning, my friends and I met up to hang out in the city together. Laura, Kayleigh, Hawa, Alisha, Lillia, Charlotte and I walked to the park near our house. We got a bunch of nice pictures together and sat out on the bench in the heat. Alisha and Kayleigh left early, so the rest of us headed into town to do some shopping.

I visited some stores and bought a few nice pieces of clothing. So many of the Italain shops were too expensive, so I ended up shopping in places I normally would at home, like Zara or Pull and Bear. We started to get hungry, so we found a restaurant to eat at. I ordered a massive pizza, and we talked for ages. Afterwards, we headed into a pharmacy to buy facemasks and things like that. I had started to get tired walking around in the heat all day, so Laura and I made our way back to the accommodation. I had an amazing day out with everyone, and I was glad I didn’t waste the day inside. After this I did some schoolwork for my classes and made sure I was caught up as I needed to be.

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Today we had a day tour in the city centre. I got up early to prepare for the day. My roommates and I met our friends and made our way to the bus stop. The bus driver stopped so suddenly at one point that I slammed into a glass divider, and I felt so embarrassed.

Eventually we made it into the centre where we met out tour guide. We grouped up outside the statue of Neptune, and then she brought us on our way. First, we visited the town hall. I was so impressed by the statues and murals inside. I got the opportunity to take so many photos inside. I was glad for the chance to be given a tour inside here as I would never have thought to visit it myself. After about an hour, we had walked through the entire building, and it was time to visit our next stop.

Our guide brought us to the old university of Bologna where we saw the old entrances for art and business students. As we were looking around the courtyard, I began to feel sick and excused myself from the tour. My phone died just as I left, so I walked around till I found the nearest electronics shop and bought myself a power-bank.

After this, I made my way back to the apartment to rest for a while. After a nap I felt much better, so I quickly made dinner and went to see my friends. They filled me in on what I had missed out on the trip and showed me pictures of where they had visited when I left. I met up with Eric afterwards, where he showed me some sights in Bologna. We walked around the park near our accommodation, got food in a restaurant called Osteria Della Orsa, and visited the “little Venice” window in town.

I had a good time exploring the city. After this I made my way back to the apartment where I called my parents and hung out with my friends.

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Today we had a busy day in work. I was making designs on Canva for our boss in Scuderia all morning. I felt a little tired and that I was losing focus, so during break I went on a walk with my friend Alisha. We walked to an area near work that we hadn’t been before, where we discovered so many cool posters and pieces of artwork. I took a bunch of pictures before heading back. We found a pizza place and ate outside in the sun. Our boss texted us saying that she needed something done urgently in a google document, so we rushed back to finish it off.

After work, we met up with our friends Kayleigh and Laura, and went for food together in town. The weather was still nice and warm when we left at 3, so we ate ice cream and walked around the centre. We found a nice restaurant where we ordered pizza and pasta. After doing some window shopping, we all took the bus home to the apartment. I got to practice what little Italian I knew in the Carrefour shop next to our accommodation, and bought food for the weekend ahead.

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Thank you so much for this 3 weeks experience!!! ❤️❤️❤️

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18th of April! The day we arrived home as much as I was happy to be able go home to my own bed and have a roast dinner at last it was still sad leaving Bologna as I really enjoyed it and meeting all the other student made the experience way better. Some these memories I’ll never forget I was so lucky to of got the chance to have this opportunity!😇

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the last full day in Bologna was quite eventful.  There were two events in the morning.  a trip to the archaeological museum and to the exhibition of modern art, where there were works by Banksy.  in the evening we had dinner with the guys in an Italian restaurant, and after that I went to the Philharmonic.  there was a concert of the classics - Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn... a wonderful crescendo that ended our Italian journey.

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the last full day in Bologna was quite eventful.  There were two events in the morning.  a trip to the archaeological museum and to the exhibition of modern art, where there were works by Banksy.  in the evening we had dinner with the guys in an Italian restaurant, and after that I went to the Philharmonic.  there was a concert of the classics - Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn... a wonderful crescendo that ended our Italian journey.

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We are going home today. It was a great trip! I will definitely miss Bologna. Thanks BIFE for this opportunity!  Erasmus is excellent way to explore Europe and learn new skills.

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Last evening in Bologna.  Another little dream come true.  Concert of classical music performed by an Italian symphony orchestra.  And of course, a delightful Italian soprano.  This is amazing!

