You may remember me mentioning ESN – The Erasmus Student Network- in one of my earlier posts. It’s this great student run organization that spans the entire European Union, with chapters in nearly every university across the continent planning a number of great events in both competition and cooperation with each other. One of these…
The Link enlisted me back in September of 2015 to write about film and movies. Perhaps you remember my inaugural post about one of my favourite independent romantic comedies Ruby Sparks. Since then my contributions here have dipped further into the cultural realm with the occasional album review and now, circumstance has cast me as…
I would be lying if I said I didn’t expect some sort of ceremonious “crossing into the arctic circle” roadside sign or border on our trip up north. There was no such indication. When we drove through Rovaniemi, we stopped at Santa Clause Village, the “official” home of Santa Clause. Across the street…
During Ski Week here in Finland – a week off of school at the end of February- I took off to Lapland to soak in life above the Arctic Circle. Check out the video recap below in Vlog #2 of my semester abroad here in Finland. Fair warning: it’s a long one, and if you…
Last week marked the end of the regular season for the KHL and the beginning of the playoffs. I had given up on my hopes of seeing a Jokerit game while I was here after learning how soon the season ended and seeing how expensive tickets were for the remaining games. I figured that playoff…
Moi BCIT. Today marks our 16th day in Helsinki. This past week we officially started classes at the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. We are taking five full-time courses: Investment and Portfolio Management, European Business Area, Branding, Small and Medium Enterprise Management, and Finnish. We will also be taking an intensive week-long ethics course, but…
Hei from Helsinki! This January I travelled to Helsinki Finland with another BCIT BBA student to study for a semester abroad. I’ll be here until the end of May and you can follow along here at the Link where I’ll be posting weekly updates about my experience abroad. A lot has already happened in the…