Pre-departure Information - Semester in Rome Program
specific to Spring 2010
Pre-departure Information
Before departure all students should:
- Change at least $100.00 into EURO
- Obtain AT&T(or other reliable company) calling card
- Obtain ATM card with international coding (must NOT be linked to a savings account)
- Obtain multiple entry student visa from Italian consulate
Things to bring you might otherwise forget, include:
- Multiple copies of passport and visa(unless traveling , do not carry your original)
- Prescription medicine for entire term
- Over the counter cold medicines, aspirin etc.
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Slippers, most Italians wear slippers at home for comfort and as courtesy to neighbors below.
Suggested books, travel guides and films
- Lets' Go Guides
- The Lonely Planet collection
- The Rough Guide collection
- Italian Neighbors, Parks, Tim Mandarin Press
- The Italians, Barzini, Luigi
- As the Romans Do, Epstein, William Morrow Publisher
- Italy in Mind, Leccese Powers, Alice Vintage Books, 1997
- Three Coins in a Fountain-film
- Roman Holiday-film
- Fellini's Rome-film
- The River Cafe Cook Book Series, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers
- The Classic Pasta Cookbook, Giuliano Hazan.
- The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, Marcella Hazan.
- Italian Country Cooking, Susanna Gelmetti
Also be prepared for a little jet lag and culture shock upon your arrival in Rome. It is a perfectly normal experience. You will not be alone.
Maps, getting around
- Detailed city maps and an initial supply of bus/tram tickets will be provided. Housing is located principally in the area bordered by Viale Trastevere and Circonvallazione Gianicolense. http://www.virgilio.it/home/index.html is an Italian web site similar to YAHOO! with excellent interactive maps .See “TuttoCitta” link at top of main page. From there students can access detailed mapping of the entire city. Students are encouraged to visit this page to better acquaint themselves with the area. This web page is also an excellent source of information on Italy.
- For example, if you search by address {under “Mappa”} for the University {Citta-Roma, Indirizzo- Pietro Roselli, #4} then click “CREAmappa” you will be brought to the immediate neighborhood of AUR. You can expand or reduce the map as you please. A representative apartment address would be Citta-Roma, Indirizzo- Dunant, #15; this would bring you to the address-Piazzale Enrico Dunant, #15.
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