watercolorWEDNESDAY FINALE

Kirsten Stabler

You can sense the finale. …all of a sudden boom! bang! boom! Each second dozens of fireworks explode into the sky, painting the dark night with a vibrant fire. This climax indicates the inevitable…yes folks, the finale. So like any good show, I leave you with a watercolorWEDNESDAY finale. Its been such a pleasure to [...] Continue reading

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Whoops, got too busy yesterday. ps: as of 37 minutes ago, I am DONE. Will not be sleeping the next…

Rebecca Shaheen

Whoops, got too busy yesterday. ps: as of 37 minutes ago, I am DONE.
Will not be sleeping the next few days-that’s what the plane and the first days back are for.
4 more full days left.
Four Things that I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS (In no partic… Continue reading

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reading the city: literary london

Emily Wilkes

Last weekend, I went to London with the DIS optional study tour!Right after travel break, I began a 6-week course that met once a week called Literary London, which culminated in a weekend-long trip there! In five classes, we covered five cen… Continue reading

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JA!

Yana Kim

DIS Biomedicine is the road I chose to take, my entries are not about the potholes, detours or the smooth road travelled, but more or less the impact the road had on the car itself. Never did I imagine the places I’d see or the people I’d meet. Th… Continue reading

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Sticker Charts, Bucket Lists, and How I Organized the Kitchen by Flavor Profile

Sara Kay

The end is near. Well, kind of. While all of my friends and roommates are talking about what they’re going to do (and eat) when they get home at the end of the week, I have spent what seems like … Continue reading Continue reading

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Oh yeah, gotta stick to routine: 5 more full days left. Five Things that I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS…

Rebecca Shaheen

Oh yeah, gotta stick to routine:
5 more full days left.
Five Things that I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS (In no particular order):
1) All of the wonderful street musicians that are out every day.
2) How clean the air is.
3) European sized portions in res… Continue reading

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I am done with my papers!! Never again will I have four research papers all due within the same two…

Rebecca Shaheen

I am done with my papers!! Never again will I have four research papers all due within the same two day period! Well, at least not until graduate school, but that’s a year or two away. One test to go and I’m done with the academics of the s… Continue reading

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DIS Picnic

Susannah Butters

Yesterday was the DIS picnic. It was held on Amager Strand, which is a park by a beach right outside Copenhagen. We were so lucky to have good weather for it. It was almost sixty degrees and sunny all afternoon! I think it’s the first time that I’ve wo… Continue reading

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Florentine Friends

Kirsten Stabler

My apologies, this post is way overdue!  Better late than never, right? I have just completed my studies at DIS and I am now soaking up one last week in Copenhagen before…sigh…heading back to the Golden State (I really have no justification for complaining, this year has been amazing!).  More on leaving later, but for [...] Continue reading

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Trip to Svandholm!

Hillary Pollak

A few weeks ago, the GreenHouse visited Svanholm, which is the largest organic farm in Denmark! They also are a community of about 80 adults and 60 children with a shared economy, where everyone puts their incomes in a common poll and each are allocat… Continue reading

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six more full days left in Denmark. Six Things I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS (in no particular…

Rebecca Shaheen

six more full days left in Denmark.
Six Things I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS (in no particular order):
1) The super fresh fish that Kristina gets from her father.
2) Cappuccinos. I mean, yeah they have them in the US, but they aren’t the same… Continue reading

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Tivoli

Susannah Butters

After finishing classes on Friday, I went to Tivoli. It’s located right in the center of Copenhagen, and I walk past it everyday on my walk from Central Station to DIS. Once you’re inside, though, you nearly forget that you’re right in the middle of Co… Continue reading

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“Dear Becca, Becca and Molly, Thank you so much for the flower and the very kind words – I…

Rebecca Shaheen

“Dear Becca, Becca and Molly,

Thank you so much for the flower and the very kind words – I was so happy to receive those! I hope that you will let me know in the future what goes on and if you come to Denmark that you will let me know so that we… Continue reading

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weirdness.

Rebecca Shaheen

Sometimes you arrive in the city a little too early to go straight to the venue you were planning on going to. So you think, “why not just grab a beer at this random bar while you wait?” And sometimes, that bar ends up being a Thai Transves… Continue reading

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My backyard. Blossoming apple tree smells so sweet. 

Rebecca Shaheen

My backyard. Blossoming apple tree smells so sweet.  Continue reading

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Royal Guard and Frihedsmuseet

Susannah Butters

Yesterday morning, I had my usual three hour break between classes, and rather than spend it inside studying (or procrastinating), I decided to return to a few spots in Copenhagen that I hadn’t visited since the beginning of the semester. I walked up S… Continue reading

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Seven.

Rebecca Shaheen

Seven more pages that I have to write of my second to last paper.
Seven is roughly the number of gifts that I still need to purchase.
Seven more full days left in Denmark.
Seven Things I’ll Miss about Denmark/DIS (in no particular order):
1) Jako… Continue reading

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“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them…

Treesa Leung

“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. “Oh, it’s just a couple little innocent bad days.” Well, we had a big rain. I don Continue reading

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Tivoli Gardens (please don’t make me leave yet,…

Kate Wofford

Tivoli Gardens
(please don’t make me leave yet, copenhagen) Continue reading

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My host grandfather’s beautiful dining room.  So…

Treesa Leung

My host grandfather’s beautiful dining room.  So hyggeligt! Continue reading

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