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Peter Kane

The End of the Beginning

Posted on January 2, 2019

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 …

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

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 Kane, Returned StudentTagged Bologna, end of semester, Finals, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

Old Venezia

Posted on November 30, 2018

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 …

Posted in Academic Year 2018-2019, Europe, Fall 2018, Italy, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged International Academic Programs, Peter Kane, study abroad, travel, UW in Bologna, UW-madison, Venice1 Comment

After Class

Posted on November 26, 2018

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 …

Posted in Europe, Fall 2018, France, Peter Kane, Returned StudentTagged International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison

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 Kane, Returned StudentTagged 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 Kane, Returned StudentTagged 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 Kane, Returned StudentTagged Bologna, International Academic Programs, Italy, Peter Kane, study abroad, UW in Bologna, UW-madison

L’americano

Posted on September 24, 2018

It was almost midnight but Via del Pratello was crowded with people, flowing out of the sitting areas of the bars and into the narrow street that during this time of night unofficially becomes a …

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

First Impressions

Posted on September 11, 2018

In Bologna you walk slow. The sidewalks in the center of the city are all covered by tall arched porticoes, so you can walk for blocks in the rain without getting wet. People sit outside …

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

In Transit

Posted on August 27, 2018

From the widow of a high-speed train, Italy slides swiftly by, the land changing before you. From Naples to Rome the brown rocky mountains in the center of the country turn to green rolling hills …

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