Photos by Sydny Welcher, (George Washington University), Student Correspondent for CET Florence, Fall 2022
![People eating at a dining table with an array of Italian food, wine glasses, and water cups](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-1-italian-food_800x618.png)
I thought I would grow tired of only eating Italian food, but delicious food never gets old. Nothing beats eating Italian food with your friends and enjoying a nice bottle of wine together.
![Two male and three female students smiling in Prague](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-2-students-in-prague-on-fall-break_800x618.png)
Over our fall break, my friends and I traveled to the beautiful city of Prague. We visited four countries in 12 days and Prague was my favorite one by far.
![Three students at a dining table with a taco station including peppers, beef, and tomatoes](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-3-students-having-taco-night_800x618.png)
A bunch of us in the program got together and did a taco night since Mexican food is quite hard to find in Florence. We each made something and brought it and had a great night.
![Three students with large backpacks walking on a street](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-4-students-traveling-with-backpacks_700x905.png)
Traveling with a backpack sounds great in theory but is awful when you have to carry a filled-to-the-brim backpack around for 4 hours because check-in time wasn’t until 1 and you arrived at 9 am. My shoulders are still recovering.
![Four female students dining in a restaurant](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-5-dinner-in-restaurant_800x618.png)
I find myself going out to dinner far more than I ever have in the United States because it’s so hard to turn down a great dinner with friends while living in Italy. I keep saying I’ll make dinner and save some money but always end up going out to dinner 3 times a week.
![The walls and ceiling of Santa Maria Novella Church](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-6-excursion-to-church-with-art-class_700x905.png)
The inside of the Santa Maria Novella Church. My Renaissance Art and Architecture class came on a visit where we got to learn about the history from our professor while looking at the art.
![A bartender pouring limoncello into shot glasses in a bar](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-7-limoncello-beverage_700x905.png)
Our waiter one night after dinner poured us shots of limoncello for free as a digestivo (an alcoholic drink served after dinner to help with digestion). We all might have had more than one….
![Students playing volleyball along a river](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-8-volleyball-activity-with-CET-students_800x618.png)
While it was still warm out, CET arranged for us to play volleyball on some courts overlooking the river. Activities like these are so fun and I am so grateful that CET organizes them for us.
![Students smiling after finishing soccer practice](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-9-soccer-practice-for-study-abroad-tournament_800x618.png)
Our first soccer practice before we went on to win multiple games in our study abroad tournament. Semifinals are coming up and we hope to win!
![Nine students dining together](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Blog_Florence_Sydny-Welcher-10-students-eating-lunch_700x905.png)
This was lunch at the very first day of orientation where no one knew anyone. Crazy that we knew nothing about each other and now in only 2 months it feels like we’re one big family.