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Just a weed machine, nothing strange

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On my last day in Italy I took a walk to city centre. I saw a crowd of people standing at the Grand Hotel Majestic entrance. They were waiting for Chiara Ferragni who is a blogger with 29 million followers in instagram. I have never heard of her before, have you? Apparently she is very famous in Italy

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Pineapple belongs on pizza 😋

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Group picture from Florence 😇

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Nice to see abit of water

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Rimini😍

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In Rimini there I found this lovely seating area it was so beautiful!

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Florian is a coffee shop that was established in 1720 and is the oldest coffee house in continuous operation in the world

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Venice is a unique and gorgeous place

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On Saturday we went to Florence. We took a city tour. Then we walked around the city centre and visited Academia Gallery to see sculpture of David by Michelangelo. Our lunch in Florence was much tastier than in Venice. It was a nice trip.

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Italian lasagna 🤌

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The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.

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David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in the public square in front of the Palazzo della Signoria, the seat of civic government in Florence, where it was unveiled on 8 September 1504. In 1873, the statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, and in 1910 replaced at the original location by a replica.

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This is Alba and Gerarda. A proof that female sound engineers exist ✌️

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Today I bought a cake which turned out to be a cheese with peppers. Apparently, I need to expand my Italian vocabulary

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Playing try not to laugh challenge with water in our mouths

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On my way from work to home I witnessed Nitro’s meet&greet. Nitro is an Italian rapper. He approached Hip Hop culture as a teenager. In 2012, at the age of nineteen, he took part in Spit , the MTV show dedicated to freestyle , and finished in second place. In the same year he joined the Machete crew and became one of the most followed Italian rappers on social networks.

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I decided to take a picture of the orange building because I know we won’t be living in this apartment ever again but we had so many amazing memories for the past three weeks and we got to know each other more I’m going to miss living here and it showed me a true experience of life and reality
We helped eachother everyday and had such good laughs

We made new friends on this trip and it was so amazing how we all connect

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I wanted to go into this shop in Florence but I didn’t have time, it really shows how people put so much work into there shops and how happy they feel after there hard work

It does take time for someone who wants there dream and this dream of theirs came true and it’s so vibrant and beautiful of all the colours and they really like their aesthetics
I feel like the people who built Italy had this idea in their head and they made it happen like this shop

They make things happen they don’t wait around they just do it
It’s all about being patient and knowing when the time is right

We only live once but make the most out of it

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After the last day of work I decided to go see this statue I always saw in this arch alley way
It was magnificent to see and the place around me felt quiet and peaceful I don’t know this statue name but I say it took a long time to built Italy has such lovely statues and how beautiful they are about their astronomy
Some statues aren’t famous but the ones that have so much detail are so exquisite and mysterious of all the detail and they could have a story behind that makes it so special,

Statues is art and so is buildings we just don’t appreciate them enough because they are not colourful but they truly show emotion in what they stand for

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Our Erasmus group went to Florence
We saw many beautiful buildings our tour guide showed us the history and walked us through the town it was incredible to see everything

After the tour we went to get something to eat in a restaurant for starters we had Lasagne it was amazing, the second dish we had chips, salad and chicken, it wasn’t as great as the lasagne, the third dish we had was a chocolate fudge I couldn’t eat it all because I was so stuffed

We finished up in the restaurant and did our own thing me, Kayleigh, Alisha went to a cafe,
I had milk and they had a coffee thing I think it was espresso
After we finished in the cafe we got magnets I got 8 magnets all together now from the different countries I’ve been in
we did see the fake statue of david
It was a lovely sunny day and very warm out

We got back on the train and then the bus and then another bus to Bologna I really enjoyed Florence but I hope to go back there again because it was really beautiful

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the last city I visited was Ravenna.  city ​​near the sea.  the city will be replaced by the tomb of Dante.  there are also many other hysterical sights in the city

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the last city I visited was Ravenna.  city ​​near the sea.  the city will be replaced by the tomb of Dante.  there are also many other hysterical sights in the city

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the most beautiful city on earth.  the pearl of the Renaissance - Florence.  How much beauty and nobility does this word contain?  the beautiful basilica of Santa Maria del Fleur.  it is difficult to imagine a more majestic cathedral

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the most beautiful city on earth.  the pearl of the Renaissance - Florence.  How much beauty and nobility does this word contain?  the beautiful basilica of Santa Maria del Fleur.  it is difficult to imagine a more majestic cathedral

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Off to Rimini here we go🤩

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Seen this statue was kind of creepy but amazing to see how he does it

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Green but suppose to be blue river😂

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15th or April- Today we went to Florence it was beautiful, the weather was so nice. The guided tour was really good to learn about the history! Definitely will be going back especially for the ice cream!😊

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Fantastic city - Florence. The most beautiful city in the world 

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Fantastic city - Florence. The most beautiful city in the world 

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Yesterday me and Kayleigh finished our work placement in AICS Bologna. I had a great time there and learned a lot. We made several different flyers for the company and got professional advice on where we could improve in places.
Alice our supervisor was very sweet and gave us AICS T-shirts as a reminder of our time in Bologna!

