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Hello from Copenhagen! Its time I painted something from Copenhagen again.  Here is a snapshot I took while walking to class from Skindergale looking toward’s one of Copenhagen landmarks, the Round Tower. And now for your history lesson of the day…Christian IV built the Round Tower (Rundetaarn) in Central Copenhagen from 1637 to 1642.  The tower [...] Continue reading →

Nationalmuseet – The National Museum of Denmark
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Today’s “field study” was watching a movie for my European Story Telling class. We watched Pan’s Labyrinth and then discussed it through the different lenses we’ve used to analyze myths and fairy tales.
I’d seen it once before, and loved it… Continue reading →

Today’s “field study” was watching a movie for my European Story Telling class. We watched Pan’s Labyrinth and then discussed it through the different lenses we’ve used to analyze myths and fairy tales.
I’d seen it once before, and loved it… Continue reading →

Today was windy, so it is only fitting that my Renewable Energy Systems course had a field study to get a better understanding of wind energy in Denmark.
We first met up in Copenhagen, at DIS, where we had a lecture by Hans Soerensen.
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Just listen to that wind.

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Last night, I went to the second meeting of my buddy network. The buddy network is a group organized by DIS that is made up of young Danes living in Copenhagen and DIS students. DIS gives the group a budget and the group leader organizes events through… Continue reading →

I am a Communications Studies major at Northwesterrn University.  Oh gosh, I don’t really know yet … but I am hoping to intern at an advertising agency this summer.  Crossing my fingers.  Everyone, do feel free to ask me anything!   I think i… Continue reading →

My Bike: 
Probably the best purchase I have made since I got to Copenhagen.  This is a picture of me and two of my roommates, Mark (left) and Tyler (right) riding our bikes out one night.  Bike riding is so common here- everyone does it.  Bikers ha… Continue reading →

After about 18 straight hours in the studio, my studio mates and I agree that this is funniest thing… Continue reading →

This weekend, my awesome host family invited me on journey down to the island of Falster to spend the weekend at their summer home. I’m using the word “summer”quite loosely in this context; while it has actually been warming up in Copenhagen (yeaahh fo… Continue reading →

My host-parents brought me back some chocolate from Dubai. Chocolate covered dates with almonds, to be exact. They are so good. I can’t stop eating them. I just hid them in my closet in hopes that I’ll forget about them…
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February 9th – 11th my core class, European Memory and Identity, went on a short trip together to the Danish-German border region. We went to a small city in Germany called Lubeck, then proceeded to Hamburg, and ended our trip in a small southern Danis… Continue reading →

This weekend was Fastelavn in Denmark! Fastelavn was described to me by my host parents as being similar to Halloween in the United States. Children dress up in costumes and go door to door asking for money or treats. Many neighborhoods host Fastelavn … Continue reading →

Sitting at the corner of Gammeltrov square right next to DIS, Café Scandi looks like a tourist trap. But, my friend and I decided to check it out in between classes for tea and brunch. We made ourselves comfortable on the couches in the back and ord… Continue reading →