Duke University Office of Study Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Global Education Office: This is a picture of a fresh fruit market in Venice, Italy. Sure, they have grocery stores there, but nothing beats the food you buy from the morning markets. Food in Italy just tastes better, simple dishes taste extraordinary. Maybe it is the lust for life...

Credit: Savannah McMullen

Major: History and Cultural Anthropology

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice, summer

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Global Education Office: During my 15 weeks in Venezia, I never would have imagined that it would be so beautiful, so engaging, and just all around amazing. From taking a vaporetto everywhere to spending my spring break in the south of Spain. Everything was new and exciting. I have...

Credit: Amanda Morrall

Major: Public Policy

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Office of Study Abroad: Spending a summer term in Venice was one of the greatest things I've done in my life. As an art student, the original art and architecture were priceless to see in person. Not only did I form amazing relationships with the other students in the...

Credit: Brandi Feemster

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Global Education Office: We’ve been in Venice for two weeks now and are already thinking about how sad we will be when we have to leave. Not only because we love Venice, but also because getting to the airport is going to be such an ordeal, dragging our luggage...

Credit: Matthew Rogers

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice, summer

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Office of Study Abroad: We have been home for two and a half weeks now, which means I have been reminiscing about Venice – nonstop – for the past...two and a half weeks, give or take. Honestly, our entire experience in Venice was unparalleled. Particularly memorable, however, was our...

Credit: Amanda Conway

Tags: Brodhead, Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice, summer

Postcard from Abroad

Postcard from Abroad

Dear Office of Study Abroad:I didn't know a word of Italian. I knew nothing of Italian traditions, customs, culture, politics or history, save for nominal bits of information here and there. When I went to Venice, all of that changed. I became fascinated by the language, enraptured by the Zeitgeist...

Credit: Andy Yun

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice

Academia Bridge

Academia Bridge

A view of Academia Bridge from Venetian canal. ...

Credit: Leslie Davis

Tags: Duke in Venice, Italy, Venice

1638_bg