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Sometimes the best road trips are the spontaneous ones in which you just toss the bare essentials in a bag, hop in the car and drive with the sounds of music blasting, friends talking and laughter filling the space between miles and days.
But even with random adventures, it’s smart to take a minute to make […]

Regardless of whether snow still blankets the ground on your campus or if it’s mild and sunny year ’round where you are, from mid-February through March, students everywhere can relate to two words. SPRING BREAK.
Since we’re all craving a get-a-way, our team has selected some top resources for your travel plans. We’ll be featuring news, […]

“An amazing feat…Griest manages to impart the essence of some of the world’s most remarkable places. Reading the book is like catching the colors of a tropical sunset, a whiff of an almost tree in bloom, a hint of a melody from a late night jazz bar.”
—Elizabeth Lesser, cofounder of Omega Institute and author of […]

 Italy in the winter does not have to be a drab affair.
Crowds are significantly reduced, making it possible to actually enjoy the country’s many wondrous sites, as opposed to the height of the tourist season when attractions are mobbed and you spend more time waiting in lines than experiencing the country and its culture.
Although winter […]

By Susan Gass
TransitionsAbroad
As a 20-year-old college student preparing myself for a year abroad in the South of France, I thought that I had everything I would possibly need.
My bags were methodically packed and I thoroughly prepared myself according to the counsel of friends and family.
But one vital component that no one had advised me about, […]

Sitting in the hot sun, working on my permanent farmer’s tan, sweating up a storm… I look out at the thousands of faces in the market and think, ‘this is the life.’ not forever, but for now, for sure.
The Dantokpa market is the busiest in Cotonou. It’s not a place the yovo frequent. but today I went […]

When I walked into Whole Foodsyesterday, I noticed that the apples, pumpkins, and fall gourds were a plenty!  As the brisk cold air is set to sweep Washington any minute, I will be heading off to Hawaii to celebrate the joyous occasion of my friend Jules who is getting maui-ed to the love of her life, Josh!  […]

The story of the departure day could be an entire novel, but I’ll give it to you in a nutshell. The trip consisted of flying from point A to point B. As we wandered in Rome airport without a clue of how to make our trip from the airport to the train station, we lost […]

Let me set the scene: Three friends, New York City, Winter 2005.  It was windy and cold, the kinda cold that makes you want to travel far, far away to some tropical island (or anywhere warm for that matter).  Their cell phones were ringing, their alarms were buzzing, and their spirits were frozen.The three twenty-something, […]

Vacations are supposed to be relaxing, not stressful. Prepare yourself properly to avoid the hiccups of traveling.