Nick Monetti, Global Business Institute: Florence Spring 2025
After being in Florence for a little over a month and settling in, I can say there are some similarities but also many differences in my living situation and learning environment. Here, I’m living in a four-person apartment with three other guys from Pitt Business, which is a more relaxing environment compared to my eight-person apartment at Pitt. Two of my seven roommates from Pitt are also studying abroad here in Florence, but I decided to meet more people by going random, and I’m really glad I did. I’m enjoying my new roommates and have some amazing trips planned for the semester. As for the apartment, it’s fairly small, unlike my apartment at school, but it’s still very cozy. Similar to freshman year in the dorms, I have a roommate, which is a big adjustment from the past three semesters, where I had my own room. Overall, our apartment is located in a big building, so there’s a mix of other study abroad students and locals. It’s a familiar but also different environment, as we have to respect the locals’ work schedules. One thing that’s definitely a huge adjustment is that there are no washing machines in my apartment, so we have to use drying racks to dry our clothes.
Similar to South Oakland’s location in relation to Pitt’s campus, my walk to the academic buildings ranges from fifteen to twenty minutes. I enjoy taking different routes to class each week to find new restaurants or cafes to stop at after class. The program I’m studying through is CEA CAPA, which strives to keep our classes small (with a maximum of twenty students) to keep us fully engaged during the week. Like Pitt, we have no class on Fridays, so we have plenty of time to explore Florence and Europe. CEA CAPA also organizes trips and activities for us, ensuring that we always have something to do. In conclusion, I’m in good hands and have had a great time adjusting to this new environment.
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