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Getting Sick in Italy
Kira Klein, Engineering Perspectives of the Renaissance and Sustainability: Florence Summer 2023 In a study abroad, it is common for people to get sick – it’s a group of students from a range of backgrounds in a new environment, exchanging with local Italians and other students from other programs, and thus generally lots of germs floating…
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Aperitivo Nights in Florentine Apartments
MaKayla Painter, Pitt in Florence Summer 2023 All housing through the Pitt in Florence program is provided for students by CEA CAPA and can be found all over the city. For example, I live in an apartment building above a museum! My walk to classes is 2-3 minutes to one building and 5-8 minutes to the…
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Indoor and Outdoor Italian Culture
Kira Klein, Engineering Perspectives of the Renaissance and Sustainability: Florence Summer 2023 One of my favorite surprising things about Italian culture is something that I did predict from media but is such a different experience in-person. This is the relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces in Italy, and how united and blurred the lines are. Simply…
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How Studying Childhood Trauma Abroad Altered My Path
Madyson Glesky, Children’s Experiences of War and Trauma Summer 2023 Studying abroad with the “Children’s Experiences of War and Trauma” program influenced my own academic, career, and personal goals by altering my previous focus of potential career paths related to psychology and providing me with a differing perspective on those I have and will meet and…
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Cultivating Your Experiences
Kaylynn Bryan, Summer Nursing at Trinity College Dublin Summer 2023 The most important piece of advice I can give is to experience anything and everything that you can. Being in such an amazing country, there are way too many things to do in just two short weeks. Before I left for this trip, I thought the…
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Language Advantage
Erica Love, Pitt in D.C.-Brussels Summer 2023 Though spending time abroad may present many challenges to daily life, the most difficult thing I found while on my maymester program in Brussels, Belgium was being the only person on the trip capable of speaking the local language conversationally. As a French major, I was very enthusiastic…
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A Delicious Dive into London’s History and Culture
Madyson Glesky, Children’s Experiences of War and Trauma Summer 2023 In London, food truly was the window to the city’s soul. Not only was the food indicative of London and England’s culture and popular items, but they were rooted and surrounded by deep, enriching history. For example, on the second day of our two-week trip, we…
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Trying Food in Ireland
Kaylynn Bryan, Summer Nursing at Trinity College Dublin Summer 2023 Eating food is one of my favorite pastimes. I like almost everything and am willing to try anything. Because Dublin is such a huge city in Ireland, there are hundreds of different places to try and eat at. There are the traditional Irish places, Mexican, American,…
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Living in London
Madyson Glesky, Children’s Experiences of War and Trauma Summer 2023 The study abroad experience entitled “Children’s Experiences of War and Trauma,” consists of four weeks, where the first two are at the University of Pittsburgh and the next two are in London, England. As I am more of a homebody and appreciate familiarity, I think the…
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Open Mind Eases Adjustment
Emily Falge, International Internship Program: Paris Summer 2023 One of the biggest pieces of advice I would give is to keep an open mind. There are plenty of jokes and stereotypes that you hear in the US about the French about how rude, hostile, and unwelcoming they are to Americans. While I would not say…