Like the Stars
It was in 2001 as a sixth grader that my father told me and my younger sister that we would be travelling to
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Zimbabwe
It is a ghost town. The shops are closed, the windows shuttered and the interiors gutted.But it is not an abandoned ghost town. People do still live here. Their livelihoods, however, do not.This...
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What Guidebooks Don’t Say: 5 Tips For Families Traveling In Europe
When my husband envisioned a family summer in Europe, it fell on me to make it happen. While he imagined sophisticated city tours, long walks in high mountains, and short stays in remote, unspoiled...
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I’ve Been So American
I tossed my shoes out onto the roof to dry, and flopped onto my new bed. My eyes were tired, but every time I tried to close them, they begged to be wide open, taking...
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Connecting Through Smiles: Reflecting upon two trips to Hacienda Vieja
I have a predicament with the term “life changing experience.” Besides being extremely cliché and overused, it puts a label on the occurrence or adventure, thus dampering it. To describe...
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Hostility in Ecuador
The seeming desertion of the small village of Santa Barbara in rural Ecuador upon my arrival was only a harbinger...
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Spring Break in the Euge
When most people think of a college student’s spring break, they imagine bikini-clad youths, basking in the sun on the beaches of Miami, or drunken kids stumbling around Cabo holding open Coronas...
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