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February 14, 2015
#StudyAbroadBecause the world gets smaller each time you do!
Amy Whitley is an outdoors and family travel writer making her home in Southern Oregon. An avid traveler, backpacker, skier, and hiker, Amy has written about family and outdoors travel experiences ranging from yurt camping to hut-to-hut skiing to city touring for family travel site Pit Stops for Kids and national publications.
Giving Love: #JustOneRhino
If you’re wondering about Valentine’s Day gifts, I have an idea (and this goes much further than today’s holiday).
February 13, 2015
#StudyAbroadBecause an adventure of a lifetime awaits you
Kim Reiner is the PR coordinator of a nonprofit in Omaha, Neb., and a mother of two beautiful kids. She's spent more than 2 years abroad, studying in Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Belgium. She dreams of traveling the world, but until then, she writes at OhMyOmaha.com, a parent's guide to her hometown.
Let’s Speak?
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Communication between humans is an extremely complex and ever-changing phenomenon, but there are certain generalisations that we can make about the majority of communicative events and these will have particular relevance for the learning and teaching of languages.
February 12, 2015
#StudyAbroadBecause it’ll help you navigate other social codes more fluently
H.E. is a TCK [Third Culture Kid] (French/German) who grew up in Luxembourg. She got her BA in the USA and her MA in England.
February 11, 2015
2015 Eat Smart in Turkey Culinary Tour
The good folks at Eat Smart Guides (we love them!) are doing an exciting new tour in 2015 to Turkey!
The Global Experiences of an International Business Student
YoungRock Kang was originally born in South Korea but was raised in Savannah, Georgia. She attended the University of Pittsburgh where she was actively involved in Phi Beta Lambda (the biggest business organization in the College of Business Administration [CBA]) and was also a Business Manager at Pitt Red Cross.
February 10, 2015
Scenes from Summer Camp
It was a beautiful night, and the stars were burning bright and vivid. Fireworks exploded in the air, reflecting off the still water of the lake. The vibrant colors morphed from blue to red, then orange and yellow and purple. It was almost too much to take in at once. All the while, a fire was blazing, creating orange and yellow patterns that were as enticing to see as the fireworks.
#TeachAbroadBecause Learning About Your Students Changes Your Life
Amanda Kendle was born and raised in Western Australia but left in her 20s to teach English in Japan, Slovakia, and Germany, before returning to Perth to continuing teaching English to foreign students in Australia before her travel-loving son was born.
February 9, 2015
Things We Miss When Traveling
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Traveling, as wonderful and exciting as it may be, takes a toll on us. After a while, it seems kind of nice to go home and be boring. Not that boring is a bad thing, when it comes to things we miss when traveling.
