Summer 2014
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Au Pairs Overseas
Many college students want to travel the world but don’t have the money to fund their adventures abroad. One unique opportunity to explore a new country is to become an au pair, a young foreigner who usually helps with housework or childcare in exchange for room and board.
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Cruisin' the Florida Keys
The Overseas Highway connects Florida’s mainland to the Key Islands. The highway itself is impressive, spanning more than 100 miles and including 47 bridges. But beyond that, it’s a great way to see some of the best sights Florida has to offer.
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Stargazing in Tuscany
Have you ever seen something so beautiful you didn’t think it could possibly be real?
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Celebrate Independence Around the World
Every July 4, the United States celebrates its independence with barbecues, fireworks, games, and parades. Here’s a look at other independence days around the world.
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Promethean Spark: Igniting Change Through Dance
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is credited with bringing fire to humanity, an act that enabled the bursting forth of civilization. Today, Promethean Spark is spreading fire in the lives of youth from slums, orphanages, drug rehab centers, prisons, and leprosy colonies in South America, Africa, and India.
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Asthma and Peanuts and Bees, Oh My!
If you’re one of the growing number of people with allergies and asthma, then traveling might be a little intimidating. It can be easy to think only about what could go wrong. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can take a chill pill instead of a Benadryl, thanks to these tips and tricks for your next adventure.
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Finding Beauty in the Forgotten
What happens when the beautiful is abandoned? Sometimes it’s demolished, and sometimes it decays beyond recognition. But if we’re lucky, sometimes just enough of the beauty remains for us to see why we thought it was beautiful in the first place.
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Il Palio: Siena's Race for Glory
It's the middle of May, and you're being awakened by snare drums pounding outside your window. Tut . . . Rut tut tut . . . Rut tut tut tut tut.
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¡Vámonos a Granja Porcón, Perú!
As you sit in the back of a rickety taxi, winding higher and higher through the northern Andes and away from civilization, you may nervously wonder if you should have picked a more generic vacation spot. Rest assured. You’ll know you’re in the right place when you see the thirteen million hand-planted evergreens lining the mountains of Granja Porcón, Peru’s most impressive cooperative community.
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Magic and Movies: Seeing Miyazaki’s Japan
When people want to learn more about a foreign country, they usually ask someone who grew up there—someone who has breathed the air for decades, who knows the country inside and out, who looks upon the country with respect and love. This type of person is the key to learning more about the country than any book or Wikipedia page could ever tell you. For Japan, one such person is Hayao Miyazaki. The Legacy of Hayao Miyazaki Perhaps no artist has spread Japanese culture with more fervor and worldwide success than Miyazaki. It may be difficult to get a personal interview with him, but his art is easily accessible to the entire world.
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