Author Archives: hannahkdurrett

So, you guys probably haven’t heard, but there is thing called COVID-19 (popularly known as “the corona virus”) which has people all in a panic. There are some cases of COVID-19 in Northern Italy. None are too close to me for me to be in any danger, but as the CDC has issued a levelContinue reading “Coming Home”

My Classes Truth is, my classes are easy. It has been a refreshing change of pace. In some ways I miss the challenge and familiarity of ASU law, but I have had a lot more times to do other things. For example, I have been able to dedicate a lot of time to my graduateContinue reading “Update: How Things are Going”

Note: I do not have any pictures depicting what I’m talking about so I just put some pictures I found amusing in instead. Okay, I have officially been in Milan for over a month. I have my route to school memorized, my classes are starting to focus on content that will be on the exam,Continue reading “Differences between Italy and the United States”

Classes finally started this week! As someone who loves routine, I am excited that the semester has begun. I suspect it will take a couple more weeks before I can accurately analyze the differences between the Italian law classes and my law classes at ASU. For now, I just welcome the return to a familiarContinue reading “And so it begins”

I am officially 23 years old today! After 4 years, it is nice to be a prime number again. When I realized I was going to be in Italy for my birthday, I had all sorts of ideas of what I should do. I thought about going to Rome or Venice. But traveling stresses meContinue reading “Mi Compleanno”

It all started with a 2 hour wait for a 10 hour plane ride. While I fully expected to be miserable the whole time, the opposite occurred. Usually when I fly I feel very ill, but, praise be to God, my stomach behaved itself the entire flight. In fact, I rather enjoyed myself, watching moviesContinue reading “It’s Been a Long Week”

Yes! I am. I am studying at Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy. Here are the answers to the questions I have been getting the most: Where is Milan? Milan is in the north of Italy. Florence is 4.5 hours away by public transit, Venice is 5 hours away by public transit, and Rome is 7.5Continue reading “Wait, are you studying abroad?”