First impressions of New York! Friday 23rd of November
After an amazing thanksgiving, with amazing food and company we woke up on Friday in Colette’s parents’ house, in Long Island. We got breakfast served again...
Thanksgiving: UPF Travel committee gives thanks! Thursday 22nd of November
On a crisp fall morning in Merrick—the cozy Long Island suburb that committee member, Colette Heefner, calls home—I, like many other travel committee members, woke up in an inexplicably excited daze. After a whirlwind day of trudging over-packed luggage across...
The Swedish invasion of the stock exchange! Wednesday 28th
"Where has the Sun gone?" It remains a question that has baffled not only exchange students but Swedes alike every single year. But that question has never been asked in the city that never sleeps with the hussle and bussle of the bright lights and big city,...
April 6th, 2018, in Brussels
We started the day in the office of Soraya Post at the EU-parliament. There we met some of the staff who help shape her political agenda. Post is the first Roma person elected to a high political position in Sweden and the only representative F! has in the parliament....
April 5th, 2018, In Brussels
To start the fourth day of the Brussels trip, we had got in touch with a conversation with Mr. Andrew Murray from EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture). EUNIC was founded in 2006 in order to help the member states build stronger partnerships and work...
April 4th, 2018, in Brussels
On the early morning we headed towards the EU commission for Competition. It was a meeting with the section dealing with laws about competition on the market. Due to a large security process at the entrance the meeting had to be held quite short. We learned about the...
April 3rd, 2018, in Brussels
We started the second day visiting the European Parliament. Brussels hosts the main offices of the Members of the European Parliament so we could not miss the opportunity to experience how they work and what they do. We were given an introductory talk and then we went...
April 2nd, 2018, in Brussels
On April 2nd at 4:20 in the morning a tired bunch of UPF travel committee all met at Lund C on our first step on the way to Brussels, but no matter how tired people were everyone was no doubt excited for what was ahead. After some sleep on the flight we arrived in the...
December 1st, 2017 in Taiwan
Last day of study visits. We got up early after a late night outing. We took the public transport to a new side of the city that we’ve never seen to visit the Nicaraguan Embassy. This meeting was very interesting and different. Nicaragua is one of the few countries...
November 30th, 2017 in Taiwan
On Thursday, our group marched on to the headquarters of the World League of Freedom and Democracy (WLFD). We were warmly greeted by the President of the WLFD, Mr. Yao Eng-Chi, and the WLFD R.O.C. Chapter President, Mr. Tseng Yung-Huan, as well as four other long-term...