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 →

Once again, I’ve been a little off the radar. I only have 10 days left in Denmark(!) so I’ve been a little busy taking advantage of the limited amount of time I have left in this beautiful country. I’ll spend the next couple posts catching y’all up on … Continue reading →

Last night, I returned from an unexpectedly awesome weekend with the DIS adventure bike trip to Samsø. Here’s a little background information on this incredible island: I think this explains the island much better than I could. If you ask… Continue reading →

Well, I was waiting on Ian to upload his pictures of Greece since I’m pretty sure his will be far superior to mine, but he doesn’t seem to be uploading them anytime soon.. plus, I have a 7 page research paper and a presentation due on Friday morning (n… Continue reading →

I know I’ve been off the radar for a while now, but on Saturday I returned from our two week spring break!  As mind-blowingly beautiful I discovered the rest of Europe is, I can’t help admitting how happy I am to be back “home” in Denmark! Here’s … Continue reading →

I went home this weekend…..because as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros taught me, home is wherever I’m with people I love! Last weekend that happened to be Perpignan: a quaint town in France near the border of Spain in the Pyrenees mountains… Continue reading →

My host family had the fantastic idea to have a picnic with the other host families and students in and around Hedehusene! Not everyone could make it, but it was still a super hyggeligt afternoon. I loved getting to meet some of the other families and … Continue reading →

Hej again! I’m back and ready to light up your newsfeed. I just returned from a week-long adventure to ISTANBUL with my core class, CDD- Childhood in a Multicultural Context. It was a wee filled with utter ridiculousness, photo-bombing, and baklava.Her… Continue reading →

I’M GOING TO ISTANBUL TOMORROW!! AHHH. SO. UNBELIEVABLY. EXCITED.Since I don’t have anything exciting to post about that’s more exciting than that, I’ll just share some pictures that I’ve been accumulating.This is what the train station looks like at 7… Continue reading →

The Danes have a ridiculous amount of holidays. Example: they celebrate both Halloween and Fastelavn, which is basically Halloween in February, except you also get to eat candy and pastries.. my kind of holiday. Kids go door to door, just lik… Continue reading →

At DIS, we awesomely don’t have classes on Wednesday. Instead, these days are devoted to learning about a particular aspect of our classes. For example, my HC Andersen class looked at different representations of his life and works through film. L… 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 →

I got to have my first sledding experience (sans actual sled) on the DIS short study tour to western Denmark! I admit I don’t particularly look like I’m enjoying myself, but you’re actually mistaken. It was my own fault really; I didn’t dress… Continue reading →

- Henry David ThoreauWell, then I guess it’s a good thing I get lost everyday.Really though, how could you not get lost when perpendicular streets have the same name? If the directions simply say “turn onto skagensgade,” where are you supposed to go?? … Continue reading →

“The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably deal with.”- Tony Robbins Continue reading →

This morning, I woke up to find this outside my window:Naturally, my host family thought this was perfect weather to go for a run in!Hanne, Jonnie (host mom and dad), Betina and her boyfriend Ditlev, Sandra and her boyfriend Casper, and I (7th-wheeling… Continue reading →

These photos were brought to you by almost entirely by Instagram; making pictures artsier since December 2011, when emily got an iphone and realized her actual camera only works about 60% of the time.wow, birds DO exist in Denmark! pastreeeee… Continue reading →

The phrase “en god barndom,” just like every other phrase in the Danish language, can’t be easily translated into English. Basically, it means “the good childhood,” although it encompasses more than that. On Monday, I got to see a taste of the Nordic i… Continue reading →

After a wonderfully chill Friday and Saturday night, I thought to myself, “hey.. I’m in Denmark! I should totally be living it up! But what kind of ridiculous excitement could I find on a Sunday befitting a Copenhagen study abroad experience?”Naturally… Continue reading →

Have you ever heard of handball?! I decided today that it’s my new favorite sport. This hasty decision may or may not have something to do with the fact that DENMARK JUST WON THE EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TODAY…. not a big deal or anything. If y… Continue reading →