Hope Gilley

Hope is spending the semester in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is studying 20th Century European History, Doing Business in the European Union, International Financial Management, and Economic Theories of Globalization with DIS, Denmark's International Study Program.

Travels Across Europe

Posted by: Hope on March  5, 2008

Hello Again! I am writing from Copenhagen, Denmark, while I am on my study abroad journey here. And I just wanted to give a recent update on what will be happening in my life the next couple of weeks.

Midterms will occur this week and although that is not exciting, what comes after it definitely is.  For almost the entire month of March, I will finally have my chance to see the world.  I will be taking journeys from the United Kingdom all the way down to Hungary. 

The first week of my journey will begin with a long study tour with the business class that I am in while in the DIS program.  Through the DIS program, each group of students is able to choose different places to visit. Students that participate in the business program, which is me, had the option of either going to London/Brussels or Berlin/Prague.  I will be going to London for half of the week and Brussels for the other half.  This trip, at least for my program, is to visit different companies and get a first hand experience of how businesses work in the European Union. 

The second week of my spring break includes an adventure trip to the coast of Ireland.  I will spend the entire week there, doing different kinds of activities such as rock climbing and surfing.  We will spend a night in Dublin and have a chance to just walk around. I will have to give a more exclusive update once I get back, but I know that it is going to be an experience I will never forget. 

Now, the first two weeks were planned with DIS, but the third week is more independent.  I will come home for Easter before I journey out again.  I will leave Monday for Budapest, Hungary, with one of my classmates, Ted.  We spend two nights in Budapest and will see all the sights that we can absorb before heading to Vienna by train.  Another two days will be spent in Vienna and then by train we go to Prague for another two days before flying back to Copenhagen in time to celebrate my host brother, Christoffer’s, birthday. 

I have mapped out the month of March for everyone.  These next few weeks will go by so fast, with all the excitement of trying new things.  I cannot believe that I will only have a little over a month left on my stay here in Europe when I get back.  I would like to ask anyone that reads this if there is anything in particular that they suggest seeing in any of the places that I have listed, I would greatly appreciate it. Emails are always welcome, dhgilley@wingate.edu.