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EuropeNovember 25, 2012

Please Don’t Segregate Me!

It's one of the fundamental but often overlooked or ignored pleas that international students make. As a full degree student (someone doing an entire MA program here in Denmark) one of my biggest concerns and top priorities was to break free of the international student bubble that defines most st…

BackpackingNovember 20, 2012

Berlin’s Dramatic Contrast Explored Through Art

Berlin is famous for a plethora of reasons. Of those one of the most well known is its character. It is a wild city of contrasts both within the city limits and when explored alongside greater Germany as a whole. In A…

BackpackingSeptember 10, 2012April 23, 2013

Avoid Wrecking Your Study Abroad Experience

The bartender leaned across the dark stained wood that marked a bar that had heard and seen the drunken adventures of revelry makers for decades. In a thick Irish accent he rambled off, "What'll ya' take darlin?" with…

BackpackingSeptember 4, 2012September 4, 2012

My Mistake – How I Overlooked Camden

Is Camden Dangerous? Let's start with the basics...this post should likely be titled - "Camden - You're not going to get shot, stabbed, murdered, or bludgeoned to death" but that seemed slightly too long and obtuse.…

BackpackingAugust 6, 2012June 29, 2012

Tight Places – Fear

Fear gripped me. My teeth ground against each other. This wasn't an old friend, it was something new. My feet kicked at thin air desperately. I moved half an inch. Sweat beaded on my forehead, collecting dust and then …

BackpackingJuly 30, 2012July 2, 2012

36 Hours in Bologna Isn’t Nearly Enough

"Hi Mom and Dad, I ended up taking a quick detour before returning to Copenhagen. I hope all is wel-wait, what?" "You studied in Bologna? I thought you did your semesters abroad in Sienna?" "Really? Both!? Wow!" Just like that I learned something new. You would think that something as bi…

BackpackingJuly 23, 2012July 2, 2012

Tales of Narnia, or Should I Say Narni?

Roused from our beds by the golden rays of the Umbrian sun we began what would round out our two and a half-day adventure through Umbria. Slowly rubbing the last traces of sleep from my eyes I found myself once again s…

BackpackingJuly 16, 2012July 1, 2012

Glorious Sunsets Combined With Delightful Fish, Fowl and Truffles

Following a wonderful walking tour of Orvieto we found ourselves checking into la Penisola country resort and restaurant. The resort is situated on a small peninsula along the shore of Lake Corbara in the heart of Umbr…

BackpackingJuly 9, 2012April 26, 2013

The Fortress City – Orvieto, Umbria, Italy

My shoulders drifted forward slightly then slammed back into the padded bus seat as our forward momentum temporarily slowed and the driver slipped the bus into gear. We were crawling up a steep, winding road towards t…

BackpackingJuly 2, 2012July 1, 2012

An Amazing Meal and Delightful Stroll in Baschi

During my time in Umbria I had the opportunity to enjoy a number of absolutely fantastic meals. The local tourism board wined me and dined me until I was bursting and could barely move. Needless to say it was a grea…