Gnocchi A.K.A Fancy Potatoes.

Bongiorno!

It's a good thing we spend 80% of our time walking because the food in this place is DELICIOUS! 

API, the study abroad program, has been giving us all kinds of tours, meals, and advice to make our transition into living in a foreign city a little bit easier. One way was to go to a really cute building full of hilarious italian chefs who taught us how to make Gnocchi and a few other dishes I wish I knew how to pronounce. It was a blast and it tasted as good as it looked! 

I am so thankful I have been surrounded by such nice people who are so willing to help make sure our time here is as enjoyable as possible. I am already starting to find my way around the city and I think it's starting to sink in that I actually live here now. How cool is that? 

All Moved In!

These past two days have been the longest, most overwhelming, and amazing days of my life. We were picked up from the airport and moved to a hotel for the first night of orientations and a rooftop dinner before we were moved into our apartments the next day. Everything is within 15 minutes of our new home and it's amazing to think this is our new neighborhood! I will try to let the pictures speak for themselves because words just don't do this place justice. 

After a mere 7 hours of sleep in the past 60 hours, more walking than my feet would prefer, and my first drinks ordered from a restaurant, I would say it's time for bed :) 

Ciao! 

Bon Voyage!

After an Italian style dinner feast and a beautiful day in Portland we are ready to board our flight to ITALY!

I have no idea how often I will be able to post or communicate at all really but I will be using the app TextMe and If you download the app my username is kduvall.

Laurel and I are so incredibly grateful for this opportunity and can't really put into words how excited we are. Hopefully the next time you hear from me it will be from a romantic cafe in Florence :)

Ciaw!

-Katie Rose

It's Just the Beginning.

I spent my weekend in Portland, an area like most that only increases with beauty as the leaves begin to change, fall, and welcome sweaters and scarves.

It's always nice to step away from the chaos that seems to come with being at school and spend time with people that you wish you could see more often, especially someone who I love as much as this girl here.

With a weekend away, I am now ready to start this week fully prepared for the chaos ahead and enjoying this beautiful season. I am thankful it's only the beginning but sad knowing the end will come quicker than I want it to.

Thankfully this means there is only 16 more days until I feel it is socially acceptable to begin playing Christmas music :)

-KatieRose

4-0 Baby!

Another weekend that went by much too quickly! I am so thankful to have spent it with some of my favorite people, especially this good looking couple above ;) It also helped that another victory was added to the Beaver's record!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the best parents in the world for 1. Agreeing to support the beavers at the risk of being scolded by all of your Duck loving friends. 2. Driving to see your daughter who misses you both every day. 3. Loving me as much as you do and 4. Allowing me to have the time of my life at the school I love. You two are the definition of amazing.

I hope you all had an equally fantastic weekend! Bring it on Monday.

-KatieRose

A DeeGee's Christmas!

For a 'Sorority Girl' Bid Day is like Christmas! It is a day you spend almost a month preparing for, decorating, baking, wrapping, anticipating, and wishing lasted much longer. It's a day that makes you thankful for all of the people you share a home with and call your family. It is also a time when you are more than happy to accept new beautifully wrapped gifts that will fill your home making it even more amazing than it was before the day started. 

With that being said, I welcome the newest Delta Gamma members to be a part of this irreplacable family. We already love you and are so proud of our newest presents!

Merry Christmas DeeGees and welcome home! :)

-KatieRose

As of Lately.

It has been so good to be back at this crazy place I call home.

Coming back to school this year was filled with a million different emotions that were nothing like last years, and I was so thankful for that. I knew what to expect, how I would feel, and where my place was. That place is right inside of these shingled walls with 60 amazing girls I get to call my sisters.

As fun as the first two class free weeks of Corvallis living were, it has been nice getting back into the routine of things and having a schedule again.

I am so excited to see what this year has in store for me and I am beyong excited to be spending it with these people above. You are all pretty awesome.

-Katie Rose