Hey guys! Quick post.

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm going to be away from my computer for the next two weeks! My adventure is such: London-Barcelona-Rome-Florence-Venice-Milan-Athens-Santorini-Paris. Will send updates when I get back!!!!

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Hello everyone!

Just got back yesterday from an awesome trip to Oslo, Norway. My friends Hannah, Lynn, Alyssa, and I boarded a huge cruise ship on Friday and landed Saturday morning. We could not have asked for a better day in Oslo! The sky was brightly blue and we had a beautiful sunny day. Sure it was freezing but we didn't mind too much. There was even frost all over the ground!

We only had a day to spend so we planned our day wisely. We first visited the Munch museum (the famous Norwegian painter who created "The Scream"), then an amazing statue garden and the world's largest small bottle museum (will explain!).

the world's largest mini bottle museum was crazy cool. We walked by it and had to go in. Not only was it filled with thousands of bottles but they had a slide, a "room of horror," and a fake brothel! Completely bizarre to say the least. They gave us mini bottles as souvenirs (non-alcoholic cognac) which was pretty funny.

Oslo was just an amazing city. So large and spacious. Now all I need is Finland and I will have conquered Scandinavia!

I leave for London friday which I am very excited about, but I have plenty of homework to keep me busy until then :(

Here are some pictures from my trip! Much love! Jeg eskler dig!

giant phallic statue. You can't really tell, but it is a pile of people

girl power

for real!

My favorite. Isn't she gorgeous?

Has it really been over a month?

Man, I am bad at keeping in touch!

Hello everyone! I just got back friday from a wonderful trip to Estonia and Sweden. The photo above is of me and my fabulous cape I bought in Estonia! Little old ladies sell sweaters and other knitted things in the streets to make some extra money (apparently they receive a really small pension). I wanted to buy sweaters to dress the whole family (especially Finny! They had a pink kitty poncho) but those old ladies were not to be bartered with haha.

I went to Estonia with my Child Development class to see how their special education programs are being formed and run. Estonia has only been an independent nation for 20 years! It was crazy to see the Soviet buildings and influence. Tallinn was such a beautiful city. Very medieval and historical. You would be next to a castle and then look over and see a sad sad looking Soviet building. Pretty crazy! There was a lot of prejudice towards the Russian children, but all and all Estonia is headed in a very "Scandinavian" direction of education.

After Tallinn we went on a huuuge ferry to Stockholm, Sweden. The ferry was full of casinos and nightclubs but I was soo seasick. Absolutely terrible. Sweden, however, was beautiful and perfect. Stockholm is so much more diverse than Copenhagen. So many different people! Not just blondes as expected haha. The Swedes were so kind and I ate so much delicious food. There was only one restaurant where they apparently have no idea what being a vegetarian means. Everyone had salmon or meatballs and I was served a "game casserole." GAME! But the potatoes I had were very delicious :)

As fun as the trip was (we also saw a Swedish opera...crazay), I was so ready to come home to Copenhagen. I love it so much here. Even if I don't understand what everything means or what people are saying, this really does feel like home. Landing in Denmark felt like such a relief...

I have a lot of adventures ahead of me though! the weekend of the 22nd I'm heading to Oslo, Norway on a "booze cruise" but I'm certainly worried about getting sick again. At the end of the month, I will be traveling for two weeks with my friends. We are heading to London, then Barcelona for Halloween, then Italy (Milan, Rome, Venice, and Florence), Greece (Athens, San Torini) and PARIS! I am sooooo excited!

I will try my best to write more soon and here are some pictures from my Estonia and Sweden trip :)

Much love everyone

Beautiful "Old Town" Tallinn, Estonia

Silly Swedish house

I love Autumn!

funny Swedish sign

Beautiful park and medieval castle

The "sweater market" in Tallinn

Women dressed as monks sold candied almonds everywhere. We had many samples