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 …
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Climate Change
What’s the problem? The Earth is warming at an alarming rate. 20 years ago, United Nations’ scientific community agreed that anything more than 2.5˚ C would result in widespread catastrophes throughout the environment. Currently, the Earth has warmed 1.5 degrees and already the impact has been felt through increased storms, increased fire seasons, and higher …
Human Exceptionalism
One of my classes this semester is Renewable Energy Systems. I came into the class thinking it was going to primarily focus on the different types of energy generation systems that exist, but I was somewhat mistaken. My professor has a background in National Security with a focus on energy security and brings a philosophical …
Reflections
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 …
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 …
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 …
Review of Five Weeks
I sit here thinking back on my first five weeks in Denmark. I still remember looking out the train window in awe as we pulled into København H after my 11 hour journey from Amsterdam, wondering what life would be like, about my host family, and about the upcoming year. Thus far I have been …
Roskilde
On Saturday I finally arrived in København and moved in with my host family living in Roskilde. I found it quite interesting that the rails I traveled on were all electric powered train lines that had an average speed of approximately 120 mph. Having done Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train from San Luis Obispo to Seattle, …
My year abroad in Europe 