Being in Europe for an entire year is a long separation from friends back home. I have luckily not felt extremely homesick during my stay in Denmark so far, but have felt that it would be nice to meet old friends. Quite a few of my peers from Cal Poly have invited other friends to …
Category Archives: Travel
Core Course Week Berlin
For core course week this semester all the full year architecture and design students traveled to Berlin. Last semester we traveled to Western Denmark and to switch things up, we went to Germany. For the first weeks of the semester I was of the belief that we were taking the plane to Berlin. I was …
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 …
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 …
Core Course Week
Last week was Core Course Week. This meant that for the entire week, I was with my core course doing different activities. Monday To start it off, my studio went to our furniture workshop in Amager (pronounced Ama). Here we spent all day learning how to use the machines from table saws to biscuit/domino cutters. …
Stockholm
The lack of focus on women’s history has been a greater problem than the lack of sources.VasaMuseet Kvindnoord Exhibit Planning This weekend I spent Saturday in Stockholm. After my nine hours of classes on Friday, a group from my homestay-network left, by train, for a day in Stockholm. While planning this trip, the group that …
Amsterdam!
Well that was an experience. My flight was delayed for push back for almost two hours due to an error in fuel documents. Even the pilot stated that in “his thirty years of working with Delta/KLM, this was the first time he experienced this particular issue.” I felt honored to be part of that history …
Planning for Abroad
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra My bags are packed, I’m ready to go… In less than 24 hours I will be on a flight to Amsterdam to start my year abroad in Copenhagen. This has been a dream of mine since Junior year of high …
My year abroad in Europe 