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visited the city of Modena.  interesting and beautiful city.  this is an example of a non-touristic, but real Italy

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visited the city of Modena.  interesting and beautiful city.  this is an example of a non-touristic, but real Italy

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The scuderia food and living lab were setting up music yesterday for a show I didn’t see the show because I went home but the set up looked really amazing and I hope they had a great showcase

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One of my scuderia posters I made today by going onto Adobe Illustration where you can make shapes and edit things and make it look more better, this is one of my ideas and I would love to more of these posters in the future because it was really fun to make and I’m learning so much for the three weeks I was here in Italy
Italy showed me there culture there day to day life and how they respect there buildings and statues and art they showed so much of this place in the most beautiful way I’ve seen and it just amazes me every single day

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Today is our last day with our boss 🫡 he’s definitely gonna miss us 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
He showed us so many autocad tips and design tips! He has great tea and good food recommendations and knows all the best restaurants anything😭 he clearly chose the wrong career path could’ve been a chef🤷🏾‍♀️
He has the best architecture rendering I have ever seen in my life we thought it was real but noooo he does it all on his computer 🤯
I’m glad we got a great architect workplace it was really enjoyable and I’m glad they allowed us to be apart of their project and taking us to all these sites!!

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They had a nice terrace with a view of the pool and a little farm with wild chickens

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Today I went to visit a Villa with my boss (Debbie couldn’t make it). The villa was located outside the city so we had to take the bus 14 outside the Bologna towers all the way to the area. It took around 20 minutes to arrive at the area.

While we were waiting for the owner to come around we had ice cream! It was really good but the city ice cream is way much better

When we arrived at the villa I was flabbergasted!!Jawdropped to the floor!! Photos don’t do any justice the house must be seen with your own eyes!!!! The owner was explaining his design ideas and what he visioned for the house.

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A Cute Normal Post before Absolute Chaos erupts. Sorry.

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Walter White, Twink & Herb Part 2; The Graduation From MetaLab 💪🧪🥼

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Today was the last day of an amazing experience in MetaLab. So grateful for the opportunity to gain first hand knowledge and training in a chemistry lab, and to work closely with Nadia and such great women in stem 👩‍🔬🧪🥼

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The last day at work:( so grateful for the amazing opportunity we were granted by Erasmus and our colleagues at MetaLab!❤️

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today was the last day of an absolute amazing experience. so thankful for Bife and Metalab for making it possible for me and the girls to have the chance to get a feel of  what working in a cosmetic lab would be like.

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After work today I went to this massive shopping centre any shopaholic dream! It was three floors with so many different shops. Was amazing!

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work is in full swing in the Scuderia.  have ideas, have sketches in Photoshop

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work is in full swing in the Scuderia.  have ideas, have sketches in Photoshop

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work is in full swing in the Scuderia.  have ideas, have sketches in Photoshop

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work is in full swing in the Scuderia.  have ideas, have sketches in Photoshop

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Today I finished up in my work placement. It was so good to of had the experience to be able work in a pharmacy in a foreign country. I will miss all the ladies as they were all such a pleasure to of met. I will especially miss the robot who I watched sort out all the medicine on a daily basics 😂😅

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I love to walk the night streets of Bologna.  walk through narrow labyrinths of porticoes and old ocher houses.  The winding streets of Bologna are full of street art

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I love to walk the night streets of Bologna.  walk through narrow labyrinths of porticoes and old ocher houses.  The winding streets of Bologna are full of street art

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Gifts from Bologna to my Ladies

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we continue the workflow.  ideas come out of all the cracks, in Bologna everyone can be Botticelli or Michelangelo 

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we continue the workflow.  ideas come out of all the cracks, in Bologna everyone can be Botticelli or Michelangelo 

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Yesterday I was at the monumental cemetery in Bologna.  this is a real citadel of the dead... by the way, I was almost locked inside the cemetery, I did not know that they were open until six, I had to ask to be released :)

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We walked up to Colle della Guardia hill to see the Sanctuary of San Luca. It is a symbol of Bologna. It was a long climb (4 km) to the top of the hill but it was worth it for the view from the top.

