While studying at DIS I am taking a course called ‘Travel Writing’. As per the title, we read a lot about travel! Here are some of my favorite excerpts: Janet Malcolm writes about her trip to Russia, in the course of which she lost her luggage. The effort to be reunited with her belongings propelled her out of her tourist shell, required her to deal with the locals, introduced a small drama into her journey. She came to the conclusion…

Living in an Residential Community means that meals/cooking/food etc are all up to me! This wasn’t too much of a stretch for me because I did live in an apartment with a kitchen my sophomore year at SJU, but with that said I also still had a meal plan soooo… Being able to navigate the grocery store, cook your own meals, and also balance this with wanting to go out to eat at all the amazing restaurant and cafes here…

Before even leaving for Copenhagen I was excited to be 2 weeks into my semester abroad. I really wanted to be at my ‘settling point’, where I am comfortable where I am, have some sort of a schedule, but still a long list of things I want to do and see. Today was the day I have been waiting for. I woke up and rode my bike to the beach where I went for a run as the sun just started…

Running on the beach surrounded by people walking their dogs, biking, rollerblading, skateboarding, swimming, laying out, reading a book, fishing, doing everything or nothing at all but just enjoying the BEAUTIFUL surroundings and the beautiful weather while it is still here Hopping on my bike and riding down a super long street with the wind in my hair and no pressure to have to use signals and turn because I still get very nervous taking one hand off of the…

Wednesday’s at DIS are free from classes and filled with field studies, and while some Wednesdays are totally free, others are filled with interesting adventures with our classes! On my very first Wednesday of the semester I had TWO field studies, one with my Photojournalism class and the other with my Strategic Communications class. I was already very excited and ready for this first week of classes because I wanted to better establish a routine for myself here in Copenhagen…

Here is just a general (kind of very detailed actually) overview of my first week in Copenhagen! There is just so much to say about this new experience, and I didn’t want to forget a thing about my first week here! I will definitley go more into depth about my living situation/classes/overall Copenhagen thoughts etc. very soon! August 19th I have arrived in Copenhagen! After an 8 hour flight where I think, maybe, I slept for a few hours off and on,…

It is time to fly people! It is the day of my flight out of the country, to a new country, all by myself, not returning for 4 months.. At some moments I feel very prepared and excited, while other moments I find myself wondering if I should have packed that extra shirt.. My time up until this moment have been filled with many lists made, many blogs read, and many abroad videos watched. There is A LOT that goes…

Happy first day of August and happy abroad month! With just 18 days until I leave for Copenhagen, I have a lot of thoughts running through my mind: 1. I still have A LOT to get done and my to do list is not getting any smaller.. 2. I just don’t know if what I am packing is right, will I need that 3rd black dress after all?? 3. Relax Carly, if you don’t do/have something it won’t be the…