Last weekend I got a visit by the illustrious Tommy Flanagan, a fellow PLU alum who’s currently teaching English in Germany on a Fulbright.
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Tag: Aarhus
Århus through the eyes of foreigners
My classmate Faten put together this awesome video where she interviewed people from our program about their first impressions of Aarhus. Recognize the ugly building in the background??? I wasn’t a part of it, but I thought it was too awesome not to share! If you like it, check out Faten’s blog at http://fatenhbu.wordpress.com.
This is a fun feature story for a local Danish TV station about how internationals view Århus. Being the second largest city in Denmark, the University of Århus hosts about 4000 international students annually. Most of them don’t know much about the city or the country’s life style prior to their arrival, but notice the differences between living in Denmark and their home countries.
The Ugliest Building in Aarhus – now with pictures!
Aarhus has a lot of weird modern architecture, but by far the ugliest (in my humble opinion) is the journalism school. Continue reading “The Ugliest Building in Aarhus – now with pictures!”
Erasmus Mundus: A Whole New Adventure
My senior year of undergrad, I was looking for all sorts of ways to go back to Europe. I applied for a Fulbright in Germany and Austria, a DAAD study scholarship, and a couple of journalism fellowships. I didn’t receive any of them, so I started applying for journalism jobs. But since I wasn’t ready to relocate outside of Washington, my options were pretty limited, and I dunno if you’ve heard but journalism isn’t exactly a growing field.
Following the Wanderlust 