Ciao a tutti dalla Sicilia!! My name is Mia Naomi, I am a Santa Barbara girl born and raised, a biology major transferring to UCSB this fall 2025, an avid swimmer and lover of the outdoors and today I will be sharing with you my time so far in Sicily Italy!!

Florence is one of those cities where you don't just walk, you wander. You don't just eat, you savor. You don't just see, you feel. The moment when the golden light bouncing off centuries-old buildings, the scent of fresh espresso and the sound of "grazie mille" from the Italian guy a few streets away creates a unique experience as a tourist.

Noah reflects on the here and now, the reality of his existence in Rome. And thus, here we are. Among the things I thought I was ready for on this trip, I couldn't have imagined I'd be even more ready to go home. Three months in a foreign country does that to a man.

It's a struggle. I write this the week of our Italian midterm and I have no idea what I'm going to do aside from study my little butt...

It's kind of hard, as a New Worlder, to parse the history of Rome in my head as I walk to and from school.

Official program blogger and English major Noah Manzarek-Naghi shares his preparation for the program in Rome.

In this blog Mia Nungaray writes about her journey to applying for the Sicily Summer 2025 SBCC Study Abroad Program

SBCC Natural History professor Matt Kay is sharing his favorite destination with us. Hint: Flamingos like to hang out there.

SBCC student Alexis Monique Vasquez has never been to Ireland, but if she had to choose a place to visit, Dublin, Ireland would be her top c

Known for the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, and Notre-Dame Cathedral, “the City of Light" also named Paris is SBCC Saga's favorite...

I’ve had many cool experiences meeting people from different countries as well as locals in Paris.

Isabella is reconnecting with her family's Italian roots and wraps up the semester experience abroad.

Over the semester I have been having a blast traveling around the beautiful country of Italy. Visiting cities such as Venice, Siena,...

Holy moly, I can’t believe it has been a month since I moved to Florence. It feels like yesterday I was packing my suitcases, saying...

Official program blogger Isabella Bartnick shares her first impressions of Florence

Mathias G. continues to offer a creative music playlist while abroad. This week, check out the travel playlist for Italy

Mathias G. continues on his travel playlists. This time, he created a fun music playlist for France and discusses different music styles

Fun Music Travel Playlist for Germany

My name is Emelie Beckman, and I studied abroad in Madrid for six months. Here are a few of the things that I learned while abroad.

It seems as though studying and living in Florence was a lifetime ago. After my study abroad program was canceled at the start of March...