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 …
Fall 2018
Finally Back in Wisconsin
Since landing at O’Hare the first day of January, I have spent every waking moment of my winter break with friends and family doing the very things that I had so desperately missed while I …
Saying ‘Dankjewel’ to the Netherlands
It’s hard to think back to August, before I came abroad. Living here for five months has transformed me in so many ways. I have met some pretty amazing people and have been able to …
The End of the Beginning
By mid-December in Bologna the air is grey and wet and cold. The humid wind digs into my bones and I cannot escape the chill of the coming winter. The rain turned cold and falls …
Exploring more of Europe
Since I last wrote about my weekend adventures (a couple of blog posts ago, back in October), I haven’t mentioned all of the recent places that I have been fortunate enough to travel to. Nearly …
Finals
I woke up this morning in a running frenzy. There had been no alarm. I searched frantically for the time and found my phone buried under pages of notes on my desk, unplugged and dead. …
Never Ending Korean Autumn
여러분 안녕하세요! Hello again everyone, I apologize for the lack of posts over the last month or so. I’m reaching the end of my semester here in Seoul so before I wrap up this experience …
Old Venezia
I was in Venice trying to find the train station. It was getting dark and I was lost in the narrow streets that bend and twist over skinny canals. Walking through the old downtown feels …
What is Wageningen like?
I consider Wageningen a commuter campus. What I mean by that is many students simply live at home (somewhere else in the Netherlands) and then take public transportation a considerable distance every day to come …
After Class
I met Gaetano, Roberta and Simone on the second day of my History of Italian Film class. They showed up late and sat near me in the crowded lecture hall and during class I got …