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 …
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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 …
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. …
Flammen og Citron
I finally know exactly how my DIS semester abroad will feel in terms of classes and workload. This past week was the first full week of classes where I woke up at the awful time of 7:00 am on Tuesday and Friday to go to my 9 hours of class. I start the day with …
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 