Back in Copenhagen

Wow. What an amazing last couple of weeks. So many amazing experiences that I will be remembering for a lifetime. I have so many pictures and memories I would love to share. As each city I visited left a distinct impression on me, I think the best way to share my stories is to take it city by city. For the next week or so, I will be posting individual posts on each city I visited complete with some of my favorite pictures of course.

As an overview, here is my schedule for the last 2 weeks.

Sunday October 18th - Fly out of Copenhagen Airport during the afternoon to Rome. This was the beginning of a week long study trip of Rome and Florence focusing on the Art and Architecture Italian Renaissance and its influences from ancient Rome and Greece.

Monday October 19th - Visited the major sites of ancient Rome: Roman Forum, Capitol Hill, Palatine Hill, Colosseum, Pantheon, etc...

Tuesday October 20th - Visited Vatican City

Wednesday October 21st - Visited Baths of Carcalla, other less known ancient Roman sites. Bus to Florence in evening.

Thursday October 22nd - Visited a whole bunch of Renaissance era churches, most significantly Il Duomo.

Friday October 23rd - Visited the Museum with Michelangelo's iconic David statue, and walked around the city, including a walk up a hill overlooking Florence.

Saturday October 24th - Hung out with some other Cal Poly students in Florence, then took the night train to Zurich

Sunday October 25th - Enjoyed a beautiful day in Zurich, saw an art museum and a house (now a museum) by the very influential Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Met up with another DIS student at the hostel that night.

Monday October 26th - Went with other DIS student to a town called Bellinzona in the South of Switzerland. Really cool little town with castles in the foothills of the Alps.

Tuesday October 27th - Went with my friend to Basel (northern Switz. near French and German border) Saw some cool museums.

Wednesday October 28th - Took morning train to Munich. Went to art museum in Munich in afternoon.

Thursday October 29th - Visited the 1972 Olympic Stadium and BMW headquarters campus with a really awesome showroom and museum for BMW. Took night train to Berlin

Friday October 30th - Went on a walking tour of Berlin. Saw most of the major historical sites in Berlin.

Saturday October 31st - Went to the Jewish History Museum of Berlin. Very cool architecture by Daniel Libeskind.

Sunday November 1st - Train back to Copenhagen, stopped in Hamburg for a couple hours along the way.

Monday November 2nd - Reality sets in as class starts again in the morning