Seven weeks ago, I was sitting in my home in New Jersey, nervous but excited about studying abroad in Florence. I didn’t know much about the place. I tried to arrive with zero expectations. Admittedly, I had some weird feeling that something would go wrong at some point. Perhaps I’d be stuck somewhere alone without…

One of the most influential experiences that has contributed to my professional development as a business student while in Florence has been my project for my Analyzing and Exploring the Global City course. For this project, we were assigned a neighborhood outside of the City Center of Florence (the area we live in where most…

It’s been just over three weeks since I started my study abroad experience, and there is so much to tell! Florence is indescribably amazing, super busy and filled with tourists, and there is always something new to try. My new university is called CAPA, and there aren’t many cultural differences between this school and Pitt….