It’s time to leave our boat and return home to Oregon. The transition back to our normal life will be difficult. I’m trying to figure out how to fit our cabin steward and chef into my luggage. The Oregon State alumni on this trip have been so much fun. All of our excursions were done [...]

Orange chocolate cake seemed fitting for the Oregon State crowd.

The highlight of the day was seeing Michelangelo’s David. It positively glowed.

As we toured the Coliseum, it did not take much imagination to picture the hunts or gladiator fights.

The Italians are very pragmatic about a volcano in their backyard.

I know the story of Pompeii and I knew that it had been excavated, but I was totally unprepared for this amazing archaeological site.  They started excavation in the mid 1700s and they are still working on it. We saw frescoes in some of the houses, chariot tracks in the stone streets and bodies of [...]

Corfu was such a wonderful surprise.

… the perfect location with an amazing view.

The potato was shaped like a pear.

The city of Ravenna is an interesting juxtaposition.

Follow OSU’s Melody Oldfield as she blogs on an OSUAA Mediterranean cruise.