Hello all! Here is some information from my most wonderful trip with my Glaciers and Human Impact class to Iceland! Click here to see my trip's itinerary and get a better idea of where we went and what we did! Click here to view my Google album of all of the photos and videos I took on... Continue Reading →
On September 25-26, me and my friend Kat took an overnight trip to Malmö, Sweden just across the ocean from Copenhagen! It is a popular spot for DIS students to go for a short trip to Sweden, since all you need to do is take a $15, 45-minute ride on the regional train from Copenhagen... Continue Reading →
Hey folks. Sorry for being a little behind on blog posts. I've been quite busy lately, and these posts take a lot of organization and time! However, I shall finally present to you my DIS-organized weekend trip to Bornholm, an island of Denmark in the Baltic Sea which looks like it should be Swedish. By... Continue Reading →
Just stopped at the gas station with my host grandma and host mom on our way home from IKEA (my first time!), and did the math to find out that gas here is $6.76 a gallon -- yikes! Sure explains why so many people don't have cars here...
Yello again! As I go through my notes on Danish culture for my exam on Friday, I feel I should make a blog post on the Welfare State in Denmark and similar cultural differences between the US and DK. (*Please understand that I am no professional in socialism, welfare states, the Danish welfare state. I... Continue Reading →
Hello all! Though some of you may already be aware of this, I simply must immortalize it on my travel blog: I met Bill Nye! I woke up late because my alarms are set based on my daily class schedules, and I forgot to change the alarm after I volunteered to go to this Climate... Continue Reading →
The day after Roskilde, the fam (minus Carsten, and including host uncle, aunt, and baby cousin) went on a trip to a local open dairy farm event where milk for a Danish dairy company, Arla, is produced. We got to see all of the cows on their premises, and I learned about their milking process. Apparently,... Continue Reading →
Two weekends ago (I think) too I went with Carsten, Kristina, and my host grandma for a day trip to Roskilde. This was on my list of places to go before I came here, so I was really excited. It was a short ride in the car north. It was a beautiful fall day, and it was... Continue Reading →
The most recent castle I went to (a few weeks ago... I'm a little behind on blogging) was Kronborg Castle! I went a few weekends ago with my host mom, host grandma, and host sister. Kronborg Castle is in Helsingør, north from my house, on the northeastern tip of the island of Zealand. "Immortalized as... Continue Reading →
I realized I haven't been posting much about Danish culture, so here's a go at it with info I learned in Danish Language and Culture this morning: Danes don't say "I love you" when they leave their family members in the morning or sending their kids off to school, as most Americans do regularly. When in... Continue Reading →
Kendra in Copenhagen 