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Once a List-maker, Always a List-Maker
So, this will probably be my LAST BLOG POST before my return to Seattle. Crazy, scary, exciting? Yes, yes, yes. The past few days I have been re-reading my earlier blogs, and it’s so funny to think back to my first couple of days here, when I was so unsure of how my semester would [...]
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Stage One: Denial (and maybe a bit of Bargaining)
I really cannot believe I only have 3 days left in Denmark. The strangest part is not that I’m going to be leaving, but that I don’t know when I’ll return. It’s crazy to be saying goodbye to everyone I’ve spent the past 4 months with, not knowing when or if I’ll see them again. [...]
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Feelin’ Classy
I must warn you, this won’t be the most FUN or EXCITING post as it is intended to be packed full of informational material for all you prospective DIS students out there. Basically, I promised I’d talk more about all the classes I took this term, so here goes. I’ll also review all the housing [...]
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DONEZO (and some other good news).
Yes you’re reading that correctly–I’m completely DONE with all my work for the semester, with one week left to enjoy Denmark (a fact I’m not prepared to deal with quite yet). I’ve been doing all kinds of fun things, though, which is not exactly helping me to get ready to leave… On Wednesday, I got [...]
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It’s Best When Everybody’s Here
The Danish school system apparently has a big problem with absenteeism, and there’s a very interesting campaign that’s trying to help with this problem. One main piece of it is this music video created by the Ministry of Education to try to encourage kids to go to school. It’s actually pretty funny, especially if you [...]
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Never Want to Say Goodbye
So I’m (almost) officially done with work now. Just one test left on Friday, and I’m home free! That means more time to eat–I mean blog. I’ll start by catching up on my weekend, which was busy but lots of fun and very Danish. Saturday was my host farfar, Eric’s (Søren’s dad) 70th birthday party. In the [...]
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Gone With the Wind
Yeah I’ve been sitting on that title for about a week now… My apologies for the delay of this post. Lots of work with very little motivation does not equal blog post, apparently. But here I am, back in business, ready to tell you about my trip to Amsterdam! And some other stuff too. Amsterdam: [...]
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Work, Work, Work
Is all I have time for right now! I promise updates on Amsterdam and my visit to Det Frie Gymnasium this week are coming soon! I’ve had 2 presentations so far this week, and I still have 2 (one unfinished, one not yet begun) papers due tomorrow, so it’s been a bit hectic the past [...]
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Turkey Day
Well, I meant to do a quick update post-Thanksgiving and pre-Amsterdam, but obviously that did not happen. My apologies. Here’s the first part. Amsterdam update still to come. Thanksgiving was fantabulous. I was pretty stressed about it, because we were cooking for seventeen people and neither me nor Charlotte had made most of the foods [...]
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Famous for a Day
So you remember what I said about that new refrigerator from Bingo Banko? Didn’t exactly work out that way. I’m sure you’re shocked and dismayed. I did get a couple of (separate) full lines though! Unfortunately that happened when we were going for the whole board… Still, it was a really hyggeligt time with my [...]
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Scandinavia and the World
Here’s a funny comic about the Scandinavian countries: http://satwcomic.com/
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Getting in the [Eating] Spirit
Okay, so, yes I did intend to do a little better blogging-wise this week. And yet here I am on Saturday, once again, writing a post about the whole week. My work ethic has not exactly been in tip-top shape since returning from travel break, so there are many things that probably should have gotten [...]
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Sahlep Satisfaction: Study Tour to Istanbul/Travel Week 2
When I first went to the Copenhagen airport to begin my next travel adventure, I was still honestly still a bit sad to have left Prague. But Istanbul soon proved to have its own advantages (for starters, we got a complimentary full meal on the plane both ways–Turkish Airlines is a new favorite). (For those [...]
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From Unicorns to Disneyland: A Magical First Travel Week
Welcome to my mid-travel break post! I promised I’d give you one so here goes… I’ll try to give you a sort of highlights reel/general overview, but basically everything about this first week rocked so it’s hard to separate the “best” moments. See if you can pick out some of the major themes (*cough* FOOD *cough [...]
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Oh The Places You’ll Go
What a week. And in less than 24 hours I will be in Paris, hopefully practicing my French! It’s so weird being at this point in the semester already, knowing that when I return from these TWO WEEKS of traveling (and, let’s face it, eating all the delicious treats I can get my hands on), [...]
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Agnes Cupcake, Risalamande, Belgisk Vaffel. Heaven…
Another great (and delicious food-filled) weekend! Friday afternoon in my European Clinical Psychology class, we had a field study during class time since some people have a conflict with our scheduled Wednesday time. We visited a really cool social psychology clinic called SKC, where anybody with mental health problems can drop in and chat with [...]
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Too Busy (Having Fun)
So… I have just finished an essay (my second and last for the week, but don’t worry I’ve still got one or two plus a midterm next week) and I was about to spend the next forty minutes browsing the internet mindlessly while waiting for my Skype date, but instead you know what I did? [...]
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Whirlwind Weekend
What a marvelous (but exhausting) weekend. Friday night was Kultur Natten (Culture Night) in Copenhagen, which is basically a chance for businesses to promote themselves with sales and activities. All you need to do to be able to participate is buy a Kultur Kit for 90 kr (which also provides you with free transportation for [...]
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I Have Not Forgotten You!
Sorry about the lack of updates this week… surprisingly little has happened since I got back from Milan, and then now that things are happening, I haven’t had much time to post a blog about it! A larger post will be coming this weekend once I get some free time (I’m going to a baptism [...]
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Nothing But Sunshine (and Gelato): Long Study Tour
So I’m back from my long study tour, and it was AMAZING. This post is gonna be a biggy, so buckle your seatbelt and prepare to be here a while. Saturday/Sunday (still in Copenhagen): Saturday night I played Bingo Banko with my host family. It’s basically a nation-wide crazy televised bingo game, where anyone who [...]
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