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.  …

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 …

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 …