Memories of ... Study Abroad What could make Flor- iencing this for the first time. ence, Italy, birthplace of the . Dr. Don England and Dr. Renaissance, center of culture and learning, home of artistic masters and masterpieces, even better than it always has been? Try adding forty Harding students living in a four-century-old villa on the outskirts of town. Let these forty Christians experience the Italian culture, living as the Italians live and eating as the Italians eat. Let them tl:!ke classes and travel across Europe, seeing for themselves the history once confined to a history book. HUF was an experience of a lifetime. As I think back to the KLM DC-10 flight into Amsterdam, I remember our cheering as the plane's wheels screeched onto European soil, most of us exper28 Endless Memories Harry Olree led our Spring 1989 group in the triumphant trot off the loading ramp onto a new continent. Disoriented and jet-lagged, we, starting with Holland, began our three-month adventure on this glorified continent. It seemed like we never stopped traveling and experiencing Europe. Using our Eurail train passes, it was possible to be in Vienna one day, Paris the next, and Geneva the next. Traveling on night trains, was economical and adventurous. We fancied wearing the same clothes for days. We savored basic foodstuffs from the markets. We appreciated as many sights as were possible in one day. We became more than tourists. It was a crusade. Apart from the adventure of traveling was the sanctitude of the beautiful city that we could call home: Florence. We lived in an Italian villa, "The Olde Palace." HUF provided appropriate learning enhanced by the surroundings. Humanities, Italian, and Bible were standard offerings. The HUF program was one of the best learning experiences of a lifetime. I know of no one who did not come back with a high opinion of studying abroad. All of us returned to the states praising the program and hoping to return one day. - Jim Hull "SNOW" PROBLEM. Sophomore Buffers, Mandy Smith, Kerry Bickford, and Marnie Rozell await their turn on the ski lift while at Klien Sheidigg, Switzerland. - Photo by Lee Bell. BUFFIN' A GOOD TIME. Sophomores Marc Anderson, Mandy Smith, and Lee Bell frolic in Navona Square during their trip to Rome last spring while at HUF. - Photo by Jim Hull.
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