These past four months in Florence have been the greatest of my life, and I know I’ll carry them with me forever. It’s honestly hard to put into words how much this experience has changed me, my mindset, my outlook on life, and the way I see the world. I came here expecting to learn…

Coming to Florence, I wasn’t as nervous as I expected to be. I already knew I was living with my best friends, so I felt like I had a built-in support system from the start. Because of that, I thought my experience would mostly revolve around the city itself and we would mostly stick to…

Studying in Florence means being surrounded by art everywhere you go, not just in museums, but in churches, streets, and buildings you pass everyday. This semester, I took a Renaissance art history course and an oil painting class, and together they completely changed the way I experienced the city. My Renaissance art history class quickly…

Near the beginning of the semester I found myself needing to go to the doctor; I found myself nervous and uncertain whether or not it would be a complicated process, if the language barrier would be an issue or what the price would be like. But there was no other choice so I made an…

Hi! My name is Maya Seltzer-Clinton, and I’m a Junior at the University of Pittsburgh from Rochester, NY, majoring in psychology and minoring in business. This semester I am studying abroad in Florence, Italy through the Pitt in Florence program, partnered with CEA CAPA abroad. Studying abroad has always been something I wanted to do,…