International Adventures
Tags: bocconi, cold weather, hibernating, I hate cold weather, Italy, Milan, sleep all day, study abroad, travel, winter
November 11, 2009
The biggest lesson I have learned about myself from studying abroad is my intolerance of cold weather. I know my complaining of sub 60 degree (15 Celsisus) weather has been a theme of my journey, but for some region it really bothers me and hurt my productivity. The weather has been that way (now 40’s) [...]
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International Adventures
Tags: Barack Obama, cold weather, Con tiki museum, fjord, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize center, NOK, Norway, Norway expensive, Norwegian monarchy, Obama, Obama did not deserve peace prize, Oslo parlaiment, study abroad, travel, Viking ship, vikings, weak dollar
October 25, 2009
I woke up at nine and quickly got ready for a busy day. After eating a quick breakfast, we were off to see the best of Oslo. Our first stop was the Viking ship museum. It had a collection of three well preserved Viking longboats from 800-1100 AD that were found in a Viking queen’s [...]
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International Adventures
Tags: Bergamo, cold weather, Italy, kronor, Norway, Norway is expensive, Orio a Serio, Oslo, Ryanair, study abroad, Torp Airport
October 24, 2009
Yesterday morning I slept in and did not get much stuff done before leaving the house. The majority of the day was dominated by travel and my hectic arrival to Oslo. At noon I walked to towards the metro to the central station. I then took the bus to the Orio a Serio airport in [...]
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