Lorenzo de'Medici, Italy

Frank Leotta, 2019

Email: leotta_fran@bentley.edu

Studied at: LDM, Fall 2017

Major/Minor: Economics & Finance/ Psychology

What was a typical day in the life while studying abroad? 

A typical day started early, around 7:00am when I would wake up, shower and head out the door for the equally famous and delicious News Cafe.  The barista, Marco, would give me my cappuccino and cornetto and we'd talk about the news of the day while I'd play with his dog, Gordon.  From here, it was off to Italian class where I'd learn new vocabulary to practice at lunch in the Mercato Centrale with my LdM friends.  At around 1pm we would all walk past Il Duomo di San Lorenzo to Via Faenza where we would then have class.  After a few hours of class it was back to my apartment where I would try to make a classic Italian dish and do some homework, before heading to bed to start again. Back to Top 

Leiden University, Netherlands

Eliza Wilczek, 2019

Email: wilczek_eliz@bentley.edu

Studied at: Leiden University, Fall 2017

Major: Global Studies

What was a typical day in the life while studying abroad?
A typical day in the Netherlands always started with a bike ride along the canal.  I was rarely alone, usually with other international students and at least one Dutch student.  Leiden is a fairly rigorous program so almost every weekday I would attend class and get lunch at the student building.  On the weekends, for the first half of my program I stayed in Leiden and tried to immerse myself in Dutch culture, learning how to cook, speaking the language, ride with someone on the back of my bike.  During the second half, I spent the weekends traveling around Europe visiting my friend's hometowns and meeting up with other Bentley students. Back to Top 

Elizabeth Moschella, 2019

Email: moschel_eliz@bentley.edu

Studied at: ESADE, Fall 2017

Major/Minor: Accounting/ Spanish

What do you wish you had done differently?
I wish I had spent more time alone.  I lived with a host family and made incredible best friends and even saw old friends, but I wish I spent more time alone reflecting on myself and my experience.  I wish that I walked down the cobblestone streets alone, listening to or maybe even using the Catalonian language.  I feel as though with more alone time I could have grown even more as an individual and maybe could have even learned more than I did about the city itself or the language or the culture. Back to Top 

Sarah Barsch, 2019

Email: barsch_sara@bentley.edu

Studied at: Universidad de Navarra, Spring 2017

Major/Minor: Marketing, LSM MAS/ IDCC

What do you wish you had done differently?

I wish that I spent more time getting to know the full-time students at the university.  In my final few weeks, I grew extremely close to a few full-time students who I learned so much from.  As an exchange student, I felt the need to surround myself to other exchange students like me because they were also traveling and exploring cities, but leaving that bubble and interacting with local students changed a lot my views of the city in the last few weeks and showed me an entire new side of Pamplona I would have never knew existed. Back to Top 

Dea Markovic, 2019

Email: Markovi_dea@bentley.edu

Studied at: Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spring 2017

Major: Management
Why Bentley students should study abroad?

Going abroad makes students gain so much, it's an opportunity no one should miss. It can be scary, yes, and no one said it will be easy, but that's part of the deal too. It means getting out of one's comfort zone, putting oneself in an unfamiliar country and culture, learning and doing new things, exploring. Along this process comes personal growth and enrichment, perspective and a more open mentality, all positive and useful qualities for the future, both personally and professionally. Back to Top