For the last three and a half months, I have been living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sorry if I shocked anybody with that news. More specifically, I have been living in the Culinary Living and Learning Community. With only two more weeks to go before I leave Copenhagen (a fact which I am ignoring with all my might), I've decided to finally offer you all a look behind the scenes at what has been one of my favorite parts of studying abroad. For those of you that missed it, I wrote a post about this housing option at the beginning of the semester, which you can read here. In a nutshell, living in the Culinary LLC means I have been lucky enough to live in a gorgeous apartment right in the city center, along with 33 other DIS students, where we have weekly events to learn about/taste/cook/eat/appreciate the gastronomic delights offered by this wonderful world. In no particular order, here are the best things about the LLC life:
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If you can't a-fjord to miss out on the mountains...
Sincerest apologies that I haven't written in about two weeks...but I have a really good excuse, which is that I spent the last week frolicking around another Scandinavian country known as Norway. My friend Emily, who was on the DIS Stockholm program, recently moved to Copenhagen, and the two of us planned a six day trip to the city of Bergen. I really wanted a chance to explore more of Scandinavia, and especially to get a chance to see the beautiful mountains I had been hearing so much about - we were in the region that inspired the movie Frozen, if that gives you any idea of how stunning it was. We stayed the week in an air bnb that was just a 9 minute tram ride from the harbor, and spent our days hiking through the mountains, tracking down trolls, and indulging in copious amounts of fresh seafood. Here are some tips and tricks from the highlights of our trip: This week, I took my last weekend trip of the semester - to Amsterdam!
I've heard people compare it to Copenhagen a lot - mostly based on the canals and biking culture. Other than those two factors, however, Amsterdam and Copenhagen seemed like two very different cities...(but both have me considering what it would be like to move to Northern Europe full time). Our weekend was defined by copious amounts of stroopwafels, complete infatuation with the beautiful canals, and persistent repetition of the phrase "wow, I love this city." The list of places to explore is endless, but here are the top ten tips we collected during our two days of exploration: |
Hi Everyone!I'm Lydia, a 21 year old college student studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark for the spring 2017 semester. I'm excited to spend the next few months adventuring around Europe, and it'll all be documented here! Feel free to look around. Archives
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