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More than an hour of getting up, swollen knees and a heart attack, BUT it was worth it!  The view of Bologna and the mountains is simply breathtaking!  Incredibly beautiful church of San Luca, beautiful and majestic.

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I am at my workplace. I work with a nutritionist. We consult clients about nutrition and diets.  I have already learned a lot of new information and practiced what I learned in BIFE. I would love to continue working with her. She is a very professional and skilled nutritionist. I hope we will stay in touch when I am back in Dublin. Thank you very much Leonardo from IFOM who found her for me.

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in our workplace, we continue the creative process - ideas for future design.  made a few sketches for the design of the main hall.  changed the color of the curtains and columns, as well as some classic Art on the ceiling structures

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in our workplace, we continue the creative process - ideas for future design.  made a few sketches for the design of the main hall.  changed the color of the curtains and columns, as well as some classic Art on the ceiling structures

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The first time we were in Bologna we were greeted by Eric one of the IFOM people he was really nice and kind he gave us papers and cards to help us on this 3 week trip

First morning in Bologna we got settled in and had breakfast and we were greeted by Leonardo who gave us a small tour of the city he then brought us to our own work company and when I saw it for the first time I thought it looked so cool

We met Vishwa who is our boss and greeted us very well, she gave us work and we are making posters for scuderia food living lab a better looking place, I do get my lunch fro an hour and I usually get milk and Pringles and sometimes I get milk inside then scuderia food living lab
It really is great and everyone is so kind and great

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The interview with Yuki was in Japanese , so we sometimes tried to use translator to get an idea of what they are talking about. However, every time we tried it was something out of context 🤷‍♀️

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Today our task was to record an interview with Yuki Tsunoda.

Yuki is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia AlphaTauri. Supported by Honda since 2016 through the Honda Formula Dream Project, he was the 2018 Japanese F4 champion and in 2019 also received backing from Red Bull. He finished third in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship and made his Formula One debut in 2021 for AlphaTauri.

The interviewers were Vice Media representatives. Vice Media Group LLC is an American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company partially owned by Disney.

All the people we worked with today were super nice and friendly.

I’m grateful for so many different experiences I have at work here

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Debbie and Di(boss) talking about the layout of the site

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Today we went all the way to Ravenna!!! It was an hour drive. While driving we saw a large plane that was carrying sky divers and we saw two people jump off the plane!! Debbie being the skydiver she is begged us to go on a jump when we finish at the beach ha.

We went to two beaches, one beach felt like a typical California beach! No beach but everyone is there for the clubs going on by the beach. There was so many classy people with nice cars and clothes going to the clubs with a nice view of the beach, it was really busy 😬

After we decided to get ice cream and head to a proper beach we would be used to seeing in Ireland! It was empty nobody was there so we got a nice view of the beach!!

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We went to visit a church in Ravenna

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We went to visit a restaurant and their vision for the restaurant is really pretty!!

Our company we are working with, Davide Groppi, has the most amazing lights! The most popular light is the Moon. The owner of the restaurant wants to place a big moon light in between the plants!!!🧚🏾🌿🌕

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So many beautiful places to shop in Bologna came across this beautiful flower shop in a quiet little alleyway 🌼

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Monday spent touring around Verona, we visited the Verona arena. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see Juliet's balcony, but we had an amazing time visiting this beautiful city🌺

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Day trip to Venice, where we walked around narrow ally ways and over canals while looking at the gondolas below

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We took a train tour to San Luca, and climbed to the roof top to admire the view of the city🚂

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Beep bell coming through!

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On our bank holiday Monday 5 of us went to Verona it was a absolute beautiful day and we got blessed with the weather we seen so many amazing views

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Day trip to Verona ☀️
My favourite place in Italy so far!
Unfortunately Juliet's balcony was booked up so we couldn’t visit but we got to see Verona arena 🔥

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Venice is beautiful 😍!!! However, it's easy to get lost. The city is like a maze with narrow streets, which sometimes lead to a dead end. We almost missed our train back to Bologna... The gondola ride was an unforgettable experience! The city tour was ok.

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We took a day trip to Venice recently. I was excited to go because my mum has been. It's one of her favourite places and I was excited to see what all the excitement was about.

I thought it was beautiful. All the colourful buildings reflect off the glistening canal water, making it look so dreamy.

We had a tour guide who was very passionate about the city and told us plenty of interesting facts, especially about all the narrow streets. A street called Calle Varisco is just 53 cm wide and is named after the Varisco family, a group of silk workers who were notable in the city in the 15th century.

