Category: Travel
Written by Elissa Ebersold on September 15, 2015
On The Road Again (or Rather, an Airplane)
Blue Lagoon . England . Iceland . London . Reykjavik . Travel . United KingdomHello readers (if any of you still remain), I would say “It’s that time of year again”….but is it? I guess it is, but only for the second year in a row (Can we make this an annual thing?!). My adventures abroad continue in a two-week (much deserved) vacation…yes, vacation this time. No work, just
Written by Elissa Ebersold on December 31, 2014
2014: A Summary
Albany . art . cars . church . Denmark . design . graphic design . Iceland . LEGO . Reykjavik . Travel . vejleI’ve had an incomplete post sitting in my drafts for a couple months now, one that I just ctrl+A and deleted. It’s not that I couldn’t be bothered to finish it, it’s that life got so busy and I forgot about it until now, when I was thinking about writing my summary of 2014 post.
Written by Elissa Ebersold on October 6, 2014
To Denmark, With Love: A Reflection
architecture . art . billund . church . Copenhagen . Denmark . design . food . graphic design . LEGO . life . Middelfart . Thoughts . Travel . workDear Denmark, I say this time and time again, if six months ago you had asked me if I thought I would be here, if I could do this, I would have instantly told you no. But now it feels like just yesterday I stepped off that plane, shaking and sick to my stomach. My
Written by Elissa Ebersold on October 4, 2014
Denmark Diaries: The Last Week
art . chair . Denmark . food . furniture . graphic . graphic design . industrial . life . modern . rietveld . Travel . workHello all, Thus begins one of the last entries from this trip, much to my sadness. I’ll begin with Monday, where the moment I walked into the office Lars said, “It’s your last week!” I laughed and told him to not remind me, but it ate away at me all week. I’ll get back to
Written by Elissa Ebersold on September 26, 2014
Marsvine, LEGO, and HC Andersen…Oh my!
architecture . art . billund . Denmark . design . LEGO . LEGOLAND . Middelfart . museum . Thoughts . Travel . whaleSo…I’ve been quite busy running around Denmark these past couple weeks. I’ve had lots to do, and have been kept very busy. Two Fridays ago, on the 12th, I went to go see Christian and Sophie in a school production of Odysseus Rejse. Contrary to the sweltering heat from being packed into small unventilated rooms
Written by Elissa Ebersold on September 13, 2014
Denmark Diaries: A Busy Week, Indeed!
architecture . church . Denmark . design . kirke . Middelfart . skagen . Travel . vejle . vikingMy week has been busy to say the least, and perhaps a little chaotic. Last Wednesday (the 3rd of September) , after sitting in a meeting that had me staying later at the office than intended, I returned to my desk to gather my things and a rather excited Lars approached me. Carsten S. (Rotary Club
Written by Elissa Ebersold on September 2, 2014
Denmark Diaries: Long Overdue
castle . church . Copenhagen . Denmark . guard . jelling . king . kirke . koldinghus . Middelfart . palace . palisade . royal family . Thoughts . Travel . vikingHello everyone, This is a post long overdue. My weeks have been busy. I’ve been working mostly, but also some exploring and traveling tossed into the mix. So let’s start with the former: Work has been really great. I’ve been designing a 80-something page employee handbook. Well, it was 80-something pages when I started, but
Written by Elissa Ebersold on August 17, 2014
Denmark Diaries: Copenhagen
architecture . canal . church . Copenhagen . Denmark . design . Middelfart . royal . TravelHej! So this entry will be about my experience in Copenhagen, which was a great one. I was up bright and early at 4:30 for a 6:15am train. It was my first time in a [large] northern European city, and a city with street names I simply can’t pronounce (no I’m not forgetting about Reykjavik,
Written by Elissa Ebersold on August 15, 2014
Denmark Diaries: A Week of Danish Culture
architecture . Denmark . design . food . Middelfart . Thoughts . TravelHi! As always, apologize for the poor layout… Well, I’ve been in Denmark a week. I spent my last couple days trying to catch up on sleep, not freak out, and figure out my life here. So far it’s been pretty nice, and pretty different. But I’ll start with my departure from Iceland. I had
Written by Elissa Ebersold on August 11, 2014
Reykjavik Diary Day 2: Ow, I’ve got volcano in my eye!
architecture . Blue Lagoon . church . Denmark . food . Iceland . museum . Reykjavik . Thoughts . TravelHello friends, Here begins day two of my travels in Iceland, with pictures! Same disclaimer as last time: make sure you click on the photos to see them in larger detail! And I’m really sorry for the mess this blog is visually, I’m not going to spend time trying to fix the layout. 🙁 HDR