Ciao!

Hey everyone thanks for stopping by! My name is Sarah Morales I am getting ready to start my junior year here at Stonehill. It is actually pretty scary knowing I only have four semesters of college left! I love being here today as much as I did the day I visited during my senior year. Stonehill has really become my home away from home…sorry mom and dad! The community here has given me the opportunity to do a lot of different things here on campus. This past year I became a resident assistant which was a roller coaster of fun exciting times and a bit of sheer craziness. This year I also tried my hand at intramural beach volleyball. I played back in my junior high days and wasn’t so bad, but let me tell you that unlike riding a bike it doesn’t just come back to ya. In all honesty I spent a lot more time as a cheerleader than actually playing but it was still a lot of fun. This year I got a taste of traveling abroad when I traveled to Peru as part of our HOPE alternative spring break program. And of course I love being a student ambassador and showing perspective students around campus, I’m sorry I won’t be there this semester to meet a lot of you.

So are you wondering where I am gonna be this semester? I will be studying in Perugia, Italy and hopefully traveling all over Europe! Words cannot describe how excited I am especially because I’m going with, and rooming with one of my friends Sam Ennis. This is us down in Rhode Island a little while ago rocking our Stonehill gear.
If you ask anyone on campus we are pretty much inseparable twins I couldn’t imagine going without her. She keeps reminding me how few days we have until we leave—just over a month. It finally just hit me the other day that I will be missing out on some of my favorite Stonehill activities like Welcome Back Weekend, Mr. Stonehill, the first snow and all that other college stuff you can’t help but love. That’s not to say I’m not wicked excited about Italy!

For those of you who may never have heard of Perugia, it is right in the heart of the country. It is known for being a typical Italian town right in the mountains. I stole some pictures off the school's website so you could check out some of the views!
Not to bad right?!? While I'm at the Umbra-Institute I'll be studying history, food, and of course Italian since I don’t really speak any so well will have to see how that goes. I do know one key phrase though...non capisco!--I don’t understand!