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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 KaneTagged Bologna, end of program, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, return to US, study abroad, UW-madison, year abroad

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 KaneTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna2 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 KaneTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, second semester, study abroad, UW-madison, year abroad2 Comments

Finals

Posted on December 17, 2018

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. …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter KaneTagged Bologna, end of semester, Finals, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

Miss America

Posted on November 2, 2018

I miss my mom and my sisters and my brothers, I miss eating dinner with them after driving back to Oregon from Madison, going to class all day and walking around campus seeing my friends …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter KaneTagged Bologna, homesick, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna1 Comment

Money

Posted on October 29, 2018

I do not like to waste time worrying about money. It comes and goes like the tide, I just want to ride the waves. But when I consider the tsunami of debt that will come …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter KaneTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, money, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna

The Routine / The Escape

Posted on October 8, 2018

I am writing this to further procrastinate my studies. The second week of classes at the University of Bologna is finished and by now I have gotten used to the routine of waking up, making …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter KaneTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison

Time for a Change

Posted on August 8, 2018

I come from Oregon, Wisconsin, a quiet little town that’s just a twenty-minute drive through rolling farmland to Madison. Growing up so close to the UW campus, I spent a lot of time hanging out …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter KaneTagged Bologna, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW

And So You Swim On

Posted on May 31, 2016

Exams are done. Finished cramming everything into suitcases to be sure it would all fit. Just a few more days before departure. I just need to finish cleaning my apartment. I’ve thought about taking a …

Posted in Europe, Italy, Sara McKearn, Spring 2016Tagged Bologna, end of semester, going home, International Academic Programs, Italian, Italy, language study, Sara McKearn, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

Handling Mental Illness While Abroad

Posted on May 23, 2016

It’s nearing the end of my stay in Bologna. It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but my attentions have been elsewhere. I have finals this coming week and then some time to pack up before …

Posted in Europe, Italy, Sara McKearn, Spring 2016Tagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Sara McKearn, study abroad, UW-madison
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