The travel group’s second day in Medellín started off with a visit to University of Antioquia: the oldest departmental university in Colombia, founded in 1803. It is a public university, known as one of the best in Colombia. The travel group was greeted by professors...
Thursday 10th of May was our first day in Medellín! Waking up do a sunny day we thanked the weather gods for another type of weather, weather that we associated more with South America than the rain Bogotá had given us. Starting off the day...
Hola! Our last day in Bogotá started early, heading off from the hostel for our meeting with UN women at 9. Unfortunately, this morning introduced us to what it is like to be in a car during rush hours in Bogotá - we were stuck. [caption id="attachment_5070"...
Hola queridos! Another hectic day in Colombia is coming to and end, and our cosy little hostel is already starting to feel like a second home despite the penetrating dampness. Here comes a little summary of our meeting-filled day in the capital! Today we forced ourselves to...
Hola! Our second day in Bogotá started with rain and a slow breakfast. At 9 am, we were off to the office of the EU delegation to Colombia. In the entrance hall we ran into Hans Thorgren, posted abroad by the Folke Bernadotte Academy, who just...
Hola a todos! We'd like to start off this first post by introducing ourselves: we are this semester's travel group consisting of 16 people lead by our phenomenal travel duo Valentina Torres Ahlqvist and Emmie Lindström Leister. The majority of us are studying political science or...
Hello! Today was our last day in DC. We allowed ourselves to sleep in a little bit longer than usual, and after a slow breakfast most of us had a cheerful walk to Dupont Circle. We found a cozy combined bookstore and café, the perfect place...
Hello everyone! Thursday started off with a guided tour of Capitol Hill. We met Carl Dalerstedt, a congressional intern for Congressman Randy Hultgren, at the Rayburn Building – across the street from the Capitol Building. Randy is a big fan of Sweden, which you could clearly...
Hi! On Wednesday morning we arose with the sun, jumped into our Ubers (feeling very busy and important) and rode all the way to Georgetown and Georgetown University. When we arrived we were stunned by the Gothic architecture of Healy Hall and the University, which made...
Hello again! On Tuesday morning the travel group woke up bright and early and immediately climbed into our best formal attire. Because right after breakfast we were headed to The World Bank, where we met with Anna von Wachenfelt, Sara Gustafsson and Anna Frick, three Swedish...