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Best Castles in Copenhagen!
Hej everyone! Even though I’m no longer living in Copenhagen, I know a lot of you reading this blog are prospective DIS students! I could not be more passionate about the city of Copenhagen and the amazing cultural opportunities I had here. So I want to keep posting about my time in Copenhagen, in the…
How Study Abroad Shapes My Response to Corona Virus
It has been a hard couple of weeks. It’s not going to get any easier, I’m afraid. Not for a while. DIS canceled our study abroad program on March 10th, after the cases of Corona Virus in Denmark tripled over night. Study abroad programs everywhere, excluding Italy, China and South Korea, were all shut down…
Looking Ahead in the Time of Corona Virus
Hello everyone! It’s been quite a week for me, mostly consisting of thinking about the future—from the more exciting arena of summer plans to the uncertainty of corona virus. To start on a more chipper note, I’ve secured a little more direction as to what my summer plans will be! I just received word that…
Travel Week 1: A Trip to Portugal!
Something pretty special about DIS as compared to other abroad programs is the schedule—DIS gives its students 3 weeks for travel throughout the semester—meaning that in February, March and April we have one week that we either have off or we are traveling with our class. In March, I will be traveling to Amsterdam for…
Short Study Tour: Malmö & Göteborg
Happy Short Study Tour Week!!! This past week DIS students spent half their week across Western Denmark or Southern Sweden with their Core Course classes. To give a brief overview of the DIS academic system, your Core Course is a class at DIS that you’ve designated to be your main area of concentration while studying…
Becoming a Resident
The third week of DIS, the week we receive our Residence Permit and officially gain access to living in Denmark for 4 months, marks a big turning point in our study abroad experience: the shift from casual tourist to aspiring residents. As I have explored new areas, joined extracurriculars, and continued to integrate into my…
There’s a Castle in my Backyard!
I cannot believe I’m closing out my second week in Denmark! My first week here was perhaps one of the longest weeks of my life (though not necessarily in a bad way). Between constantly meeting new people, acclimating to a new academic semester, getting lost in Copenhagen, getting lost on the bus, getting lost in…
I Can’t Pronounce the Name of my Housing but Denmark is Wonderful!
You’ve heard it here first folks: Birkerød (and the “ø” sound more generally) is not going well for me pronunciation wise, but being in Denmark has more than made up for this! It’s true that it’s only my fourth official day in Copenhagen, and I’m still getting over pretty serious jet lag. But there’s a…
A Letter to Myself Pre-Arrival in Denmark
A Letter for When You’re Stressed or Homesick 2020 is a time of growth and change for you. You have scientific proof of this–the Astrology 2020 Predictions Youtube videos you’ve been watching and taking way too seriously all say so! But it doesn’t take a faux star scientist to see that this is a big…
About Me
Hej everyone! My name is Madison Yardumian and I am studying abroad with DIS Copenhagen during the Spring 2020 semester. A little about me: I am a junior at Scripps College in Claremont, California studying English and Politics. Though I’m acclimated enough to the Southern California sunshine to consider myself a novice at braving the…
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