Nola's Spring in Stockholm

Hej! I'm Nola (she/her) follow along as I study abroad in Stockholm for my Spring Semester :)


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  • My resolution this year was to cure my “Everything is Embarrassing” syndrome. What is this syndrome, you might ask? Well, it’s a term I made up based on Sky Ferreira’s  2012 pop hit of the same name. I’m very introverted and have pretty intense social anxiety, so I often find myself being embarrassed for simply…

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  • As I write this, it’s Wednesday night and I only have two more days of classes until travel week 1. I will be traveling with my core course for travel week 2, so next week, I am free to do what I want. I’m going to be visiting my friend from Brown in Amsterdam where…

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  • Frozen Lake Fun

    Hello! I’m sorry it’s been a while since my last update. After core course week, things got a bit hectic. Last weekend, my lovely visiting hosts, Henrik and Kajsa, invited Anqi (my fellow DIS student) and me to go long-distance ice skating on a frozen lake called Albysjön. Frankly, I don’t think I’m one for…

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  • Can I be honest? I’m tired. Like really, really tired. Like “I woke up this morning and immediately wanted to go back to sleep” tired. This week was core course week and my class went to Oslo, Norway. Typically, core course classes take a trip to another city in Sweden, but my instructor, Iwo, is…

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  • It’s official … I’ve been in Stockholm for three weeks! So far, I love it here. I live in a residential community located in a hotel in Alvik. Alvik is in Bromma which is a western Stockholm borough. My housing is right outside of a train station and I’ve definitely been taking advantage of my…

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  • As I write this inaugural blog post, there are exactly nine days until I depart from the U.S. to Sweden. At this point, I would say I’m a solid mixture of excited and anxious about my upcoming semester. In honor of my T-9 days departure status, I’ve decided to write out a few things about…

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