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Churchill war rooms and Hogwarts

Today started out like any other with breakfast at the hotel. We left at about 9:30 and walked to the Churchill War Rooms, also known as the Cabinet War Rooms. The underground m useum was the secret bunker used for the everyday work of the British government, let by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, during the […]

January 22, 2015 5:01 pm by

Arrived in Iringa!

Picture from Liz Olson upon arrival in Iringa!    

January 22, 2015 3:50 pm by

Diversity in Berlin

Today was all about different cultures and divesity within Berlin. We started off the day be visiting the FHXB Museum where we learned about section of Berlin called Kreuzberg. Within the museum, we walked around on a map of the area and discussed the many different reasons a person might immigrate, both positive and negative. […]

January 22, 2015 2:14 pm by

Islam in Germany

Today we learned that Germany and the United States have silimar political issues. Namely- immigration/migration. This morning we visited the FHXB museum in Kreuzberg. We watched a video and had a tour around the Kreuzberg area. Our tour guide was a third generation Turkish Muslim migrant. Many people from Turkey migrated to Germany to be […]

January 22, 2015 11:33 am by

Wednesday January 21st: 1st full day in London!

After spending our first night at the Days inn Waterloo we began our 12th day abroad on Olympic Quest. Today was also special because it was Mary’s birthday as well and including some morning serenading on the bus! We began the day by continuing our bus tour from yesterday and got to see many interesting […]

January 21, 2015 5:59 pm by

A Happy Coincidence

Maybe it was a happy coincidence, maybe it was fate, maybe it was maybelline; all I know is that something in the stars said that we should visit the German goverment building the day after President Obama makes his State of the Union address. While this didn’t impact our visitation rights, it cast a new […]

January 21, 2015 4:02 pm by

Umeå, the fist of many adventures!

Hej! My name is Becca Awe. I am a sophomore Financial Economics and Scandinavian Studies double major. I am from Durango, Colorado. I am on the semester in Sweden program because I think studying abroad is an integral part of a college education, I love the uniqueness of the program, and I thought it would […]

January 21, 2015 1:01 pm by

Last Days in Umeå

     Hej! My name is Erin Baumann. I am a sophomore Environmental Studies major from Madison Wisconsin. This is my first time traveling to Sweden, actually it is my first time in Europe! I am on this program for a number of reasons. First, I wanted to do a type of study abroad program […]

January 21, 2015 12:57 pm by

Visiting the Reichstag

Today we visited the home of the German Parliament, the Reichstag. At first glance the building looks very old but because of the turmoil in the area the building has been renovated and changed quite often although it still keeps some of the older design styles. The building also has contributions from many different artists […]

January 21, 2015 6:43 am by

London, England: home of telephone booths, Big Ben, and Harry Potter

Our day began early this morning by checking out of our hotel in Paris and heading to the train station to begin our trek to London, England! Before we boarded the EuroStar we had a heartfelt goodbye with our two phenomenal tour guides. Due to a recent fire in the Chunnel our train ended up […]

January 20, 2015 5:56 pm by

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