Rinaldo's Cafe
Housed within the Rome Center campus, Rinaldo's is a coffee bar where students grab a panino, do some homework, take a break, read a book, chat with friends or an Italian-speaking partner, or even write a letter home. Rinaldo's is owned and run by Rinaldo and Nella Fiorini, their son Davide, and their daughter Sylvia.
Rinaldo's Cafe on the Rome Center Website captures stories and articles written by Rome Center students. Some stories were written for The Loyola Phoenix, Loyola University Chicago's weekly paper, some were for Ciao Roma, the Rome Center's newsletter, and other stories were written for Dr. Kay Felkins' reporting and writing class.
So, pull up a chair, grab a cappuccino, and enjoy a taste of what Rome Center students have had to say about living, studying and traveling in Europe.
On Italy
by Tracy Cosgriff, University of California-Davis A life lesson by the great Michelangelo
by Melissa Benson, Loyola University Chicago
The privilege of spending a semester in the amazing city of Rome
by Alison Rebeck, George Washington University
The strange feeling that you're not in Kansas anymore
by Iliana Mitchell, Loyola University Chicago
Regarding an architectural and historical tour of the city given by one of the Resident Assistants
by Kelly M. Gallagher, Miami University
A student meets his Italian relatives for the first time
English and Italian Students Tackle Language Barrier
by Nicole Scola, Loyola College of Maryland
Loyola's students spend an evening on the town with Italians in the English Language School
by Katie Green, University of Colorado
Yes... we played Ultimate Frisbee there!
by Joan C. Colby, Santa Clara University
So much for that early afternoon shopping spree
Rome Center Class Meets in the Sistine Chapel
by Mary Frances McGuire, Santa Clara University
One of Rome Center's on-site art classes meets in La Capella Sistina
by Sara Strosnider, John Carroll University
Venturing into Porta Portese, Rome's Sunday morning flea market
by Nicholas Maviano, University of Illinois
Yes, Virginia, disco is still alive and well in Italy
by Vickie Mills, Santa Clara University
by Vickie Mills, Santa Clara University
Students head into the Italian countryside to go horseback riding
by Annie McIntosh, Tulane University
A look at the Italian version of Mardi Gras
by Joan C. Colby, Santa Clara University
A look at the medieval side of the ancient city of Rome
by Mary Frances McGuire, Santa Clara University
The significance of getting (or not getting) mail in Rome
Shattered Italian Stereotypes?
by Joan C. Colby, Santa Clara University
A closer look at the Italian people
Fr. Piderit Discusses Rome Center
by Mariana Farrell, R.A., Loyola University Chicago
Fr. Piderit, Loyola's president, reflects upon his first visit to Rome Center
by Katie Lillevand, Santa Clara University
A look at Rinaldo and his family
President Scalfaro Greets Students
by Steve Rodenborn, Creighton University
Rome Center students have an audience with the President of Italy
Travel Outside of Italy
Las Ramblas
by Nicole Scola, Loyola College of Maryland
A stroll down the famous street in Barcelona
by Elizabeth Dobrzynski, Loyola University Chicago
A historical essay on Warsaw
Getting Lost in a Foreign Country
by Nora O'Connell, Marquette University
Yes, it happens to the best of us
by Lea Kallens, Loyola University Chicago
Getting around in Holland's most famous city
by Bridget Carney, Loyola University Chicago
A walk on the seedier side of Amsterdam
by Katie Green, University of Colorado
A student heads off on a mission to Lourdes
