By Dakota Green The fairytale city is one of the most popular European travel destinations. As you’re approaching your upcoming weekend and getting excited for goulash and castle tours, the most important question always comes about: what do I pack? Don’t worry, we’ve created a guide for all the essentials you should bring with you to...Read More
By Allie Filmanowicz Don’t underestimate the power of walking As you are out exploring your new home or the cities you are visiting, try to walk instead of taking the bus or a taxi. Walking a couple of miles a day is great way to burn some extra calories, experience the city you are in,...Read More
By Grace Woodrow I went to Interlaken and it blew my mind. We traveled through the night and when I opened my eyes in the morning I thought I might still be dreaming. The views of the Swiss Alps are incomparable to anything I’ve ever seen in real life before. Even the walk to the...Read More
By Liz Buechele Anthony Bourdain, renowned American chef, author, and fellow traveler, once said, “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel—as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from...Read More
The word “home” changes meaning completely Your heart forever lives in two places, and it’s something you’re incredibly proud of. You’re constantly planning your next trip. A map brings feelings of excitement and wonder as you dream of where you’ll drift off to next. You’ll re-analyze everything back home: movies, food, culture. Nothing seems to fully...Read More
No matter how many places you’ve been, no matter how real your travel thirst is, there’s one experience that few deign to undertake: the exhilarating, yet a little bit terrifying experience of traveling completely solo. In the minds of many, traveling alone is dangerous, or too difficult, or just seems a little bit boring/lonely. But...Read More
Take classes that actually interest you.– Believe it or not, study abroad does involve studying. The classes you take have an amazing way of rounding out your cultural experience. Don’t choose classes that simply seem the easiest, but choose the classes that seem most interesting to you. Travel. Travel. Travel.—Your professors aren’t naïve; they...Read More
So you’re headed to Europe with your dictionary in hand, but there are a few words they may have left out. Before you arrive abroad, make sure to review our list of the top eight slang words that are used across Europe! And if anything we say here inspires you to travel through Europe with...Read More
By Brittanie Hawkes Sure-as-hell this wasn’t the first time I had jumped off something high, and it certainly wasn’t the highest… but this time was different. This time the free fall took my breath away, left me gasping for air in that total bliss, couldn’t be happier, “how effing incredible?” kind of way. Maybe it...Read More
By Katie Smith Okay, so you’re a tourist…that doesn’t mean you have to look like one. To travel is to embrace foreign cultures, to taste food with ingredients you have never heard of, and to soak in your surroundings as if you’ll never be here to see them again. You play the part, so it’s...Read More
By Caroline Chesterman It’s really not even a competition. 1. Gazing up at the colorful houses of Positano Gorgeous houses to your right and crystal clear water directly in front of you? Yea, I can get used to this. 2. Drinking granitas in Capri Freshly made orange slushies!? I’ll take 5. These orange drinks are a...Read More
By Sara Hennings A lot of people these days are embracing the foodie culture that has become a huge part of our generation. Gastronomic cuisine consisting of an amuse bouche, deconstructed dishes, and amazing presentations of some of the most simple ingredients. Hold up, amus…what? Don’t get me wrong, the foodie culture is fantastic and...Read More
