Many people claim that they love to travel, and I know it’s a pretty cliche statement…. but what can I say? I LOVE TO TRAVEL. With a Marine as a father and a wild, spontaneous mother, I was born into a family of adventure. I have been fortunate enough to not only visit magnificent destinations across the globe, but also experience the real-life cultures as a resident. When I was in middle school, I lived in Okinawa, Japan…I mean, what kind of kid wouldn’t want a life on a tropical island, filled with day trips and weekends of scuba diving and beach combing? I have been blessed and very fortunate to have had such amazing experiences so early in life.
Needless to say, as a college student at a top notch university for study abroad, I couldn’t deny the opportunity to explore some place new. Deciding where to go, however, proved to be a much more difficult process. Hmmm…Europe. I have never been to Europe, and I knew I would fall in love with the variation in people, the painless traveling, and the array of delicious cuisine. To narrow down further, I had to consider which host universities would best accommodate my major – biochemistry. Not many biochemistry majors at Elon study abroad. In fact, I can’t even name one person I know of who has ventured to the realm of full Fall or Spring semester study abroad. With that said, I had no one to refer to when making plans to study abroad. In fact, I almost came to terms and decided that studying abroad for a semester just wasn’t ideal for the challenging biochemistry major. But as Spring semester junior year rolled around, I declared that I was going to do it, no matter what it took, and that was final. My options as a science major were limited, but when I discovered the DIS program (Danish Institute for Study Abroad) in Copenhagen, I knew that’s where I would be in Fall 2012. Here I come Denmark. Let the adventures begin! Click here to follow my Danish Adventures blog.
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