"It was the best experience of my life!"

After reviewing through several different interesting study abroad programs that NC State had to offer, I came upon the Florence Study Abroad program. This program seemed to offer the most for your money. While many of the programs only sent you to two places within the country, this program allows you to travel to at least six different places within Italy. The program also seems to offer an extensive list of museums and other unique destinations that one could not possible plan for themselves if they wanted to study abroad without going through the NCSU study abroad program. I decided to interview another person who has actually gone on this same trip to see her perspective looking back on this trip. 

Megan Petcavich in Rome, Italy

Megan Petcavich, a junior in Communications, went on the NCSU Florence Study Abroad trip this past summer. Here is what she had to say in an interview with me:


Me: What did you think of the Florence Study Abroad trip?
Megan:  It was the best experience of my life! The Italy trip is absolutely amazing. To start the advisors are great and very helpful, its our vice chancellor who is really nice and cool and our Italian contact is Luca and he was also very helpful and made it a great experience for all of us.
Me: How costly is the trip?
Megan: The trip is expensive (all study abroad trips are) but I can say Italy is so worth it. I had friends that went on other trips and paid more and had no planned travels but we have them every weekend (friday-sunday) and they are planned to the last detail which is very nice. You'll have one free weekend (you should go to Rome b/c we don't go as a group) and thats a lot to plan in itself...it makes you appreciate all thats planned for you because it's a little intense in a foreign country.
Me: What kinds of things did you do on the weekend?
Megan: Every weekend we traveled and we stayed in very nice hotels and they were paid for as well as transportation and admission to stuff we did while we were there. Every weekend we had free time too, so that was nice to explore. I can't even tell you how nice it is to have a tour and all the important stuff planed out for you. You'll travel to all of the main cities, expect Milan, and you'll get to have the most amazing experiences at each place.
Me: It sounds like this trip has a lot to offer! The only thing that I have been concerned with is the cost of the program.
Megan: Honestly, looking at the cost, I don't know how they made it so cheap. Meals in Italy are at least 5 courses and super expensive, but they provided a lot of nice meals for us and that alone would be thousands of dollars.
Me: Well thank you Megan for sharing a little bit of information on the Florence Study Abroad program.


My interview with Megan really revealed just how good of a deal it would be to study abroad through the NCSU Florence, Italy trip. It sounds like there would be a lot of amazing trips planned at a fairly reasonable cost. This trip is definitely one I will take a deeper look into. 

Florence Study Abroad Program