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Short Study Tour Day Two
Day two, Friday, was a busy day. Early wake up and two academic visits.
I continue to love breakfast in Denmark. The hostel had a great array of breakfast foods. I particularly loved the huge wedges of cheese and the rotating wire cheese slicer. The … Continue reading
Short Study Tour Day One
This evening I returned from our short study tour to Western Denmark. It was a lot of fun, but I am currently very happy to be home alone having some “me time,” which has thus far been left over pizza and a shower, and will soon include tea and nai… Continue reading
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Rome if she wants to…
Finally booked my flights to Rome today. Now I just need to do the hostels but all the flights and things I think I’ve had enough stress for a little. I ended up getting a great flight for $70 from Madrid to Rome and then…messing up and getting… Continue reading
Virtual World
I should have posted this earlier since it’s been two weeks since I’ve been back from my study tour. So here it is: the most interesting part of the study tour, AALBORG UNVERSITY. This place had some really awesome labs. There was a pain lab that was studying perception of pain and pain threshold. Another [...]
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Museums and Western Denmark
Just returned last night from a three-day study tour to Western Denmark with my Positive Psychology class. It was a busy trip, but I had fun, and I learned a lot.Becca and Andrew at the Thorvaldsens MuseumBut, before I jump into my study tour, I … Continue reading
If you are thinking to be a PIRATE, beware of the Danes!
Danes, the descendants of the feared Vikings, comprise approximately 10% of the force in the Gulf of Aden combating PIRACY!! Most of my life I had thought that in today’s world Pirates only exist in children’s stories which involve someone walking… Continue reading
Short Study Tour to Western Denmark
I just spent the last few days with my Public Health class traveling around western Denmark for our short study tour. We had three academic visits in order to learn more about healthcare in Denmark, but we also did some cultural and fun stuff as well. … Continue reading
Pumpin’ It Up in Western Denmark
After this weekend, I will never look at pumps or vacuum cleaners in the same way. It was a jam-packed trip full of company visits, cultural sites, bus naps, and going to bars with my teacher (I’m not kidding). We … Continue reading →
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Western Denmark
I got back late last night from our short study tour to the western part of Denmark. It was really fun, but I was soo tired afterwards. I think the space bus + sleep deprivation + academic visits + cultural mumbo-jumbo all had something to do with it.S… Continue reading
Short Study Tour
2/3/11 We just left from our first visit on the short study tour for Child Development. Program study tours are built into our program and our tuition, so every student at DIS goes on at least two. The short study tours are this week, on Thursd… Continue reading
Bundle Up For…Banking?
Sometimes I feel like embarrassing things happen to me just so I can blog about them. Today was definitely one of those days. Since it’s Wednesday two of my classes scheduled field studies. In the morning my Danish class went … Continue reading →
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An Authentic Viking Beer Experience –Minus the Mushrooms
Once upon a time when the Vikings ruled the seas, the phrase “berserk” was coined. Why you ask, well to describe the behavior of the Vikings when faced with a battle. In order to have acquired a strength and pain threshold that was beyond that of t… Continue reading
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Where’s the kids table?
I spent most of my Sunday at the dining room table with all of my homework surrounding me. And my laptop of course, which made my homework take much longer. But our internet was just fixed, so now I can get it anywhere in the house, and I had to take a… Continue reading
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A Saturday Full of Adventure… oh and a taste of home :)
After a late night, the last thing I wanted to do was work on a history project all day. Luckily I… Continue reading
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"No, no, he’s Batman"
So I thought today would be the first day I could get some pictures online. I’ve tried in the past and it wasn’t working. I figured it was because the internet connection isn’t too strong here, so I tried it at school where I have full service. Nope. S… Continue reading
Field Study to Christiania
Yesterday I had my first field study of the semester. Basically, no one has class on Wednesdays, and instead, each class is assigned time slots throughout the semester to go on “field studies.” The field studies are an opportunity for experiential … Continue reading
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DIS vs. Georgetown Round #1: Administration
An analysis of the (non-academic) value offered by Georgetown University, versus the value offered by my study abroad program in Denmark. Continue reading
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