The Impressionists created something new by, among many other things, looking at the normal daily life routines and showing how … Continue reading Everyday life and its disruptions

We landed in Paris and the strikes did not seem to impact us, yet, on our transportation into the city. … Continue reading Meeting Friends in Paris

When Samara joined us, Josiah had a great plan to help her get over jet lag and jump ahead the … Continue reading The Forgotten Giants

Today we worked on the cross cultural exchange the other way by sharing our Christmas traditions including the full brunch … Continue reading A Cline-Bliesner Christmas in Denmark

Josiah’s host family welcomed us in to celebrate Christmas with them, which started with Christmas Eve morning mass and finished … Continue reading A very Danish Christmas

What was your role when the Nazi’s came? What did your country do? What would you do? As we walked … Continue reading The Resistance or Collaborators?

We took an early morning walk down to the harbor as the sun rose. We said “god morgen” to fellow … Continue reading Settling in

Last night we met Josiah’s host parents, Marie and Henric, who live four houses down from our new place. We … Continue reading Hygee

On to “phase 2” of our European experience. After packing all our bags and checking out of our cool place … Continue reading Old capital

As she told us about Vikings in the Natioanl Museum, our grad student guide asked, “how do you know about … Continue reading Who tells your story?