Throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. -Mark Twain
You’ll probably notice I haven’t blogged in a while, and as bad as I feel about not sharing fun travel stories and photos with you, it was for a very good reason, which was…
I was writing my master thesis!
Continue reading “Master of the Universe, or saying goodbye to student life forever”
One of the most memorable university orientation events was the Stadtrallye. It turns out “rally” has a completely different meaning in German than in English, and rather than a pep assembly or political demonstration, this was more of a scavenger hunt/team challenge.
Continue reading “Stadtrallye – a different kind of new-student orientation”
I was cycling back from the university the other day and noticed that the university park pond, which in warm weather has ducks swimming in it, had frozen over. I happened to have my camera with me, so I took some photos of the eerie landscape. This winter day in Denmark was equal parts beautiful, haunting and dreary. Most days it’s just dreary.
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!”
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 