Music is the Language that Streches Across All Differences
Nashville, Tennessee is said to be the birthplace of country music. If the locals were asked, they would reply that the Grand Ole Opry is more specifically where country music was first played. I...
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A Favorite Experience
No other sight that I have ever laid eyes upon has moved me more that of the Roman Colosseum. I visited this legendary monument when I was fifteen years old, during a trip to Italy with International...
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Exploring Costa Rica
In April 2011 I traveled to Costa Rica with my aunt and her non-profit organization Finding Mona Lisa. When I first arrived there I almost got robbed by this man at the airport. Luckily my aunt was...
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Exploring China Through New Experiences and Adventures!
On March 9th of 2012, my family, friends and I embarked our adventure to China!We departed from Tampa International Airport and had our stop at the Detroit Airport. Once we left Detroit, we were...
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The Land of the Rising Sun
Just recently, I was lucky enough to be able to obtain the experience of living in Japan as a teenager and also as a tourist. This trip has brought so much memories, experience, and even improved...
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A True Heaven on Earth
When my dad had first told me I was going to Spain, I was elated. I was so happy to finally be doing something on my own and learning for myself....
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Adventures in The Land Down Under
I was honored with the opportunity to travel the Continent of Australia “The Land Down Under” and after a year of creative fundraising, finally I had enough funds to accept People to...
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London Dazzles Brighter than the Crown Jewels
In the summer of 2011, I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel Europe with People to People Ambassador Programs. Although we traversed six countries, England was the most vibrant and exciting...
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Sensational San Pedro Sula (June 2012)
Blazing. Unrelenting. Tropical heat attacks me from all angles in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. You’d think the heat would be enough to melt me, but no. The heat is worth it because of all the...
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Living in a Fairy Tale: Two Weeks in Edinburgh
Of all the destinations to which I had dreamt of traveling, Scotland was not a place I had ever considered. Of course, when I got the chance to go to the
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Who Said I Was Scared?
Years ago, I took a trip to Costa Rica with my school. My chaperones had many things planned for us, but I did not know how terrifying, yet fun they would be. Costa Rica is known for its beaches...
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Environmental Activist Adventures
As a Brazilian citizen who had never been back to Brazil, I was extremely excited to visit the homeland. It was the perfect trip before going off to college. Although I only spoke Portuguese before...
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A Journey Yet to Reach a Destination
At four a.m. I saw the steam from the aromatic maté tea rise up from my mug. I packed light, ate bread and butter, and sipped my tea in a zombie-like manner. My host mother and I gave...
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Driving Towards the Future
“Mom, are you ever going to use a blinker.” We have just pulled into Dothan City limits and my mother has yet to use a blinker and we have been driving for three hours. Most people...
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The Trip of a Lifetime
In April 2012, I had the chance to travel to Italy for nine days and I seized that opportunity. The time that I spent in Italy traveling all over from Venice to Florence to Pompeii, was one...
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A Traveler without a Camera
The bike stood there, braced by the little sister of my host sister. It taunted me, waiting to see if I would give up my American habits and use it for actual transportation. I was in Stein, just...
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An Experience Never to be Forgot
The call of the rooster and the quacking of ducks awaken me instead of an alarm clock. No, not an alarm clock, for an alarm clock would require reliable electricity. Yet living in Chad,...
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Lions and Leopards and Rhinos, Oh My!
About 4 years ago, my family took an unforgettable vacation to South Africa where we participated in a three day safari. When my family took this trip, we were living in Madrid, Spain. Our plane tickets...
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A whole new world
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are” Samuel...
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Life As A Kyrgyz Nomad
The woman handed me a bowl of Kumis and I took it with a nervous smile. Bringing it to my lips, I almost gagged at the smell, but managed to somehow swallow a small sip, forcing down a grimace...
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An Unexpected Treasure
It has been said that life can bring you on unexpected journeys; Journeys that bring you to the most beautiful and majestic places around the world. It is from the moment you leave...
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Bon Voyage! How to Travel to Paris With Kids
Paris is a great travel destination, especially with kids! There's so much to do. Although Paris is considered expensive, you can do it on a budget. To me Paris = Yummy food,...
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Kaleidoscope Adventure
I remember waking that day after a bout of dreamless sleep. I remember the strangeness that resonated through me knowing that, in mere hours, Florida would be a drifting dot far beneath me. I remember...
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Pondering Paul, Patmos, and Pastichillo
Imagine the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Imagine the enormous families. Imagine the thick Greek accents and the Greeks’ love for food. Imagine the pride they share in Greek culture...
