So you got through the applications and the excruciating waiting time, and you just received the email to schedule an interview with the graduate school program! Congratulations! We are going to quickly walk through how you can prepare yourself before …
White Water Rafting
On a whim, I accompanied one of my friends to Pennsylvania for the weekend to partake in some fall activities (since we don’t really have fall in Miami). We arrived early Saturday morning, and had to drive straight from the …
The Black Hills
Day 1 – Mount Rushmore and Setting Up Camp Mount Rushmore The Black Hills trip is a continuation of my Badlands road trip. The Badlands are only ~2 hours away from the Black Hills, making it a super quick jump …
Getting Blown About the Badlands
Hello! I recently went on a week-long road trip with my dad through South Dakota. I have separated it into two blogs, this first is about the Badlands and the second about the Black Hills (you can find it here). …
The Oslo Fjords
The last leg of our Europe trip was visiting some friends in Norway! It was a relaxing time and we spent half of the time with our friends and the other half in Oslo. Since it was pretty low key, …
Celebrating National Sweden Day in Sweden
I had a short 2 day trip in Sweden that just so happened to coincide with National Sweden Day! Day 1 – Gamla Stan Navigating the trains We arrived in Sweden in the early morning of June 6th excited to …
I Spy a Castle!
We arrived at Copenhagen’s airport and the first thing I loved was how convenient the Copenhagen metro system is! While it is expensive (as is everything here) getting the Copenhagen card saved so much time and money because you can …
Beer and World War II History: 2 Days in Berlin
The next stop in the whirlwind post-graduation tour around Europe was Berlin for 2 days. We arrived late in the afternoon from the train and decided to spend the evening relaxing before the first full day. We picked up some …
Prague in a Day
We arrived late in the afternoon to the place we had booked in the heart of Prague. It was very central in Old Town and right next to a large shopping mall which was perfect because there was a grocery …
4 Days in Las Vegas
We set off for Las Vegas from the Minneapolis-Saint Paul international airport after our friends Jess and Lucas joined us from Wisconsin. We arrived late at night and checked in at the Flamingo hotel. It was quite cheap to stay …