Hi, everyone! Regardless to whether you know me personally or not, welcome to my blog. I felt compelled by my friends and family in America to keep them updated about my time living in Copenhagen, Denmark and traveling to other cities throughout Europe.

Now, let me start off by saying, I’m not flying off on my own accord, and my travels are perfectly sanctioned through my new university. In fact, I am participating in Wake Forest University’s Global AWAKEning’s study abroad program that I applied for in my application to the University. Upon my acceptance, myself and 15 fellow freshman will spend both semesters studying through DIS, a university in Copenhagen. We will complete  freshman general courses revolving around a humanities semester and a global perspective semester taught by English-speaking professors.

Flash forward to now, in three short days I will be arriving on Wake Forest’s campus to take part in orientation. Orientation for me will be a little different as it’s only with my cohort and we will prepare for living in a different country and come to love the place we get to call home when we come back our sophomore year. We spend three nights on campus before leaving together at the end of the week.

There’s so much I want to say, but I can’t say too much until I’ve experienced something. I hope to update this blog as frequently as my time allows with any interesting stories or just with what my daily life  consists of.  I will write again once I get acclimated to Scandinavian life and see if my expectations are anywhere near reality.  I’m VERY excited to begin my classes, live with my peers (who I will soon call my close friends), and embrace a city and culture entirely new to me. The expectations of this Type A person may fall short at times, but I will push myself to express gratitude through all situations to remember that this journey is once in a life time.

With love,

Chrisann