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Donner Pass
My sophomore year of high school I went to Donner Pass in California with a group called The Woods Project. I had to...
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Where Dreams Come to Life
Have you ever seen that strange kid standing in the middle of a huge crowd just totally mesmerized by his surroundings? Well that kid was me as I stood in the middle of Times Square in New York City,...
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The Alleyway to Enlightenment
I have walked the paths of the ancient emperors and nobility. The indelible splendor of the Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City provides an excellent insight to Chinese history and culture. However,...
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Fogo Island Summer
Moose meat. I knew I was a true “Newfie” when, at the end of my first week on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, I actually started craving moose meat (I really loved it). I even felt like a...
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The party city that never sleeps! Reykjavik, Iceland!
A cloudy haze hung low in the seemingly rain laden sky as our plane touched down on an early summer morning at Keflavik airport in Iceland. My family made our way through baggage claim and stepped...
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The Power of People Watching
I did a double take. Yep, my eyes did not deceive me—indeed, there waltzed a fluffy puppy wearing nothing short of a frilly, pink dress. And suddenly,...
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My Summer Traveling Through Thailand
In July of 2011 I found myself on a plane departing from Los Angeles International Airport to Bangkok, Thailand. From there I would take another plane to the northern city of Chiang...
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Snapshots Of The Deutsche Bahn
It was very early, just after dawn on a June morning, and my host father helped me unload my luggage from the trunk of his car. We hauled it past the arrival boards and up to the platform, where we...
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Rags to Stitches: A Repurposed Clothing Project
Hi. I'm Morgan Jones. I'm a Senior at the Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho. This Spring I, and my fellow peers, will embark on our individually designed Senior Projects. In order to...
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Choral and Cultural Integration
Everyone was so excited. Luggage checks were carried out. Tags inserted. Goodbyes expressed. Busses boarded. Off we went to Newark Airport. No one had ever heard of Slovenia, so when people would ask...
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There is Always a Way of Life to Learn
I carefully peak around the room, frightened of offending the family as my mouth gapes open observing my new setting. The room reminds me entirely of Little House on the Prairie as I sit at the wood...
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Flowers, Friends, and Family: A Hike to Remember
Ten miles. The annual summer hike that I do from the Maroon Bells of Aspen to the town of Crested Butte is ten miles and reaches an altitude of 12,500 feet. That’s...
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Adventures in Berlin
Last summer, I took my second trip to Northwestern Germany as an exchange student. Upon arriving, my fellow students and I were lucky enough to have our luggage left behind in Copenhagen when our...
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A Place to Which I Will Never Return
There is a place in the world to which I will never return. I will never again wish to feel the heat of the sun there, never wish to feel the weight of the air there. Never will I choose...
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Me, My Mom, and Her Dog – A Road Trip Through Northern Michigan
One August afternoon my mother and I were sitting on the deck in our backyard, enjoying the sun and relaxing. I was telling her about my plans to study abroad while in college, and my dreams to travel...
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An Unforgettable Chinese Experience
With 13 other high school juniors by my side, we all excitedly loaded the Delta Airlines Airplane. We were completely oblivious to the adventures we were about to encounter, even as we arrived at the Beijing...
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In the Unglamorous Side of Traveling, We Often Find the Remarkable
It was the scenery. The colors in the market in Otavalo to the sun just visible behind the peaks in Maccu Piccu. But it was also the food. Fish tacos in a nearly deserted restaurant on the shore...
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An Agnostic in Paris
March 23, 2011 I'm not sure how to cleverly start this, so I just have to begin with the basic fact that I am currently on a speed train going through the French countryside. I've just spent two wonderful...
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Feet in One World, Eyes in Many
Very early in a post-rainy morning when the skies remain gray and the streets idle, two young girls travel home. Returning back to the apartment house after spending a night at the country house (dacha),...
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A Piece of Me in NYC
Sometime at the start of my junior year in high school, I became obsessed with the idea of living in New York in a teeny apartment filled with more art supplies than living space. Forget the fact that...
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My amazing trip to China
My trip to China was amazing. I miss China even more now than I did the day I had to leave. I was able to visit 6 different cities, Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin, Shanghai, Wuzhen, and Hangzhou. Shanghai was...
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My Life Changing Experience.
Less than a week ago, I went on a ten day trip that forever changed my life forever. About a year ago, I never dreamed that I would be standing under the Eiffel tower, watching it twinkle at midnight,...
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A Trip to the Capitol
You don’t have to travel a thousand miles in order to have a wonderful, life-changing experience. During my eighth grade year, I had the opportunity to fly out with some of...
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