# @marist on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CacckXOOb7V
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76449552-marist-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-26T14:50:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marist College (@Marist) — https://gondola.cc/Marist

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“I knew from the start that I wanted to go abroad, especially because friends and my brothers went abroad and their experiences were amazing. No matter where people went, they seemed to have an amazing time. So right when I came in, I knew that junior year I wanted to go to Italy.”

Vincent Manna ’23 has been studying abroad at Marist’s branch campus in Florence, Italy for almost a month, and the junior has already achieved some pretty incredible feats. 

“I recently went to Switzerland and paraglided,” he said. “That was amazing. I really want to just keep traveling.”
 
A bucket list trip for Manna? The Amalfi Coast. But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. As Marist students have accumulated in Florence studying at the Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, their journey is just beginning. For Manna, this has been something he has looked forward to his entire Marist career. For anyone hesitant to spend some time overseas, Manna says: 

“Do it. 100%. Do it. If you're uncomfortable with it, you'll find your friends and you'll get comfortable. It's a new setting. At first, it was uncomfortable for a lot of people I know, but now a week later, they're like, ‘I love it’. They're posting the dome, they’re eating gelato every day… it's a good life. It really teaches you some independence and really how to handle your responsibilities accordingly.”

Vincent Manna ‘23 #RedFoxFeaturesAbroad 🦊

🎤: Bailey Colón
📸: Matthew Moraski

#Marist #RedFoxFamily #StudentStories #CampusLife #StudentRun #Connected #MaristItaly

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