Ready!

 Ready!

I left out tales of yesterday because it was mostly a day of travel and getting settled in.  Say hi to Anna and Micaela (photos below) on the Heathrow Express.  It was so fast and convenient – if you listen to the announcements. We made it to...
Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Time to Pack! Thanks to my husband who loves exploring and to my daughter, who is a competitive dancer, I travel around the states and Canada a lot. But I haven’t been overseas in a loooooooong time. So I visited a few sites to help me prep. Rick...
Why Take Nursing Students To London?

Why Take Nursing Students To London?

I’m Just Getting Started!    I doubt you’ve stumbled upon this blog accidentally, but if you have, welcome! Let’s get the brief introduction out of the way. My name is Taryn Burhanna. I am a faculty member at the College of...
Touring a Mensa Kitchen

Touring a Mensa Kitchen

We had the opportunity to visit the Mensa, a college cafeteria not far from the Kent State University Florence campus. The building was covered in graffiti, had raggedy couches lining the outside walls and seemed to be deserted. We had no idea what to expect. Inside,...

Museo Biomedical in Careggi Hospital

We visited the pathological wax museum, Museo Biomedical in Careggi Hospital, the main hospital in Florence. Michaelangelo’s art students used to assist physicians in understanding the human body by examining corpses, along with fetal specimens, and replicating them...