Slices Of Life: Charleston, South Carolina
My momma passed a hand over her eyes the other night and mumbled, “I need to get out of town.” She’s an artist, you know – one of those pensive, sensitive types. She needs to keep her chakras in...
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Never Sea-sick – Our Baltic Adventure
Last summer I went on a family vacation that surpassed all my high expectations. My “frequently cruising” family announced that our next trip would be a Baltic Cruise by Celebrity, and prepared for...
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Deux Semaines a Paris (Two Weeks in Paris)
It is really quite a surreal feeling. My whole life I had been planted firmly in America, having no knowledge of the world outside of my confinements. When the massive airbus 380 touched down in Paris,...
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Change in the Canadian Rockies: Banff National Park
There are many Canadian national parks, but perhaps the oldest and most well know is the Banff National Park, located 110—180 km (68—110 mi) west of Calgary, Alberta. Its large area (6,641 sq km;...
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A Week in Alaska — a Twilight Zone
I step off the airplane and look around nervously; I scan the unfamiliar faces until I suddenly make eye contact with a graying-redhead. I smile, run over, and give her a hug of pure exhilaration. I check...
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Homage to History
After a ten hour drive across California, Nevada, and into Utah, it is always nice to step out of the car and take in the fresh mountain air. At a quick stop, on the way into Salt Lake City to pick up...
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Rain Or Shine: A Family Intertwined
With a jolt, my family and I were awoken by the piercing horn of the ferry, signifying our entrance into Norway. To my mother, this was a melancholy reminder of the life she had left behind to raise her...
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Chosen Family
I have always been told that “friends are the family that you chose for yourself”. Last summer I took a trip of a lifetime with my chosen family. My three best friends and I went on a...
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The City So Nice, They Named It Twice
As the plane flew over water and edged more and more towards the runway of LaGuardia Airport, a heightened sense of anticipation began to set in; I’d been waiting for this moment for nearly...
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Dancing in the Big Easy
New Orleans' humidity leaves beads of sweat on my nose like early morning dewdrops on flowers. The heat, along with the distant but ubiquitous melodies of jazz, leaves me feeling languid as I...
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The Trip of a Lifetime
Two summers ago, I traveled to Park City, Utah. My younger sister plays for a competitive Travel Softball team. This summer trip was her trip to ASA Nationals and I distinctly remember my reluctance...
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Beyond Destination
We spend much of our lives trying to be something we are not. Whether one is aiming for a spiritual, social, or physical goal, we’re always headed somewhere. The future is a vast abyss, that...
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Resurrected from the Mud
I stood, gazing about me in wonder as I absorbed the narrow streets and peered into the shadowed dwellings of a civilization long gone. Prior to this vacation, I never would have dreamed that...
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The World’s Tallest People, Cheese, and Pancakes!
"Where's that?" was the question I got most when I told my friends I was setting out for the Netherlands. “Is that in England?”, “oh, that’s near Sweden right?”, “it’s a city in Canada,...
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Restless Morning
I woke up at 5:00 AM, earlier than I ever would have back home in Kent, Washington. I jumped up, ran across the floor, slammed the screen door open, and sprinted up the stairs to...the roof. I took...
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The Trip Of A Life Time
In 2010, I went on a month long road trip around the United States! It was such a great time. I went soleley with my grandma Alverna and we went in her Mercedes SLK sports car.. What an...
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Camper Vacations Can Be Fun-Even with a dog
Our family is large, so staying in hotels can be expensive, which led Mom and Dad to purchase a hybrid camper trailer in 2008. Closed up, it's 23 feet, but opens to 30...
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Three Days in the City of Canals
From the time I was a young girl, I was captured by the tragedy of the Holocaust. I devoured books on it, and especially loved "Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank. Frank's optimism...
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From America, to Saudi Arabia
It is believed that in order to broaden the mind of an individual one must journey through the world. In order to grasp the true fundamentals...
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The Race Around New York
I think I’ll never be able to forget my trip to New York city. I’ve been trying to for the past three years with no luck, but the trip had its pleasurable advantages. I remember first...
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Rags and Riches Half Way Across the World
In July of 2011, my family decided to travel south to the Dominican Republic for the summer. I was the only member who did not want to go since I wanted to go to Italy...
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A Week Passing Through Paradise
Last summer, my family and I took a road trip from a tiny town near Houston, Texas to the Grand Canyon and back. Of course, we stopped nearly a million places in between. We saw some breathtaking...
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Bahama Breeze
I recently participated on a Royal Caribbean cruise and boy, it was quite a ride! I went with my younger brother and my father to Nassau, Bahamas and Cocoa...
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South African Adventure
Travelling to various countries can impact a person in numerous ways. Not only does it open one’s eyes to other cultures, but it can cause one to contemplate their gratitude of their own nation....
