Oh my God! Congratulations! I love the timing of this video - I'm currently studying in Verona and today was my Italian A2 exam. The speaking part specifically terrified me but I did it and I passed! I'm so happy for you and I'm also excited and hoping to visit Bologna very soon! I've heard so many great things about it!
When I was younger I also moved to another country: I still remember the excitement and the doubts and the waiting and all the possible emotions known to man I felt the days before arriving. Buona fortuna, spero riuscirai ad ambientarti in Italia e che ti divertirai il più possibile.
Am I the only one thinking of Bologna the sandwich meat? (cue the 1970s song: "cause Oscar Mayer has a way with B.O.L.O.G.N.A" lol ). On a real note, YAY CONGRATS! I'd been watching you for a couple years now and that's so awesome that you're finally getting to pursue you language goal of studying in Italy! Your language learning videos always inspire me to pursue my language learning endeavours! Yay!!! :)
Hahaha yes Bologna is actually the home of whats known as “mortadella” which somehow turned what we call “boloneee” 😂 thanks so much for watching me for a while! I’m so happy to share this news with everyone and I can’t wait to show you all my life in Bologna!
I did my undergrad in Bologna, best place for studies! Then I moved to Florence, now I'm in the U.K and in spring I will go back to Florence! If I am in Florence during the summer and you will pass by we can definitely catch up and grab a coffee together! xx
@@SheaJordan Perfect, I will continue watching your videos then once we are both in Italy and settled, during your 6 months we can meet up :) I should also arrive around May or June. My mum lives there. xx
Congratulations Shea!! I am so happy for you. Your channel definitely helped me to study Spanish. I went to Mexico in September on a Spanish language group retreat! These wonderful things are possible!
These were good tips and reminded me of when I prepared to study abroad in Scotland for a year. When you pull this off you deserve a marble statue of yourself in downtown LA in true Italian fashion. ;)
When I did my year abroad in Madrid i used uniplaces to find accommodation and I think they are all around Europe, it's maybe a little more expensive because you go through a platform but I think the uniplaces people go and verify the apartment so you know you are actually getting what you're promised (this was like 5 years ago though) good luck! 😊💖
Wow, congratulations. I'm also planning to go to Italy this year (Sept-Oct). I'm planning to take intensive classes for 3-4weeks (wish I could go for 6 months, but I can't b/work). Anyway, we'll be looking forward to your journey.
That's still amazing! 3-4 weeks will be great. I will be leaving my job but I also do some freelance/remote work as well which will help fund my stay. But even taking intensive classes for a few weeks will be super great for your studies! September - October also seems like a nice time to visit Italy!
This is awesome Shea! I hope you enjoy your trip so much. I love the way you studied Italian and always motivated us to learn new languages, so you deserve it! I'm still in the journey of learning english and your videos helped me a lot, congratulations for your progress!
Congrats! I visited Bologna (and Venice) last September and I really loved it. I have been to Venice many times before, but this was my first time in Bologna and it's such an amazing city. However Venice will be my all time favoutire Italian city
Amazing! I've never been to Bologna but I went to Venice and it truly is like a fairytale! So happy to hear that you enjoyed Bologna. I really am SO excited to go and make videos there as well!
Wow... Congrats! I'm so happy for you. Actually I found your videos a couple days before and I'm already in love with your content.☺🤩 you're such a smart girl. ALL THE BEST for your future~~♡ 😘🥰💖💗🌈☺
i am so happy for you!!!! this is so exciting and i hope everything goes really well for you. this video inspires me a lot 🥺 brb packing my stuff to move to italy too
I will be studying in Roma in february. I got my D visa a few days ago finally and just in 3 days hahah. I just finished the steps you described and it's so weird right now. Unfortunately I haven't found a place to stay yet :( I'm very excited for myself and for you too. Good luck!!
Amazing!!! So excited for you and happy to hear it came back quick. I hope both of us can find great places to stay. I LOVED Rome, you will have a wonderful time there.
Wow!!! So amazing!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I live in tuscany and I went to Bologna some years ago! It's a beautiful city!!! So much students and nice people! I really hope you enjoy your journey! Just one question because I didn't get it: are you going to leave your job definitively? 🤔 can't wait to see your italian videos!!!👍🏻😘
Bravissima, complimenti! Se avrai l'occasione, visita Lucca! Inoltre, come zona, Borgo Panigale è molto carina e non è troppo distante dal centro. C'è anche la stazione, connessa con Bologna Centrale. In bocca al lupo Shea, aspetto video dall'italia! Mi raccomando la mortadella!
