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- Alicia
- Western Michigan University
- 2016 Spring
How to Plan a Weekend When You Don’t Want to Make Any Plans 03/21/16
After spring break, I’m not gonna lie, I was dragging a little. Having prepared for this reaction, I had thought to stay the weekend in sleepy Paderno del Grappa. However, as Friday crept closer, I realized that my droopy eyelids in class were doing little to curb my appetite for adventure. The end of the […]
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- University of Minnesota
- 2016 Spring
Eat Your Way Around The World 03/14/16
Before I left to explore Europe, I received some of the best travel advice: eat my way around the world. Every country’s culture tells a story about their history and the people who reside there. As I learned, food is large piece of each culture. Each new place has their own local food so why […]
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- University of Minnesota
- 2016 Spring
Eating Italy: Savory Tour For The Traveling Student 03/07/16
As a student coming to Italy to study and travel through Europe, my mind is in the moment and my body is running from one must-see destination to the next. My goal is to experience the city as if I was a local and soak in the culture as if I my memory will never […]
Read More- Connery
- Western Michigan University
- 2015 Fall
Beyond the Iron Curtain: Experiences from Eastern Europe 10/29/15
There’s a myth/assumption saying that Eastern Europe is still too run down to visit as a tourist and that you should stay away. I’ll be honest, I had those assumptions too, but I still decided to go anyway. Once I got there, I was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong and fell in love with the […]
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- Virginia Tech University
- 2013 Spring
A Journey Through Central Europe: Travel Tips and Places to See 02/21/13
Our bus pulled into the Filippin Institute parking lot at 4 pm on Sunday and I couldn’t have been more relieved to be back in one piece and with the majority of the belongings I left with. Finally, our first week-long travel break had come to an end and we were back to the place […]
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