My Week In Photos

Monday Building facade, Assistens Cemetary, and Working at Student House Tuesday Visited the Rosenborg Castle Wednesday Snacks! Hot dog from Dop Hot Dog Stand and pie from the American Pie Shop Thursday Exploring Ofelia Plads with my Core Course Friday Enjoying the beautiful weather in the King's Garden (one of my favorite spots in the …

Academics at DIS

I know I’ve talked a lot about my core course, but I wanted to take this post to talk about my other classes as well as academic life at DIS. In addition to my core course, I am taking four other classes: Travel WritingHistory of Sexuality in EuropeScandinavian Criminal Justice and Criminology Strategies for Urban …

Goal Check In

Hey! I can’t believe I have only a little over a month left in Copenhagen. This semester has gone by so fast. In my first post, I set up some goals for myself while abroad. With only a month left, I wanted to check in on the goals and see if I’m following them. Embrace …

TRAVEL WEEK TWO: VIENNA AND BUDAPEST

Is it possible to have jet lag without leaving your time zone? No? Well, I am an exception then. I have traveled quite a bit this past week and am really feeling it (shout out to the two hour nap I took yesterday, you were a real one). Why all the traveling, Anthea? Well, dearest …

How To: Travel on Weekends like a Pro

This past month has gone by fast. That is most likely due to the fact that I’ve been traveling on my weekends. I’ve been to Berlin, Brussels, Italy (Rome, Florence, and Bologna), and London all since mid-February. Each city has been amazing, and I find myself critiquing and assessing each one I visit; are these …

TRAVEL WEEK ONE: ITALY

Hej! Ciao! Hello! It’s been a hot min. That’s because I’ve been away for Travel Week One. Here at DIS we have two weeks off in March for traveling, one with our core course and the other is independent. This past week was my independent travel week, where I planned a trip to Italy. At …

Museums!

Don’t know how to spend a rainy Wednesday afternoon? Want to see some art? Want to learn some Danish history? GO TO A MUSEUM! Hailing from New York (have I not mentioned I go to school in New York City?! Jk, I know I say it way too much and lowkey hate myself for it), …

A Week in the Life of a DIS Student

Monday Wake up dark and early (it’s becoming lighter so soon I’ll be able to bright and early! Oh joy!) and get ready for my 8:30 class. After class I have an hour and forty minutes to kill so I go to a coffee shop and work (now you see why I have all this …

A Guide to the Best Coffee Shops in Copenhagen For Studying

I’ve been in Copenhagen a month now (which is crazy to think about, wow has time gone by fast), and classes are starting to get more serious. There are several great libraries around my neighborhood including the DIS library, the Black Diamond, and Copenhagen Central Library.  While I identify as a library person, I have …

Core Course Week: Aalborg and Copenhagen

This week has flown by. For the first part, I spent three days in Aalborg, a city in northern Denmark. I returned to Copenhagen late Wednesday where we then continued to explore urban themes in Copenhagen. Why, might you ask, am I not in class this week and am instead out and about in Denmark? …