did not have. how did she do it? >> she had to save $10,000. she lived extremely frugly and spent no money on anything. and then worked several jobs at a time, numerous jobs at a time, saved every penny. >> amanda chose to study in perusia, italy, a small town in the center of the country. in the late summer of 2007, amanda and her sister deanna traveled there to get her settled. on the very first day in town, deanna found amanda a place to live. >> we were walking around and the first thing amanda did, of course, was go down to her university. so we walked down there and she went inside and i sat outside. and this girl came up and was posting something on the fence right next to where i was sitting. and i looked over and it said, all i could read in italian, was apartmento. >> and that was it.