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Category: Travel

Life abroad, Oceania, Study abroad, Travel

Say yes to everything

Posted onApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020

After studying abroad in Sydney, Australia for a month and a half I learned one of the most important life lessons: to be open to…

Travel, Wanderlust

The Privilege of a Passport

Posted onMarch 5, 2020March 3, 2020

It’s a small, blue book. A sign of American citizenship and an interest in the foreign. Its blank pages embody possibilities for adventures and the…

Accomodation, Travel

Surviving the first stay with your partner’s family

Posted onFebruary 22, 2020February 21, 2020

My partner’s family currently lives in Las Vegas, which means I was able to spend nine glorious days in the sun over winter break. However,…

Travel, Wanderlust

International Studies

Posted onFebruary 16, 2020February 16, 2020

I started college at UW Madison with no idea what I was doing or where I was going. All I knew was that I based…

Health, Travel

5 Easy Ways to Stay Healthy While Traveling

Posted onDecember 28, 2019December 28, 2019

“My body is finely tuned, like a microchip, and the flu is like a grain of sand. It could literally shut down the entire system.”…

Transportation, Travel

Cruisin’ through destinations

Posted onSeptember 22, 2019December 28, 2019

Cruising can get a bad reputation from the obnoxious advertisements on television and the overall reputation of being an Americanized tourist trap. However, I am…

Life abroad, Travel

The privilege of being a native-English speaker

Posted onNovember 13, 2018November 13, 2018

There is immense privilege embedded in the English language, and I want to recognize that right away. Many people, English-speaking or not, seem to hold…

Packing, Travel

5 products to up your travel game

Posted onJuly 16, 2018

I tend to buy a lot of travel products and gadgets. I see them as totally necessary and frankly I’m a little obsessed, but I’ve…

Money, Travel

10 reasons why money is better spent on travel than on stuff

Posted onMay 9, 2018

Travel includes some tangible items: plane tickets, bus passes and souvenirs. But the intangible aspects of life that can seldom be found in the items…

Travel

Why you should keep a travel journal

Posted onApril 22, 2018April 22, 2018

There are about 30 million reasons to catalog your travel adventures. Why wouldn’t you want to remember your experiences? Here are some of the reasons…

Mental health, Travel

How to stay sane while traveling with your family

Posted onApril 18, 2018September 8, 2018

If your family is anything like mine, you are close; so close, in fact, that you absolutely drive each other insane. Traveling is no exception,…

Travel, Wanderlust

Where to next? One traveler’s bucket list

Posted onApril 7, 2018April 8, 2018

Once you’ve been bitten by the travel bug, it’s impossible not to daydream about all of the places you’d like to go. From trekking through…

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