There are over 400 bridges in Venice, including one called Ponte delle tette. It literally translates as the ‘Bridge of the Tits’, as it was used by prostitutes who stood topless on the bridge.

Caffè Florian is a coffee shop just off the main square. It was built in 1720 and is the oldest coffee shop in Italy, and one of the oldest in the world (the oldest being Café Procope founded in Paris in 1686). We thought about going in but a normal cappuccino in there costs about twelve euro and were in tiny little cups. Other people can spend their money on a twelve euro coffee but not me. I'll stick to my coffees made by the coffee queen, Kayleigh McGee.

It was a bit shocking because back home in Bologna, you can get a cappuccino for €1.50 and they're perfect. You're paying for the atmosphere of being in St. Mark's Square I guess.

Overall, I thought Venice was very pretty to look at but that's all. We went on the Easter Weekend and it was absolutely packed with people. There was that many people that just walking through the streets was uncomfortable and we were terrified of getting lost in the crowds (we did get lost but we found our way out of the maze in the end).

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Today I had my first day of work in Scuderia Living Lab. I’ll be working with Alisha, Aoife, Natalia and Serghii from my course. Scuderia has an office in the back of their building where we’ll be working with other marketers and graphic designers. I woke up excited but a little nervous since it felt like a big step up to me. We met Federico from IFCOM outside our apartment who brought the 5 of us, as well as Debbie and Hawa to the bus. He explained the bus passes and how they worked, and eventually we ended up in the city centre. We walked as a group first to the architecture students workplace. The main designer specialised in lights and it was interesting to see his designs. Debbie and Hawa’s boss seemed friendly and inviting so I was less worried to come to Scuderia.

The 5 of us headed there next with Federico who introduced us to Vishwa. She would be our supervisor during work experience. We had a brief walk through the main hall, which had various restaurant fronts, a stage, rows of tables with students studying at them, and the office on the balcony. We pulled out our laptops and began to work on the various projects Vishwa assigned to us.

We left work at 3pm that day and got the bus home to the apartment. A small group of us went shopping together for groceries, and we got to practice the little Italian we knew at the checkout with the cashier. I made a small dinner since I forgot to eat lunch at work, and then everyone took the bus together into town to meet Emma, my teacher. We all met with Beata who brought us to a lovely restaurant for dinner. We each got a free pizza, and some of us split bottles of wine with each other. I spent a lot of the night talking to my friends Alisha, Laura and Kayleigh. When dinner ended, my friends and I decided to go for one more drink, so we found a bar nearby and bought cocktails. It was so relaxing sitting outside in the cold with our drinks and just chatting with each other. We took the bus home shortly after and got to sleep before midnight

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We arrived in Bologna outside our apartment where we met Eric, one of the people working for IFCOM. He gave us our key cards and documents to bring to work the next morning and showed each of us to our apartments in our groups. I’m living with Charlotte, Lillia and Serghii. We all got on really well and I’m looking forward to hanging out together as a group. After we all got settled into our rooms, we visited other people on the trip to be nosy and check out what the other apartments look like. It was so cool getting to see where other people would be staying. Debbie and Hawa have access to the roof from their apartment and I’m so jealous.
Next, most of us in the group went out for food together. It was a little late and we had some difficulty finding somewhere to eat but we found a nice pizza place that sold these massive cheap pizzas. We drank wine and after a few hours headed home to get ready for work in the morning. It was a really nice first night and even though I was exhausted I had a lot of fun. I cant wait for the next 3 weeks

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New work week, new work day.  But after such a busy and bright weekend, there are only colors and color flashes in my head.

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today at work we come up with concepts for the design of this scuderia.  the idea of ​​super delivery heroes right on the domes of the ceiling is spinning in my head

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today at work we come up with concepts for the design of this scuderia.  the idea of ​​super delivery heroes right on the domes of the ceiling is spinning in my head

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here it is inapplicable to be assigned in the summer.  sun and sea are our best friends

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We took a little trip outside of the city to go to Verona. It is about an hour and a half away by train.

We had made plans to do this trip earlier, but we started planning the morning we wanted to go and couldn't get the train times we wanted so we decided to do it a different day.

This time, we planned it the night before and we all made it successfully to the train.

Our first stop was to the Arena di Verona. It was built in 30 AD and is famous for the opera performances that are held there. At the time, I didn't understand why there was man singing opera jokingly when I was there but it makes sense now.

It was amazing to look at and got even more amazing when you climb all the steps and look out at the views of Verona.

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Hello from the Adriatic! Rimini

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Smokey Castle  and Fellini Museum

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Verona, you are amazing!!!