Jessie Voigts's Blog, page 152
October 12, 2017
Top things to do when your flight is delayed
When you’re all set to jet off to sunnier shores or even travelling for business purposes, no one likes to hear the words that their flight has been delayed, right?
However, each and every day, in all corners of the globe, flights are delayed and cancelled for a variety of different reasons.
From technical issues to extreme weather conditions causing havoc in the air, flights can be delayed or cancelled with little notice.
Flight delays are not on...
October 11, 2017
3 Places to Consider for a Southern Vacation
You may think of country music and humid, sunny weather when you picture the American south. Plan a vacation to a gorgeous southern destination to find out how much more the south has hidden away. From historic parks to the Atlantic coast, you might just find a new favorite vacation spot.
Savannah is a beautiful, historic southern town covered in Spanish moss. You'll find it very walkable with lovely green spaces interspersed thro...
9 Places to Celebrate Love, All Around the World
While you can celebrate love anywhere in the world (especially if you are with your loved one!), there are some places that just exude LOVE. It might be a romantic setting, a historical setting that exemplifies love, or a location that changed the way we think about romantic love.
Juliet’s Balcony, Verona. Wikimedia Commons: Vivaverdi, adapted by Wandering Educators
Here are 9 great places to celebrate love... 1. IndiaYou’ve got the Taj Mahal, the...
How to transform any destination into a romantic getaway
Planning a romantic trip can sometimes prove hard to do - especially if your finances are a little low and you can’t take your partner to a Michelin-starred restaurant or fly somewhere tropical. But what you should always try and remember is that it’s not about where you go, but the effort you put into making that getaway into something extra special for you and your other half.
Here are a few handy tips that will help you transform any destination...
October 9, 2017
Studying Abroad in London: A Quick Look Around The Cotswolds
Thanks for checking out the next blog in my series on traveling outside of London during your time abroad! If you didn’t get a chance to start at the beginning, make sure you read my first post here. Then you can check out my next four trips to Stonehenge, Bath, York, and Oxford before checking out the Cotswolds!
Once you visit Oxford, I would recommend to continue to the Cotswolds. While it is not as easy to access by train, if you have the chan...
Learning Ojibwe with Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia
Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia provides new materials for learning Ojibwe
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Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia is a non-profit organization established for the purpose of collaborating to revitalize indigenous languages. To aid in the efforts of this movement, we create, produce, and distribute high quality indigenous language materials. Using cutting edge technologies, Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia aims to help close the gap between those
who are trying to learn and the speake...
Swimming through the sea: Adventures at the Great Barrier Reef
Nothing, I think, hurts much more than extremely cold water. It is like a thousand little knives hitting your body. And then there’s the bone-aching cold that numbs your body and makes it hurt to move. You do not want to swim in extremely cold water, unless you have a dry suit. Fortunately we were going scuba diving in Northern Australia - in Cairns. After a boat ride of an hour and a half, we reached the Great Barrier Reef, the biggest reef on the...
4 places you must visit on a trip to Florida
Planning a holiday in Florida? Then be sure to include these top four destinations on your travels:
Magic city - that’s what Miami’s called, and not without good reason. You’ll discover a tantalising mix of vibrant city life cheek by jowl with a landscape of unsurpassed natural beauty.
Striking coastlines, stunning parks, and iconic art deco architecture are all topped off with wonderful weather much of the year – so why not visit...
October 8, 2017
Florida Culture for the Week of October 8, 2017 By Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of October 8, 2017 By Josh Garrick
NOW to Oct 22 – BIG RIVER: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adapted from the classic American novel by Mark Twain, BIG RIVER tells the story of ‘Huck’ Finn, run-away slave Jim, and the (musical) journey they take along the Mississippi River. Their adventures are told through ‘foot-stompin’ music and lyrics by Roger Miller as they navigate their way at a time when freedom and bi-racia...
October 5, 2017
#StudyAbroadBecause...you learn a lot when you’re lost!
Maria Castello is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied English writing and literature. During her time in college, she spent a semester studying in London, where she interned with a small publishing company. She loved her study abroad experience so much she is now planning to attend graduate school and pursue a career in international education. She loves classic novels, tortoiseshell cats, and green tea, and is current...
