I grew up in country-land Indiana, a place ridden with cornfields, horse manure and clip-clopping buggies that held up traffic on just about every single road in town. To make a long story short, after college I did what many other freshly graduated kids did: I moved to Asia to teach English to children. This [...]
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If your idea of a great vacation is exploring the beach, frolicking in the surf and getting away from the busy-ness and routine of everyday life, consider a trip to Pawleys Island. Nestled between the bustling Grand Strand and historic Georgetown, Pawleys Island is one of the only pristine barrier islands off of the South [...]
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The iconic Hotel del Coronado has been drawing visitors to San Diego’s Coronado Island since 1888. The hotel’s beachfront location and classic Victorian architecture are a magnet for tourists, presidents, royals and celebrities. But the hotel is often crowded and with rooms starting at around $280 a night ($450 if you want an ocean view) [...]
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I traveled back to Thailand, my family’s homeland, in December to assist my grandparents in repairing the flood damage to their home in Bangkok. The weeks I spent there talking to people and seeing the city has given me a better idea of what the flooding has done to my homeland. A country that was [...]
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After taking in the sights, sounds and Americans of Prague for a few days, it was off to Berlin, Germany. The group I was traveling with split up, with a friend and I heading to Berlin and our two other travel companions heading to Paris and Switzerland to spend their life’s savings. We took a [...]
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Taking the night train from Budapest to Prague was a horrible idea. Or maybe we just handled it the way college kids handle everything: poorly. I had visions of sleeping in luxury, with the aid of two tall Hungarian beers I bought for the ride. Instead, the cabin we were in was just a regular [...]
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When I was a kid and I heard about this thing called “backpacking through Europe,” I wasn’t entirely sure what that meant. I had visions of people literally just walking all over Europe with a backpack, using no transportation beyond their legs. That may have been the case decades ago, but no more. My recent [...]
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Since coming to Copenhagen, Denmark to study abroad, I’ve encountered some strange things; the strangest being that the most important aspect of my identity to Europeans is my status as a Californian. Being from California is special – or so I’m told. Anytime a Dane or another American student asks me where I’m from, California [...]
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I have been in Copenhagen, Denmark for two months now, but it would probably be best to start at the beginning. And because I do not have any humorous asides about the packing process, we can skip past the awkward final goodbyes and hugs with my family at LAX. It is important to note that [...]
The Austrian city of Salzburg was made famous by the hit musical The Sound of Music, but the city that is at the center of the story has never had the musical performed there — until now.
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