19th
Travel Plans for Break
It’s been a while since I last posted, so a lot has happened. Basically, the time here is flying by. After tomorrow’s classes I’m on a three week break. Here’s my travel schedule:
Study Tour (integrated with one of my classes)
22/3: Dresden, Germany (city America fire-bombed in WWII, killing between 24,000 and 40,000 people)
23/3: Weimar, Germany (home of the Bauhaus, an important school in the history of modern architecture; home to the democratic government between the World Wars)
24/3-27/3: Berlin, Germany (capital city, tons of history, especially relating to WWII and the Cold War)
Independent Travel (backpacking!)
30/3: Trollhättan, Sweden (home of Saab)
31/3-2/4: Oslo, Norway (capital city)
3/4-6/4: Stockholm, Sweden (capital city)
7/4: Narvik, Norway (the furthest north the train goes in Norway)
8/4-10/4: Tromsø, Norway (city of 65,000 north of the Arctic Circle, one of the bet places in the world to see the northern lights)
11/4: Riga, Latvia (capital city, formerly Soviet, located on the Baltic Sea)
