As I have adjusted to life in Stockholm, I can feel my comfort with traveling, navigating thecity, and being in uncomfortable situations growing and taking hold in my brain. It is nice to see how I walk around the city like it is Pittsburgh or Philadelphia now, just as easy and normal. Obviously, there is…
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Week 4 – Observing and Adapting
This week was a great time to feel more like a tourist and explore parts of Stockholm I have yet to visit. My parents came to visit from Tuesday, June 30th – Tuesday, July 7th. They stayed around the city center, not too far from T-Centralen. Walking around with them gave me the chance to…
Week 3: Uncertainty, Ambiguity, and Creating My Own Paths.
This week has been especially great practice in working with some unclear directions and ambiguous tasks at my internship, since ⅗ days were remote and our supervisor was away on a conference all week. Usually, we work one-on-one in the office, and he is always around for questions or more clarification. He has been around…
Week 2 – Managing My Time and Expectations in Stockholm
Time abroad so far has felt incredibly slow – during the whole first week, I felt like I had been there a year with all of the activities we did. As well as incredibly fast – I am almost three weeks through the experience, and I feel like I just got here. Managing my time…
Week 1: Navigating Marketing and Swedish Work Culture
I have just completed my first week as a Business Development and Marketing Intern at The Park. Marketing is a brand new field for me, so in just 5 days I have learned so much about how business operates through marketing and branding. The Park is currently in a bit of a transition phase, with…
Pre-Departure: Who Am I, and What Am I Doing in Stockholm?
My name is Nina Sacco, and I just completed my third year as an architecture student at the University of Pittsburgh. I am completing a double major in Architecture and History of Art and Architecture because I want to work in Historic Preservation, specifically Architectural Conservation, in graduate school and moving forward. I have always…
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