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Swiss Bliss

Posted on February 19, 2020

This past weekend I traveled with my friends to Interlaken, Switzerland. While the trip started with a tiring 8-hour overnight bus ride, it turned out to be one of the coolest weekends of my life. …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Paige Tuttle, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged International Academic Programs, Italy, Paige Tuttle, semester abroad, study abroad, travel, UW in Florence, UW-madison

Feeling Florence

Posted on February 19, 2020

**This is something a little different—a piece I wrote for my travel writing class at SRISA using an interview with a fellow student. However, since it’s related to study abroad, I thought I would share …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Rachel Betters, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Rachel Betters, semester abroad, SRISA, study abroad, UW-madison

All Over Italy

Posted on February 7, 2020

Everyone has an image of Italy. Pizza, pasta, wine, villas and vineyards, art and architecture, “la dolce vita.” A Venetian gondola, the Roman Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, maybe a Tuscan house in the …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Rachel Betters, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Rachel Betters, semester abroad, SRISA, study abroad, UW-madison

Attempting to Live Like a Local

Posted on February 3, 2020

The first two weeks in Florence have been amazing. At first I was a bit overwhelmed, but after spending time exploring the city and starting classes Florence is starting to feel like home. While Florence …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Paige Tuttle, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged CET, Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Paige Tuttle, semester abroad, study abroad, UW in Florence, UW-madison

Coming Home to Florence

Posted on January 22, 2020

Here I am, in Florence, Italy, finally writing this blog entry because my feet are sore from a week of adventures and the wi-fi has disconnected. It hasn’t been two weeks yet since my plane …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Rachel Betters, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Rachel Betters, semester abroad, SRISA, study abroad, UW-madison

Before it Begins

Posted on January 13, 2020

Here I am, it’s January 10th, and I am getting so close to my take off date. I leave for Florence, Italy in 10 days. I feel like I have been waiting to go for …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Paige Tuttle, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged CET, International Academic Programs, Italy, Paige Tuttle, pre-departure, semester abroad, study abroad, UW in Florence, UW-madison

Before Study Abroad

Posted on January 6, 2020

Fresh pasta with olive oil, cobblestone streets lined with rugged yellow walls, a sunset over the Piazzale Michelangelo… These are the things I dream of as I haphazardly pack clothes and toiletries into my suitcase …

Posted in Academic Year 2019-2020, Europe, Italy, Rachel Betters, Returned Student, Spring 2020Tagged Florence, International Academic Programs, Italy, Rachel Betters, semester abroad, SRISA, study abroad, UW-madison

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
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