Today was our last full day in Milan. We went to the Milan fashion library where designers go to get inspiration. They have a wide variety of magazines to look at. The tour guide also told us that students from the nearby university come by to learn about fashion. We then went to the farewell…
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Second to last day
Today in Milan we went on a walking tour of a part of the city we had not seen yet. We learned more about the impact fashion has on the city. We got to tour a store that was doing very well in Milan. It had five floors. The first floor was all technology, the…
Hello Milan
Today we went on a few site visits. First we visited a logistics center for the place we visited yesterday. There they gave us a presentation on the logistics of the company. We learned about their factory and how they get the products from production to end consumer. They stressed the organization of their warehouse…
Goodbye Verona
Today was our last day in Verona. We were given free time until 2:40 so we took the time to explore the city a little bit. I personally went to the top of the hill overlooking the city. It had quite the view. I happened to run into a few of the other students of…
Hello Venice
Today, we took a train to Venice. What a beautiful city. It is very different from every other city I have ever seen. Waterways as streets is an amazing thing to see. Once we got off the train we got right onto a water taxi and rode it to the gondolas. We then rode a…
Hello Verano
Today we drove from Florence to Verano. The trip took about three hours. Once we got here we checked into our hotel and left for a walking tour of the city. We first saw the house of Juliet and then house of Romeo. We learned about the many traditions surrounding the houses. At the house…
Till next time Florence
Today in Florence Italy, we visited the academia museum. In the museum we saw the David which is a sculpture made of marble built in 1501 by Michelangelo. It was a very carefully crafted statue with great detail. Our tour guide told us the history behind the statue. He told us about the “first drafts”…
Giorno Sei
Today in Italy we went to a leather school. There they teach students how to craft clothing and accessories from leather. We got to see a designer craft his own design onto a leather coaster. It we also got to feel the many different materials that they use to create the different clothes. It really…
Giorno Cinque
Today we left from Milan to drive to Florence. The drive took about four hours. It was a very long trip but the beautiful scenery made up for it. Seeing the countryside of Italy and the mountains made the drive much better. When we arrived in Florence and checked into our hotel. The room is…
Giorno Quattro
Today we went on a site visit to a textile company. We saw the entire process of how textiles are designed and produced. They start with creating the designs. We were shown a room of thousands of designs and a whole library of books filled with different designs. We then went down to then factory…
Day Three
Today we visited the Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, where we listened to a lecture about the business of fashion. We also met some of the students of the university and learned about their daily lives. We then toured the university and had lunch there. I happened to meet one student who was a huge…
Day Two
We started our day with a three hour class on the basics of Italian. We learned the essentials that we could use during our two weeks here in Italy. We learned phrases like “buonasera” meaning “good afternoon” and “Che ora è?” meaning “What time is it?” After that we were free for lunch so a…
Off to Italy
Hello, my name is Jack Marquis. A little bit about me, I am a rising sophomore studying finance and accounting at Pitt. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia with one sister. Last semester I was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Accounting Association and played intramural basketball. I am a…