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  • The 7-Year Dream: We’re Backpacking Europe!

    The 7-Year Dream: We’re Backpacking Europe!

    After 7 years of dreaming, planning and sporadic saving, my best friend LaVonna and I are finally going to backback Europe together. We’re planning on spending time with our pen pals in Austria, Germany and France while exploring a few more countries along the way. After spending a good portion of our lives obsessed with…

  • The Wanderer

    The Wanderer

    When it comes to the cliched traveler move, it doesn’t get more quoting Jack Kerouac than staring into the distance at a breathtaking landscape while reflecting deeply on everything you’ve experienced. I’ve named it the Wanderer pose, after my favourite painting by 19th century German painter Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog.…

  • We have to talk about Auschwitz

    We have to talk about Auschwitz

    Auschwitz. How do I begin to speak about Auschwitz? The place fills my memory with snapshots. A doll’s chipped face lying next to its porcelain body A twisting metal sign promising work will make you free A mountain of shoes towering and spilling behind a glass case A sea of stoves stretching into the blue…

  • Best Sites for Student Travelers

    Best Sites for Student Travelers

    Whether you’re planning to backpack another continent, thinking about studying or interning abroad or are wanting to get out of town for a week, student travelers have great resources available to them. Note: Most are geared toward travelers not tourists 1. skyscanner Before starting most adventures, the stressful part is figuring out what’s the cheapest,…