And away we go!!! ✈️🇩🇰
attempting to fit 4 months of life into 1 suitcase, or, pack with me for copenhagen!
If you know anything about me, you know that packing lists are my jam. I make them for basically everything. So naturally, I made a packing list for studying abroad. And by “a” packing list, I actually mean I made approximately seven packing lists because I thought it would help but actually it didn’t and I maybe ended up crying on the floor of my bathroom deciding how many tubes of toothpaste to bring. (I’m bringing one).
this is actually happening, or, pre-departure reflection #1
south dakota day #4
We’ve reached the last day of our South Dakota trip, which might have been the sweatiest. Pro tip: hiking in the Badlands during the middle of the day is not the best idea.
south dakota day #3
Our third day in South Dakota might just have been my favorite. But I also really loved the fourth day, so maybe don’t ask me which day was my favorite—I loved all of them!
south dakota day #2
We had been planning on waking up leisurely on this trip. No alarms, nothing to remind us that soon we would have to go back to our real life of real jobs and real alarms that go off way too early in the morning. We even brought ingredients to make french toast on our camp stove. We were going to go all. out. And then we decided to wake up early enough to see Mount Rushmore at sunrise. Oops.
south dakota day #1
Earlier this summer, my mom and I took a road trip out to South Dakota. With one day driving there and one day driving back, we spent four jam-packed days exploring western South Dakota (and eastern Wyoming!): two national parks, two national monuments, one national historic site, and one state park! Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing what we did and where we went each day, along with some of my favorite photos from each day!
study abroad 101: how to pack for studying abroad
Welcome back to my “Study Abroad 101” series! By now, we’ve talked about how to choose a study abroad program, how to budget while studying abroad, and how to plan for weekend travel. But we haven’t yet talked about a very important factor in all of these things…what are you going to wear when you do all of these things? And how in the heck are you going to fit it all in 1 suitcase?
study abroad 101: how to plan for weekend travel
In today’s post, I’m going to talk all about how to best plan weekend trips while you’re studying abroad. For many students, Europe is an enticing destination for studying abroad for so many reasons, but especially because of how easy it is to hop on a plane, train, or bus and nd up in a completely different country in just a matter of hours. That was definitely a factor in why I chose to study abroad in Denmark this fall (see that post here)!
That being said, given my limited/minimal/lack of knowledge about studying abroad anywhere other than Europe, this post will mainly be focused on planning weekend travel in Europe—but if you use or modify any of these tips for studying abroad elsewhere, I’d love to know—let me know in the comments below!
adventure awaits
I am so excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Danish Institute for Study Abroad and will be spending the fall semester of 2017 studying abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark!!!! I’ll be taking classes in a variety of disciplines with a core course studying terrorism and counter-terrorism from a European perspective.
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