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    10 Years of Internships in Florence: A Love Story

    By Emily Merson, Global Experiences CEO Summer 2013 marks 10 years for our Florence Internship Program.   I am often asked as one of GE’s two co-founders how we started Global Experiences, who’s idea was it, and why Internships. There is a long and a...

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    Packing For Study Abroad by Bobbie Watson: Part 2

    This blog is copied with permission from When in Florence. For the original, click here. Bobbie is a Global Experiences Spring participant living and interning in Florence, Italy. Here is part 2 of her packing guide. Part 1 is here.   Things I Am Glad I Packed.. 1. Leggings and Tights –...

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    Packing For Study Abroad by Bobbie Watson

    This blog is copied with permission from When in Florence. For the original, click here. Bobbie is a Global Experiences Spring participant living and interning in Florence, Italy. Check back soon for Part 2! So you’ve decided you want to study abroad. Congratulations! But as moving day approaches,...

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    Top 5 Reasons to Travel to Florence, Italy

    5 Reasons to Travel to Florence, Italy, by Global Experiences Internship Consultant Chrissie Dailey.   1. Location - Florence is nestled in the heart of Tuscany, surrounded by beautiful wine country.  You can easily do a day trip or spend a nice weekend in Rome (1.5 hours),...

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    From Saudi Arabia to Firenze

    Rawan, 22, from Saudi Arabia is currently interning abroad with the Global Experiences Florence program. What have you been doing at your internship? My internship is in interior design, working at an architectural studio. I was given two tasks: the first was making 3D digital...

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    Vince’s Italian Culinary Adventure

    Culinary student Vince is interning in Florence this fall. What’s it like? What impact has it had?    My global experience here in Florence has been absolutely extraordinary. It is truly a beautiful city filled with so much culture and history. I have been here...

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    Reflections on a Semester Abroad: Katie in Florence

    Katie Conner is participating in Salisbury University’s Florence program, through Global Experiences.    Students always say studying abroad is the “best experience ever.” I always heard them, and I always believed them. But I never, in a million years, thought that I could experience it...

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    Florence: Day Four

    I realized upon trying to take pictures of the sunset at Piazzano Michelangiolo that the photographs, or at least mine, can’t do anything justice.

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    Settling In

    Settling In Hello!  I’m posting this entry a little late, from my first day in Florence which was, at this point, five days ago (It feels like longer than that five days….so much happens every day that the days are melding together into a mass...

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    Thank You Letter From a Florence Intern

      Sophia had a fashion business internship in a high end Florentine showroom this summer. Here is an email back to Chrissie, her program consultant.  Thanks for the kind words Sophia!  Hi Chrissie, I hope all is well with you. I wanted to take this...

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