Student Articles Archive - Page 179 of 291 - My Family Travels
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The Art of Giving

Stepping off the bus, I was hit hard with the hot August air and the smell of burning forests miles away. I looked around this small, forgotten village in the Russian countryside and sensed the sharp...

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Destination Free Wifi

                Getting up at 4:00am to go to the Airport is not what I had in mind for my first week of summer vacation....

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Personally Exotic

In the spring of 2012, my junior year of high school, I had the pleasure to go on a Royal Caribbean cruse to the Bahamas. It was for four sun filled days spent out near the beautiful clear ocean...

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Life in Sandwiches

My first morning on the Cherokee reservation was spent being sardined between hundreds of ecstatic teens from all over of the country on groaning bleachers in a dimly lit auditorium in beautiful...

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Passions found in Santo Domingo

I have been told my entire life that it is important to find something you are passionate about. Fortunately, for me, I was able to figure out that passion at the age of 8.  That marks my first...

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A Tale of Two Countries

The scorching sun beams on my face, the dry, sandy wind blows by, causing me to squint my eyes, and the sizzling terrain burns my feet. Saudi Arabia is one of the hottest places in the world; it’s...

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Foot-sore and Fancy-Free

Ten AM local time, and we’re taking our first steps into Midway Airport on patriotic July Fourth. My family has no map, no plans, and no problems. At face value, our reason for coming here...

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Slovakia: Little Country, Big Heart

Slovakia. No it’s not near Kazakhstan. Nor is it in the Middle East. If your geography is failing you, does Czechoslovakia ring a bell? Actually, Czechoslovakia dissolved almost...

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My Trip to South Africa

Last winter I had an amazing experience in Johannesburg, South Africa.  My father and I traveled with a group called Swamp Corps to help set up a church camp.  Swamp Corps is a group from...

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