One semester is completed at DIS and another one is about to start. I took a while off during my winter vacation to relax and travel with my family. First: reflection on the last semester. It was a blast! I remember being absolutely nervous coming into Europe with questions of: will I like my host [...]
Thanksgiving
To celebrate Thanksgiving in a country that doesn't celebrate it with a family who hasn't cooked for it as a guy who hasn't cooked for it either, is an experience. I was late trying to get a turkey, so I guessed ham would have to do (I like ham better anyway). Now recipes... Just googled [...]
Long Study Week – Sweden/Finland
Two weeks ago, DIS had the second study week where the other half of students, me being part of that group, traveled with their core course. Furniture One of the goals for this week was to look at the different manufacturers of high quality wooden furniture. Our first stop was at the Ikea Museum to [...]
Sailing
The first few weeks of the semester, I took part in the Roskilde Viking Museum Viking ship sailing. The first time I sailed on a 1913 Nordic fishing vessel reconstruction with my host grandfather and host cousin. Most of the viking ships that Roskilde has, have square sails that use a boom on top, this [...]
Prague
Old Square First part of my trip can be viewed here. Second part can be viewed here. Another early morning to get to Prague, leave at 6 am to get into Prague around 10 am. We were not as lucky as the previous train and only had our seats to sleep on. However, about 45 [...]
Vienna
First part of the trip can be viewed here. We woke early the next morning and caught a 6 am train towards Vienna. We got exceedingly lucky and got an entire 6 person cabin to ourselves. What do you do on a three hour train ride, with three seats to yourself? Put up the armrests [...]
Budapest
Last week was DIS’s first study/travel-week, where half of the students get a week off, and the other travel with their core course. I was part of the former group as well as some of my homestay network friends. We decided to spend most of the week off in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. Late last [...]
Cultural Events
On the 28th of September I got the change to go to a F.C. København match. It was awesome! Even though I couldn't understand even close to a quarter of what was being said, it was great to be part of the atmosphere. DIS provided tickets and our seats were 10 rows back and on [...]
Colonial Past
Denmark was the seventh-largest participant in the trans-Atlantic Slave trade by number of slaves transported. Many people do not realize that the US bought the Virgin Islands: St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas, from Denmark in 1917. Prior to this, all three islands were part of the Danish colonial empire that included Greenland, Iceland, [...]
Danish & USA Politics
In my Danish Politics and Society class, we gave presentations on all ten parties represented in Danish parliament after the 2019 election. From these presentations as well as discussing such parties with my host family I have found some intriguing comparisons. In the US we have two main parties: Democrats and Republicans. Denmark has 10 [...]
