Ciao fellow FSO members!

It’s Ashley here, coming to you live from Florence, Italy! I still can’t even believe my fellow classmates and I have been here for over a month. I’ve been taking in new sights, tastes and cultures and the study abroad experience has surpassed even my highest expectations so far. While on the study tour with Kent State, we get to visit some pretty incredible places, one of those being Paris! This past week, all of the fashion students embarked on our adventure to France and I’m here to tell you about some of the best highlights. (Even though it’s nearly impossible to narrow down!)

Hello, fashionistas and fasionistos with school really kicking off, summer is slowly beginning to become a distant memory. However, to keep the magic of summer alive, we are ending the Adventures of a Fashionista series with my trip to Niagara Falls. Recently, I took a weekend trip to Niagara Falls, Canada, to explore and take in the magical views of the falls. Only a four-hour drive from Kent State, Niagara Falls is the perfect weekend trip to take during the semester when you’re short on money and time, but need a little trip to get away. Here are my top five picks of things to do at Niagara Falls:

5. Floral Showhouse

The floral showhouse at Niagara Falls puts on a wonderful display of flowers, succulents, and tropical plants. For only $5 you can explore the greenhouse and the outdoor grounds, both full of lush greenery. This place is nice to spend an hour at walking around admiring the flowers in full bloom, no matter what season it may be.

4. Queen Victoria Place Restaurant

By far the best restaurant I ate at during the whole trip. Not only was the food good and fresh, the views were amazing. Located diagonally from the falls, you may even get some mist on you while sitting on the patio.

3. Journey Behind The Falls

For $17.50 you can take the journey down 150 feet to the base of the falls to get a different view of the 13 story falls. At the bottom, you can venture out onto the viewing deck, but be warned you will leave slightly wet. Although ponchos are provided they are no match to the falls. After checking out the view from the observation deck, you can venture through the tunnels that take you directly behind the falls where you can see the water rushing down.

2. Butterfly Conservatory / Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens

The Butterfly Conservatory, which is located inside the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, was one of my favorite places to explore. The Conservatory is home to over 2,000 butterflies, all of which will be flying around you from flower to flower. If you’re lucky some may even land right on you. After watching the butterflies, you can head outside and walk around the spacious Botanical Gardens which contains a rose garden, vegetable plants, and many, many more fresh flowers.

1. Niagara Falls

The falls are hands down the main attraction to see. Viewing of the falls can take place anywhere around the city, either on the Skylon Tower, SkyWheel, or just walking to the viewing sites. While walking around the falls I recommend following the paths that lead past the falls for some nice views of the river before it all rushes down to the bottom of the falls.

To read about what I wore while in Niagara Falls, click here.

Here's to More Adventures!

xoxo Faith Zwicker

Welcome to another year of FSO! This year is bound to be the best year yet with our upcoming fashion shows, new videographer, and countless new members bringing their own unique style to our wonderful club. With the new year comes new board members! This year we have a wonderful panel of ladies ready for a successful and fashionable year. We wanted to introduce you to our board this year and share some fun facts about their dream jobs, majors, and MORE!