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Dreaming in Italian

Posted on September 3, 2019

I had a dream I went to Italy and I lived there for a year. I left behind my city and everyone I knew, looking a change in a life that felt the same. I …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged Bologna, end of program, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, return to US, study abroad, UW-madison, year abroad

Bella, Act 3

Posted on July 26, 2019

Note: What follows is a work of fiction. While the characters in the story- including I, Pier, the narrator- are inspired by real life, their existence is bounded by the of the limits of the …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged creative writing, end of program, fiction, Italy, Peter Kane, return to US, study abroad, UW in Bologna, year abroad1 Comment

On the Way to Firenze

Posted on June 26, 2019

Peter Kane Every Italian paesino has a church, a cemetery and a café. We passed through many that were little more than a quiet road with a couple old buildings sagging in the sun. The …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison, walk4 Comments

The Beginning of the End

Posted on June 17, 2019

By mid-June in Bologna the air is hot and stagnant. The heat hangs low in the porticoes and by midday it feels too hot to go outside. Italians walk even slower to keep from sweating …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged end of program, International Academic Programs, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, year abroad1 Comment

Bella, Act 2

Posted on May 17, 2019

Note: What follows is a work of fiction. While the characters in the story- including I, Pier, the narrator- are inspired by real life, their existence remains limited to the confines of the author’s imagination. …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged International Academic Programs, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison, year abroad1 Comment

Hungry for More

Posted on April 24, 2019

I spent the week of Easter with Giovanni’s family in Pescara. His parents live up the street from his grandma and his cousins are around the corner. He’s got an uncle with a restaurant on …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged Easter, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, semester abroad, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison, year abroad1 Comment

Bella, Act 1

Posted on April 9, 2019

Note: what follows is a work of fiction. While the characters in the story -including I, Pier, the narrator- are inspired by real life, their existence remains limited to the confines of the story. When …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna2 Comments

Hamerica’s

Posted on March 25, 2019

It was 1am and we had closed an hour ago but still the dining room was full of customers, sitting and talking like they had no plans to leave. My coworkers were tired. It was …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, second semester, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison, year abroad2 Comments

Not a Tourist

Posted on February 19, 2019

I returned to Bologna with Future’s new album rattling through my earbuds, feeling like a boss. The plane made its last decent and I coasted along the city’s red roofs and medieval towers framed by …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, second semester, study abroad, UW-madison, year abroad2 Comments

Wide Awake in Wisconsin

Posted on February 6, 2019

I walked into The Double U on my own. I’d been home for a few days but hadn’t told anyone I was coming to Madison. The bouncer eyed my ID with some misplaced sense of …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison1 Comment
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