Everest Base Camp
For three weeks at the end of May 2019, I trekked to the base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal. It was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, and I made this video to remember some of the best times. Check out my photography page to see some more pictures from the trip!
A Guide to Eating in Copenhagen
I love food. I love cooking, trying new foods, eating out, finding restaurants… everything about it. Considering that, I was very excited to come to Copenhagen where there’s such a great food scene going on. In this post, I’m going to list and talk about some of the best meals I’ve had here, as well…
Commuting in Copenhagen
A practical post on how to commute in Copenhagen, for those of you wondering how to get around a city without Uber. Copenhagen is truly one of the easiest cities to use public transportation in. Between the bus, metro, and train system, you never have to wait very long or walk far to get from…
DIS European Wine Tasting Class
This week I want to talk about one of my favorite experiences this semester. It’s a class I’m taking… on wine. Yes, DIS offers a wine tasting class each semester! The class consists of six amazing sessions taught by the one and only, Russ, a great teacher and source of knowledge on all things wine. …
Travel Week 2: Study Tour to Rome
Last week was Travel Week 2 here at DIS, which means I got to go on a five day trip to Rome with my class! DIS incorporates a week of travel to another European city into all of the core courses they offer. My core course is Cultural Diversity and Integration, which examines different approaches…
Five Days, Seven Stores, and Nineteen Scoops
After spending five days in Rome with my core course, Cultural Diversity and Integration, I’ve decided to review all the amazing gelato I ate. Spoiler alert: I ate a lot. Don’t worry, I’ll write a full post on the actual experience with my core course in Rome, but for now I’m just going to reminisce…
Life in a Danish Kollegium
It’s a cozy Sunday morning. The smell of bacon fills the apartment as I sit at my kitchen table with my flatmates enjoying coffee and catching up on our weekends. After breakfast, we slowly start the Sunday process of catching up on homework that we didn’t do all weekend. Sitting here at my computer listening…
Travel Week 1: Free Week in Italy
Wow where do I even begin? I just spent the last week traveling to various cities in Italy, and if I could summarize the whole trip in one word it would be “bliss.” This past week was the first of the two travel weeks during the fall semester here at DIS. Each student has one…
Buffet and Beer in Noma’s Old Location? Not Your Average Field Study: Restaurant Barr
This past Thursday, I visited Restaurant Barr with my class, Creative Industries: Business, Innovation, Politics, and Culture. It technically wasn’t a traditional Wednesday field study because we went during normal class time, but honestly this was one of the best field studies I’ve had yet! For those of you unfamiliar with the DIS concept of…
My Copenhagen Bucket List:
One month has already passed since I arrived in Copenhagen, and I can’t really wrap my mind around that. Time is absolutely flying by and I feel like I’m really getting to know Copenhagen more and more everyday. Considering how fast one month went, I want to make a bucket list for the next three…
Core Course Week: Cultural Diversity and Integration
This past week was core course week, a full week dedicated to just one class. For those of you unfamiliar with core course week at DIS, this is a week in which students only meet with their core course, and also travel with this course! Students spend two days in Copenhagen, and the remaining three…
Coping in Copenhagen
I can’t believe I’ve already spent a week here in Copenhagen. Moving to a new place is not easy, and in all honestly these last seven days have been absolutely exhausting. But they’ve also been amazing. It’s really been a roller coaster of all sorts of experiences, including an actual roller coaster. Yes, you read…
T Minus 4 Days
In four days I will arrive in Copenhagen, Denmark to spend the remainder of the year. Most international students will be arriving by plane, but I will instead make my grand entrance by train. In fact, I’ve already departed for my time “abroad” two weeks ago when I waved goodbye to my parents at JFK…
Marie Overseas 