In December of 2019 – just before the pandemic hit – I was lucky enough to spend the holiday season traveling Europe. Naturally, I made sure to visit some of the most iconic Christmas markets, including ones in Berlin, Munich and Prague. As we enter into an unusually isolated holiday…
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Opinion: Holiday Travel and Parties Can Wait
COVID-19 has changed the way life has operated for the past nine months. One of the biggest changes due to the pandemic is that social distancing protocols across the country have made gatherings for the holidays difficult. The holiday season – including holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa –…
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How to Travel During a Pandemic
Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, travel has been understandably restricted. For those, like me, who have a distinctly high sense of wanderlust that has only increased during lockdown, travel is not canceled – it just looks different. For those wanting to travel during their time at home, here are…
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Quick trips to take over Spring Break
Spring break is more than just a week off from classes. It is also a great opportunity to travel, explore and have fun. While most of us don’t have the time or the money to travel to places like Italy or the United Kingdom, there are plenty of places relatively…
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Travel Diaries: 72 hours solo in Chicago
When the holiday season ended, I was not looking forward to the unfortunate lull of mid-January before the semester started. On a whim, I decided to book a train ticket and spend a few days in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago in January? Yes, a rather bold choice. However, the weather played…
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Travel Diaries: Iowa City
I’ve never taken a trip over fall break before. Being from Liberty, I’ve never even gone home because I was home. But after spending the last year at Oxford, where a trip to London or even the European continent was a few hours away, the last couple of months here…
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Jewell non-profit major works with organic farms in Thailand
Mikaela Papageorgiou, senior non-profit leadership and communication double major, has wanted to use her journey grant to visit Thailand for a while now. “It had been a dream of mine to go to Thailand ever since freshman year of college, just learning more and more about it and the different…
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Traveling tips: Stress free flying
“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” It is a plane. Traveling by plane is a great way to get far away from your hometown and explore places you would never be able to if you were driving. The most stressful thing about flying, however, is the before and after situation.…
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Traveling on a college student’s dime: going to OKC
There is actually more than one “KC” in the Midwest. Although the other is Oklahoma City, known lovingly as OKC, it’s still a pretty cool and eclectic place to travel around. Full of history, activities and good food, I went to Oklahoma City this weekend to check out the scene.…
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