From September 11 through 16, DIS students focus on their core course, typically embarking on a multi-day trip within Denmark with their class. My course (Globalization and European Economies) went one step further, also spending […]
Tuesday, September 12. My eyes creaked open from their soothing rest as my brain protested against waking up at a time as early as 7:00 AM (for reference, my usual bedtime is 1:00 AM so […]
A few weeks ago, I joined a tour of one of Copenhagen’s neighborhoods: Nørrebro. In 2021, Time Out Magazine ranked Nørrebro as the coolest neighborhood in the world. Factors such as diversity, food, and nightlife […]
Last week was Core Course Week! It’s one of two trips we take this semester with our core course. My core course, Game Development, went to Aarhus and Billund to better understand the nature of […]
There’s a relatively well-known train of thought that comes with long term travel, and a just as well-known rebuttal. It goes something like this: Person 1: I’m going to go study abroad and all my […]
Honestly, I don’t think I understood what I was getting myself into when my teachers explained the classes’ short study tour to Samsø. Sure, my teachers provided itineraries and told us everything, but nothing could […]
A little past one month into my time in Copenhagen, I have found myself in a position that I didn’t think I’d be in: I want to spend all of my time right here in […]
As of today, it’s been a month since we arrived here and got settled into our homestay/housing network. Safe to say that enough time has passed for me to begun feeling homesick and missing my […]
As with so many moments in life, it’s incredibly easy to submit to societal messaging regarding study abroad. It felt as though no matter where I was—picking up coffee at the cafe in my picturesque, […]
