There are times when I’m really on top of life. Not that I have everything together, just that I’m happy, content, satisfied with where I am, what I’m doing, who I’m surrounded by and most importantly, me. Like I’m harnessing the power of life, it’s a rush but it’s also peace. It’s like I’m riding […]
Fall Break-ing with Plans
Fall Break, when you have a really cool plan, it collapses entirely and then things turn out to be amazing all on their own. At least that’s how it went for me; damn the plans! Originally I was going to go to Santa Fe with my old high school friend Jake after spending a few […]
Block 4 – How Things Come to an End
Fourth block! Last block! The end of my time at CC and the end of my Bachelor studies. It kicked my butt on so many levels, and it went simultaneously so fast and so slow that I nearly forgot everything that happened during first week. So, I was going to start this block by talking […]
Block 3 – Mirror edges and wire cuts
Here’s to changing things up. I knew from the beginning that my third block was going to be a bit different. Since I’m almost done with my studies – in fact I’m taking my very last credit right now – I had one freebie, meaning a class that I don’t have to transfer back home. […]
Block 2 – Adventures Gallore
My second block – Cultural Perpectives in Dance – was all about adventure and friendship. That sounds so cheesy, but it’s true. The class itself was both theoretical and practical: we read texts on dances from different cultures and how definitions such as “ethnic” or “world” dance are used. One of my favourite – on […]
Sherwood Forest Day – To Go Down in History
After the amazing time we had at the cabin, Jordan and I wanted to take another trip together, although he only had another week before having to leave to Arizona for class. Well, I say he had to leave, when it was actually an amazing opportunity to go down to the US American-Mexican border to […]
Block 1 – aka Set free my Soul, Joshua
Block 1 started beautifully. My first class, which I have to take to count as credit for home, is an anthropological film making class. I hadn’t been aware of that until the first day of class, but I love filming, so it was great. The first week worked out exactly the way I had imagined […]
MacGregor Ranch
Life is busy, but before I make time to write about the everyday life at CC, I want to share my first proper camping experience with you. Five days in a six person tent, no showers, only a pit toilet, community work and late night four legged visitors. Except for the animals, it’s all part […]
Welcome to CC!
It’s been a week since I arrived at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, for my semester abroad. It feels like I have been here much longer. Not because I already know my way so well in the place, but because there has been so much happening that it easily could have filled twice […]
16.000km and 365 days
“When people ask me whether you’re my boyfriend, I can’t say yes, because that would be a lie, but when I say no, it doesn’t feel like I’m telling the truth either.” – me, May 5th 2016 Are anniversaries a big deal to you? They’re a big deal to me right now. Yesterday marked Tod’s […]