Jun 9, 2012

You’re booked for an early-morning July flight to the United Kingdom. You got your tickets for the gymnastics program months ago, thanks to your quick web surfing. You watched The King’s Speech for the hundredth time to try and understand British customs. Now what?

Jun 7, 2012

Want to get away from it all without the hassle of rolling out of bed?  We seldom hear about the following travel novels, but they consistently rank in lists of the best travel novels of all time. So kick back and make your novel escape through small-town America, Russia, or Patagonia by simply turning the pages. Travels with Charley: In Search of...

Jun 7, 2012

Summer is a time for food, fun, and festivals. Here are some of the coolest and weirdest festivals going on this summer all over the world. Bolas de Fuego: Balls of FireSan Salvador, El Salvador It’s sundown in Nejapa, San Salvador. Two teams line the streets, their faces smeared in war paint. Suddenly, shouting and running at each other, they raise their arms...

Jun 7, 2012

Go grab your surfboards and hit the beach—you’re in England! Surfboards? That’s right. Though England may seem like a travel destination with only old houses and rolling countryside, there is a budding surfing population that attracts some attention away from the typical histor­ic sites. So move over, Shakespeare: surfing is coming your way! Traveling to...

Jun 7, 2012

The Four Corners of the Kitchen Hide your dried spices in the back of your cupboard and shove your canned goods into a dark drawer; it’s time to pull out the fresh ingredients that make summer taste so invigorating. Refresh your taste buds with our fresh herb of choice—cilantro. Used in ancient love potions by the Chinese and clinically proven to add extra...

Jun 7, 2012

Many Japanese foods that are popular today both in Japan and throughout the world didn’t actually originate in Japan. Gyoza (potstickers) and yakisoba (similar to Chinese chow mein) both originated in China. And tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet) is a Western dish adapted by the Japanese. But curry has a particularly unique story. The journey curry made from...

Jun 7, 2012

From the time of Orville and Wilbur Wright, flying has mesmerized people around the world. And it’s understandable. Take a peek at flying's first memories and the new innovations being made today.

Jun 7, 2012

No matter what you’re looking for, you can find it here. The diversity of Tokyo makes it everyone’s city. But it can also leave visitors completely overwhelmed as they try to figure out where to start.

Jun 7, 2012

Patagonia remains somewhat of a mystery to many world travelers, and at the same time serves as a symbol of the extreme in world geography. In his book Patagonia Revisited, travel writer Bruce Chatwin sums up the mystery of this largely unfamiliar region: “Since its discovery by Magellan in 1520, Patagonia was known as a country of black fogs and whirlwinds at...

Jun 7, 2012

Throughout Angoulême, France—a city that is more than 2,000 years old—approximately 30 wall paintings celebrate comic-book art.