Week Nine

Hello! We are back from our Long Study Tour and enjoying a beautiful fall week in Stockholm. Paris was lovely, but I really missed it here! This week includes: Day 60: Hotdog Söndag | Day 61: Normal Day | Day 62: Priority Setting and Graphic Design | Day 63: Nostalgia in Nature | Day 64:…

Week Eight — Long Study Tour: Paris

Here it finally is: the Affective Neuroscience Long Study Tour to Paris! Each Core Course at DIS has a week-long excursion to another place in Europe to get new perspectives about their studies. Some students have this week off for personal leisure, and their Core Course's Long Study Tour will be in November. But for…

Week Seven

Welcome to Week Seven! Fall is here which means perfect weather for walks and exploring all the nature Stockholm has to offer. This week includes: Day 47: Comedy | Day 48: Doodle School | Day 49: Psychogeography | Day 50: Fotografiska (again) | Day 51: Ladybugs & Lab | Day 52: New Furry Friends Day…

Week Six

Another update on my time in Stockholm!!! This week includes: Day 40: Walkin' Around | Day 41: Sweden vs. Slovenia | Day 42: Choking Down Crickets | Day 43: What's Around DIS | Day 44: Don't Worry, Darling (we worried) | Day 45: Cozy | Day 46: Happy Birthdays via Meat on a Stick Day…

Week Five

Hej!!! Back with another post-factum blog update. This week includes: Day 32: Cycling through Djurgården | Day 33: Absolutely Nothing | Day 34: Medical Ethics & Modern Art | Day 35: Almost-Humans and Rainbows | Day 36: Copenhagen pt. 1 | Day 37: Copenhagen pt. 2 | Day 38: Copenhagen pt. 3 Day 32: Cycling…

Week Four – Core Course Week

It's Core Course Week at DIS which means that each Core Course class travels to a different city in Sweden to attend activities, lectures, tours, etc. relating to their Core Course. For Affective Neuroscience, we traveled to Gothenburg or Göteborg (“yeh-teh-BOR-ee”) in Swedish, but for that reason I will be calling it Gothenburg 🙂 This…

Week Three

Hej week three! This week includes --> Day 18: National Library | Day 19: Student Blogger Get-Together | Day 20: Skansen | Day 21: Art and Oktoberfest | Day 22: Swedish Candy | Day 23: Ferry Tour | Day 24: Outside Stockholm Day 18: National Library September 5 Monday morning I had Affective Neuroscience where…

Week Two

Hej!!! This week includes: Day 9: Hornstulls Marknad | Day 10: Rest | Day 11: Kaffe and Kayaking | Day 12: Tacos and Pandemic (not COVID-19) | Day 13: Board Game Björn | Day 14: Sick Statues | Day 15: Food Prep & Fun | Day 16: Caves | Day 17: Hearty Hike and Thai…

Week One

Hej hej! Welcome to my first official blog post as a Student Blogger for DIS Stockholm. At the time I'm writing this, I've been here an entire week, and needless to say, it's been incredible/overwhelming/exciting/unexpected. My hope for this blog is to sort of sum up my life here in weekly increments of time to…

Getting ready…

Okay guys. Here we go. It's officially one month until I am on a plane flying across the world to Stockholm, Sweden. Have I been to Sweden before? No. Have I blogged before? No. So this should be fun! Rewind to August 2020 when I was a scared, pandemic freshman knowing that studying abroad was…