When I arrived in Florence and seen where I lived, I was blown away. I couldn’t believe how nice and spacious the apartment was. There are three bedrooms and I have my own room. There is also a full kitchen, dining room and living room. I was expecting us all to be crammed into a tiny apartment!

Our living room

The apartment comes with everything that we’d need, like linen, towels, pots/pans, dishes, and a few days supply of other things like dish soap, laundry detergent, toilet paper, etc. SAI really thought about us students as they were choosing student housing. The apartment is even located only one street over from the main river in Florence and only down the street from a grocery store and pharmacy which is really nice.

Our bathroom

Overall, I can say that I am very happy with my housing and neighborhood.

View from outside our apartment

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Alexis is a summer 2017 SAI Florence student from Western Michigan University.