Students from the College of Charleston have been returning each Spring Spoleto, Italy, our beloved sister city–or città gemellate (twin city) as they call it in Italian–for over a decade. A dedicated crew of digital content creators and emerging travel writers, we will spend three weeks working to capture our experience in Umbria as we explore the history, culture, and the deep worlds of sense that surround us. We will make as much as we can of this experience grounded in what we affectionately call città nostra, our city, our home away from home, as we travel from Charleston to Spoleto and beyond.

Along the way, we might hike and bike, we will visit small-scale wineries, hunt for truffles in the hills of Pettino, take a pilgrimage to Assisi, cook up some Umbrian classics with Italian grandmas and renowned chefs, and begin to chart our own pathways through this beautiful country.