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San Francisco-The Metropolitan Paradise
Whenever I am fortunate enough to have the time to look back on all the vacations I've ever been on, it's my trip to San Francisco in...
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Broadening My Horizons
In the summer of 2009, I took a trip to Makati, Philippines, where a new window truly opened up a curious, yet remarkable world for me. Departing off of the plane and stepping into a foreign place,...
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How to Succeed in Stage Dooring by Trying Really Hard
In January, I went to New York to go see Darren Criss make his Broadway debut in the musical How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. One of the first things I did as soon as my...
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Road Trip Across The Country!
I recently had the opportunity to travel across the U.S. with my giant, crazy family. We were kicked out of the house we were renting because the owner lost it. After a long...
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My Trip Across The Atlantic
As a resident of South Florida I am engrossed in a plethora of different cultures and people from every corner of this world every day. These surroundings evolved my interest in the world outside...
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How I Survived a Hot Tub
I felt an awkward tingling creeping throughout my body as I slowly padded barefoot to the entrance of the public pool, wearing nothing but a towel around my waist. As I shuffled into the pool area,...
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Family Adventure in Big Bear California
One of my most memorable trips is my family trip to Big Bear, California. Big Bear is a beautiful wooded mountain village on the banks of Big Bear Lake. This trip is memorable to me because one incident...
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Best Trip Ever
About 6 years ago me and my family went to a trip to El Salvador located on Central America, this was a special trip for me because I was going to go see the place where my parents grew up and were...
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When Your Toilet Is Called “The Groover”
When you can wake up on a piece-of-junk cot on a beach with a beetle the size of your palm crawling up your arm and do nothing but scrunch your nose, shake it off and roll back...
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The Wonderstruck Floridian Goes To New York
My parents gave me the best birthday present I have ever received, for my 16th birthday: a trip to New York. My mom and I went for five days, and it was a life-changing experience. Once there, I...
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Taj and Temples
It’s been seven years since I stepped on this soil, there was no feeling of a missing memory, my presence was always here. Yet, I needed to regain the knowledge of my roots. Upon arriving in...
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Texas by plane, Florida by car.
Traveling is a great experience; it is a way to get outside of the town you are used to and see new things. I love to travel just as much as anyone else; especially to Navarre...
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My Eye-Opening Experience in Mexico
During the summers of 2009, 2010, and 2011, I traveled to Mexico to visit my family and spend some time with the side of my family that I get to rarely see. I had great fun...
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My Experience in El Salvador
One of my most recent trips was to El Salvador during the summer of the year 2011. It was just a trip to visit my family over there in El Salvador. The trip lasted for about two weeks,...
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Teen Travel Writing Scholarship
During summer, after completing my freshman year in 2010, my mother’s boss invited her and me to enjoy a week off in Costa Rica. My mother is from El Salvador, which we noticed that the climate...
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My Trip to Cameroon
“So where are you from?” Growing up, this was a question that I was asked regularly: it was also a question that I never quite knew how to answer. With stereotypes circulating around...
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The Big Brown Bear
Maneuvering and traveling the streets of Mumbai are extremely challenging tasks to accomplish. Imagine trying to evade the potholes, deranged auto-rickshaw drivers, and cows, all while carrying a...
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The Dumb GPS
My family and I went to Arkansas one summer for about two weeks. It was a typical vacation for my family, because on our third day there we had quite the adventure! That morning my mom yelled at...
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A Vacation of a Lifetime
The summer of 2011 my family and I boarded the Carnival Liberty cruise ship and sailed towards Grand Cayman; Cozumel, Mexico; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. It was the very first time any of my family members...
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The Fireman, the Tourguide and the Red Truck
My grandparents wanted to take a cruise through the caribbean and decided to take my brother and I along. Our first tour guide was amazing, his name was Raymond. Raymond is unique....
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School trip in Dublin
My junior year I took a trip to Ireland towards the end of May. It was a wonderful and interesting experience. I had never been anywhere like it nd was so excited I got the chance to go. It was for...
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Best Trip of My Life
This past summer I was able to do something many kids can only dream of. My family and I were able to experience the amazing cultures of both Germany and France. Now, as amazing as this trip was...
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Disneyland Adventure
When I was ten years old, my family went to Disneyland as an extension of my dad's business trip. It was special; both of my parents went to Disneyland with their parents when they were...
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Kimball, Nebraska: A Country Girl at Heart
Every summer my family and I take a plane to Denver, Colorado and drive three hours through the bare country in order to reach our destination to a small, barren town of Kimball, Nebraska. Many...
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Memories that will last
My family and I have traveled a lot over the last few summer. We went on all these kind of fun adventures like to Poland, to Paris, Niagara Falls. These...
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