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February 10, 2016
Eleni's Cookies Speak the Language of Love
Looking for a global gift for someone you love? Perhaps for an upcoming holiday?I've got the perfect thing for you. Eleni's Cookies, located in NYC, is well-known for their custom, hand-iced Conversation Cookies. With the Language of Love cookie set, you'll discover 10 heart-shaped cookies, with I Love You in ten different languages! Isn't this genius?
The cookies are baked in a nut-free bakery, and are kosher certified. But do they taste good? The a...
February 9, 2016
4 Ways to Prepare for Happy Travels
Travel can be glorious, life-changing, intruiging, fun, insightful, but also oh so stressful. For not only are you dealing with a different environment, but also transportation, finding food in a new place when you're hungry (a stressful time for me, at least!), and possibly a different language.
All of the stress is worth it, we know this - but there has to be some trick to prepping for travel, so that it's more happy! Why happy? Well, when you're...
February 8, 2016
#StudyAbroadBecause... It will make you fall in love with the world!
Maria Haase is an Online Marketing Consultant during the day and Travel Writer at night. Born and raised in Germany, she decided to move to the US, first as a High School Exchange Student and later to study Business in San Diego. Between degrees, Maria also spent 6 months doing an internship in Beijing, China, where she discovered her passion for Blogging and Online Marketing. After receiving her MBA, she started her own company to help travel compani...
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with Your Family
Welcome to the year of the monkey! February 8th marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, celebrated by people throughout the world, especially in China. The 15-day festivities are a time to come together with family, express gratitude, and look forward to another year. In some ways, it’s like the American version of Christmas, New Year’s, and Thanksgiving Day all rolled into one, long celebration.
The Great Wall of China
What do we love about the Chi...
February 7, 2016
Florida Culture for the Week of February 8, 2016 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of February 8, 2016 by Josh Garrick
TONITE – Feb 8 at 8 pm – An Evening with 2Cellos
The 2 young Croatian heart-throb cellists, Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as 2CELLOS, have achieved international success by taking the cello to a new level with their incredible talent and passion. They have broken down the boundaries between classical and film music to pop and rock, and are equally impressive whether playing Bach...
February 4, 2016
Cold Play ... But Every Day? London in Winter
Now...it did not start well. A wifely expletive, just as I'd closed the door of the apartment; the gut-chilling realisation that the security swipe card and keys were inside. So too, the bag containing the flight tickets and a wad of currency. Duck indeed! Contact the building manager. He'd gone home. Messages left, taxi cancelled. Time critical, called Wendy's daughter Emily, a last resort. She had a spare key and security swipe card, but was also 2...
Museo Atlantico: A New Underwater Museum in Lanzarote, Spain
One of my very favorite artists is Jason deCaires Taylor. His underwater sculptures have long intrigued me. I can't WAIT to get underwater and see them. We've interviewed Jason about the Underwater Sculpture Park he created in Grenada. We've also written about his underwater sculptures in Mexico, and his Rising Tide on the Thames in London.
Now, Jason deCaires Taylor is installingthe first phase of sculptures in Museo Atlantico, the first underwater...
Top 10 European Destinations to Visit in 2016!
Europe is blessed with such stunning natural landscapes and wonderful cities, that it’s impossible to travel and explore this vast continent in one go. The usual, bucket list European destinations like London, Paris and Rome are still popular, but are always getting jam-packed with tourists. Add the challenges of mass migration of refuges to European hinterlands, exploring the conventional, mainstream European Cities is certainly not among the most...
February 2, 2016
Best Study Abroad Advice From One Who's Been There
My best advice for students who are going abroad:
(1) Secure your finances.
(2) Secure your finances.
(3) Know how to call the emergency number wherever you are.
(4) Make local friends. There are so many ways to do this:
(4a) Find a tandem on Facebook in order to practice local languages while simultaneously helping someone else learn a language.
(4b) Find an exchange group or a local group in something you're interested in. Once again, Faceboo...
February 1, 2016
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Minneapolis, Minnesota
I met my friend from Minneapolis over a decade ago and we’ve been friends ever since. She was one of the first to show me the joys of Midwest life, explain the intricacies of a lock and dam, share the roadside attraction of the Jolly Green Giant, and take me to the mecca that is the Mall of America. She was with me when I set foot in Lake Superior, crossed the border into Wisconsin, ogled at the Spoon and Cherry in the country’s largest urban sculp...