Ciao Shea, Bologna è una bellissima città! Sono sicura che ti piacerà e che sarà un'esperienza fantastica! 😍 In bocca al lupo 🍀 PS. se ne avrai la possibilità, noleggia una macchina e vai alla scoperta dell'Appennino Tosco-Emiliano e delle Marche
Congrats! It's not the best time with everything is going on, but I hope you'll enjoy your stay. Couple of suggestions: 1) Car market in Italy is totally different. I don't think it will be wise to buy one since there's a lot of paperwork and the used market is really stiff. Also there are some mandatory obligations such as insurance which applies just to the car itself, no to the person as in some US-states; mechanical revision which is targeted by the age of the vehicle; etc... It will be much easier to rent one when you need it from popular rent-a-car services (Hertz, Avis, Europcar, you-name-it). SInce you're gonna stay in Bologna you can have access to car sharing (Enjoy) and Uber, but do not take them for granted wherever you're gonna go in Italy. Usually they're available only in the big cities 2) Covid related stuff 🤐 ... I'd rather not talk about it, but it is what it is. As of now you're gonna need a full vaccination (2 shots) to have access to all the facilities and shops. In the nearest future you're gonna need the 3rd shot as well. Hopefully with spring and summer the limitations will lessen, but be prepared to a full shock: as of now FFP2 masks are mandatory on public transportations, public events in open spaces, concert halls, cinemas & stadiums. Surgical masks are mandatory in open spaces and all the other shops. You can lift 'em in pubs and restaurants once you're sitted at your own table. 3) Quiet italian neighborhoods can still be considered noisy by american standards 🤣 Good luck with that
Thank you for these tips! I don’t plan on getting a car in Italy, I don’t want to worry about that. And as far as COVID, I have all 3 shots and actually what you described sounds exactly like what we do in LA (everywhere requires masks) so it won’t be any different. I actually prefer to wear masks and be safe, so that’s fine! And yeah I expect that cities will be noisy, I live in a city so I understand they won’t always be quiet but I didn’t know if some parts of Bologna were more residential and peaceful. Thanks for writing this all out!
@@SheaJordan Glad to hear that in LA it's the same as here in Italy. Talking with my colleagues in Georgia, that didn't seem to be the case More than us italian being loud (we are indeed) the problem, so to say, is that in the cities many building are pretty damn old. That means thin walls, equals lot of noise. For sure stay away from San Donato-San Vitale districts which are for undergraduates. I can't help you more since I live in MIlan 😅 AH. Last tip: I think you might need a translation to use your driving license. But I'm not 100% sure about it.
@@MetalMike87 Thank you! Yes, different states within the US have very different rules when it comes to COVID. I went back to Arizona for the holidays and basically no one wore masks anywhere, which was a huge shock for me coming from California. Thanks for the tip and I will be sure to stay away from those districts - that was the exact kind of tip I was looking for!
how exciting! are you going to be studying italian for your course? also no recommendations of neighborhoods unfortunately but on our family vacation a few years ago we drove through bologna and it was beautiful and the people were very nice!
@@SheaJordan I am in Bologna, it's an awesome place to be, but you will need a car to see the most unexplored and coolest stuff that you Americans don't know. For any tips feel free o hit me up! #MEOW
Just tip for you about tech and laptops- in USA they are so cheap and almost for free, in EU they are much more expensive so better buy one there before you come here
Well I don’t know if $1000 is cheap, at least for the laptop I need to get for all my editing BUT if you say it’s more expensive in the EU than I’ll still buy mine in the US anyway before I leave. Thank you!
Hahaha I actually don’t plan on coming back very soon. I’m hoping to either extend my stay in Italy or travel around for a while after because yes I’m pretty much getting rid of everything here and leaving the US behind
@@SheaJordan Sorry for bothering you again Shea but i got another question? In another video you said you have italian ancestry from your mother side and you also said that you "don't look like an italian" Is it because your are white and blonde? I know that in the Us many people believe that italians are darker than white americans. Do you think is it true? I'm italian and i think that at least in the north ,italians are as white as the "average" white americans. I love watching your videos are for me you are a huge inspirations because you managed to achieve two of my biggest dream: Mastering another language and working from home. Hopefully one day i can do it the same. Continua così
I’ve been waiting for 2 years to go to Italy, and I kept delaying my trip hoping COVID would be over. COVID probably won’t be disappearing anytime soon unfortunately :/ I have the 3 vaccines and always wear masks wherever I go (inside and outside). I’m doing everything I can to be safe and will continue to be safe even while in Italy! 👍🏼
