Student Travels
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AdventureIt’s adventure that runs through me, The way I see life is what’s key. I start at the end of comfort zone, And end deep in the waters of unknown By taking steps out of ordinary life, Into homelessness, ghettos, or foreign strife. I experience things other than common, Just to rip... Category: Soul Search |
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A Desert, A Tiny Car, and Some Complete StrangersThe ONLY reason I’m going is to visit my best friend at college, I told myself. Why else would I spend my senior year spring break sitting in a car for 12 hours with people I don’t even know? I don’t even have to socialize with my best friend’s mom, little brother,... Category: Vacation |
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Kool KayakingOn May 5th, 2012, I did something I thought I'd never do before: Kayak. Instead of going by myself, I went with a group of friends from my Florida history class, and ended up having the time of my life. This is what happened: ... Category: Exploring |
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Annual Trip to the Southern Most Tip of NJEvery year since I've been 7, my family has gone on vacation to the Southernmost tip of New Jersey, a three hour drive that is worth every single second. Just thinking about Cape May brings a smile to my face as I recall my latest trip in the summer of 2011. I always make sure my iPod is fully... Category: Vacation |
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Reuniting With The MayansThe musky, tropical, humid air was the first thing I noticed as I walked down those narrow steps of that six hour plane ride. We didn't even walk into the airport, but right in to the smack middle of Cancun, Mexico. The bubbles in my stomach wouldn’t stop and the tears in my mom's... Category: Vacation |
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I Am Where I've BeenIn August of 2010 I travelled to Germany for a duration of five months. For four weeks I stayed in a comprehensive language camp in Hedersleben, a small village in Saxony-Anhalt. This month-long school camp was the closest I came to a true "vacation" but I consider it to have been the... Category: Soul Search |
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My Bite of the Big AppleWhen my aunt called me a few weeks before Christmas and invited me to go with her and my cousin Allynn to New York for Christmas, I was ecstatic! I had never done anything like that before! Soon I traveled all the way to West Virginia, where my aunt and cousin live, so we could... Category: Vacation |
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Bon VoyageThe summer of 2011, my sister and I had taken a trip to Northern France to visit our aunt, uncle, and cousin who have a summer house there. We were to stay there for a month to earn knowledge and understanding of other parts of the... Category: Vacation |
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Sleeping on a bus, McDonalds, and New York CityOn April 30th, 2008 things went from good to worse, as the Bagley Middle School Band and Chorus were ready and set to go on their yearly trip. This year they had decided to travel 13 hours from Georgia to New York City. You could feel the excitement in the air, as the students had their... Category: Vacation |
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My Bonding VacationI have taken many great vacations with my family, but the vacation that we took in March of 2012 changed my life forever. My parents booked our Spring Break vacation from March 10 – 17, 2012 with Celebrity Cruises and we sailed for the first time on the luxurious Celebrity Eclipse with... Category: Vacation |
