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I Did It For The Culture, But Found Treasure Instead
Part One of a Two Part Series Guest Post by Elizabeth Mitchell. Anyone who knows me can tell you travel is at the center of my heart. Experiencing new cultures, foods, atmospheres..it takes you to a different place. Like, the time I went to the Caribbean. I came back excited, rejuvenated, and ready to take on the world. Everything had me acting like a new person. From the food to the music to the people.. It was a whole vibe. So, it was no surprise when I got the opportunity to go to Ghana, West Africa last summer..I jumped straight on the chance. I made sure I had everything together…
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When Bangkok Shook Me Out of My Comfort Zone
My first trip out of the country was my ultimate dream trip. During the formative years of my life, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, crepes, and croissants were where my “places I want to go” list began and ended. After London and Paris, it was difficult for me to even think up where I wanted to go next. My travel dreams had already been fulfilled. But being the experience junkie that I am, I quickly built a list of about 20 places and slowly started to check them off 1 x 1. After a few years of living and saving up for my next adventure, the opportunity to visit Italy…
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Spotlight on Italy with Laura Massoni
Spotlight on Italy with Laura Massoni When I hit my 40’s I realized that what I missed the most was sharing my love for Italy, my home country, with the people around me. This love awakened my senses and made me closer to what I remembered dear to me. I believe one source of my passion, is the fact that I had a very slow and secure childhood. I used to take trips to the market with my mom, spend endless Sundays at my grandpa’s county house picnicking with family and friends, and the long family meals spent over the holidays. The warm feelings, traditions and memories are what…
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Just Like Concerts Are Better Live, So is Travel
Just like concerts are better live, so is travel. Although we try, we cannot fully capture the wonder and beauty of the world in pictures or words. It must be experienced. And for those who, for whatever their reasons, choose to stay with what is familiar, they don’t know what they are missing. They cannot know what they’re missing. Neither pictures nor words can truly capture the: Magnificence of nature. Amazing creations built by people. Experience of living life in new cultures. When I was a teenager a close family friend took me on a 10 day “graduation trip” to visit her home country of Jamaica. You may be…
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The Recruiting Poster said, I Could “Join The Navy and See The World.” So I Did.
The Recruiting Poster said, I Could Join The Navy and See The World. So I Did. Us Navy World Traveler Two experiences marked my time in the Navy far above anything else. Living in Okinawa, Japan and then in Djibouti, Africa. I lived in Okinawa, Japan for 3 years. I’m active duty Navy, and when the opportunity came up I couldn’t believe it. I’d wanted to live in Japan for quite some time but it just didn’t seem like it would happen, until I saw those orders for Okinawa, Japan. People say that the culture is the best thing about living and traveling abroad. I agree that experiencing new cultures…
Every Vacation Has a Story
