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#BirdsAbroad Coach Gillespie's Travel Log: Aug. 16

The Illinois State women's basketball program is on an 11-day foreign trip (Aug. 6-16) exploring Italy. Follow the Redbirds on social media (#BirdsAbroad) and with a daily travel log on goredbrids.com. Today's blog entry post is brought to you by Advocate BroMenn Medical Center.

Buongiorno! We had an incredible 10 days in Italy. Our group enjoyed learning about the Italian culture, eating all the pasta and pizza we could, and partaking in more than our fair share of gelato. Rome is such a historical city that showed us sites like The Colosseum, Sistine Chapel and many more.