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Just a few more days to go…
Day 3: The Fun Stuff
You’re about ready to take off, and that’s something to celebrate! One of my favorite things to do is to make and listen to a travel playlist – mine is called King of the Road Tons of great songs have been written about [...]

Remember that color spectrum I wrote about a few weeks ago? That bright and brilliantly themed guide that, on Momondo, lists lodgings, clubs, restaurants and activities based on their ambiance?
It’s pretty fun.
And now, as part of the site’s contest, adding your own luminous location could win you some pretty great prizes (like the iPod Touch that [...]

Winter is woefully delaying its exit, and — at least here — another weekend spent indoors approaches. And so, if you need a little reading material…
Don’t worry, travel is probably one of the only addictions that doesn’t require professional help. Still, it’s fun to guage whether or not your desire to explore goes beyond passion and [...]

Charles Stevenson is a 26-year-old Washington state native and Managing Director of Snow or Sand, a student-oriented travel company founded in 2009.  From the West Coast, Charles leaped across the country to study at Boston’s Northeastern University and took another great leap to do a semester abroad in Perugia, Italy.  After graduation and two years [...]

The day of my departure is fast approaching, and I’m still running around like crazy getting ready! But busy doesn’t have to mean disorganized. Here are my suggestions for what to accomplish as you get closer and closer to take-off.
Day 8: More Details
Ask the post office to hold your mail or change your address to [...]

Anyone who is currently or will ever live abroad can benefit from the newly launched Expat Info Desk: unbiased city guides for expatriates that are relocating. Although the guides, and the site itself, seem to be marketed mostly toward corporate expats and their families, it seems that almost anyone could benefit from the information contained in [...]

Thanks to Megan’s super helpful post on homesickness, we already know that something as simple as watching your favorite TV shows from home can help keep that budding depression from rising while studying abroad. There is just one problem: where do you go to watch your favorite programs online?
When in the US watching TV online [...]

When most people think of Amsterdam, the first things that come to mind tend to be marijuana, legal prostitution, canals, and of course bikes.  Lots and lots of bikes.
It’s no surprise then that the city has been named the world’s most friendly biking city time after time again.  Amsterdammers love their bikes – in fact [...]

I am a devout fan of public transportation and of any city that has it together enough to have one card that works on every form of public transport on offer. London is most definitely that city. The Oyster Card is an awesome top up card that you can swipe and use on any and [...]

Peggy Retka has had a passion for travel ever since her first international experience. When she was fifteen, Peggy traveled in France for three weeks with her high school language teachers. She discovered a fascinating world that offered different experiences and perspectives from her hometown of Hastings, MN. From that point on, she was hooked.
Peggy [...]