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Carla Walker
Carla's Program
Carla is a Marketing Manager and teaches English as a second language (ESL). She studied abroad in Florence, Italy at 19 years old, an experience which led to a lifelong love of travel and languages (and a permanent case of wanderlust). Most recently, Carla lived in Thailand for two years where she taught English at both the primary school and university levels.
Posts
Roman Sculpture: Drawing to Photography
Over the past few days, we've had two fascinating workshops on drawing and photography in which ancient Roman sculpture served as inspiration for our own artistic works. On Tuesday, we... keep reading
Hunting for Treasure
Friday was a day to relax and enjoy what I like to call the "Central Park of Rome", Villa Borghese. When we arrived, we split into teams for a scavenger... keep reading
Papa Francesco
It's not every day that you get up close and personal with a world leader. Today, our students had that special opportunity by attending a papal audience in St. Peter's... keep reading
Tarantella!
Sunday is traditionally a day of rest in Italy, when many stores and restaurants are closed or have limited hours. However, today was another day on the move for our... keep reading
You've Got A Pizza My Heart
To say that our global navigators have been busy lately would be an understatement! Yesterday, we started the day off with a pizza making demonstration at Rosso Pomodoro, a Neopolitan-style... keep reading
Centro Storico
Here in Rome, yesterday was a full day of classes. We started the day with our first “survival” Italian class. We learned the basics of Italian, including: letters, numbers, greetings... keep reading
There's No Place Like Rome
Ciao a tutti! My name is Carla, one of the program leaders for Rome, Session 1 and welcome to our program blog. Myself and my fellow program leader Tylar will... keep reading