Modern travelers, I think, sometimes speak the word "layover" in the same tone of voice a Plymouth Colony preacher's wife in the seventeenth century might have uttered the word "prostitute." There is, it's sometimes implied, something ghastly about the business. It is not to be extolled, and if at all possible it is to be avoided altogether. Layover
Ah, Italy. I have to tell you, I've become even more enamored (is this possible?) with Italy since our Living in Italy Editor, Ashley Bartner, came on board and started sharing her stories and photos of Italy. From festivals to local events - and, of course, food - Ashley shares her love of Italy, local food, and transforms us with it.
One of the most important terms in international education and intercultural learning is a new term - Worldschooling. Coined by Eli Gerzon, worldschooling is "when the whole world is your school, instead school being your whole world."
Cead Mile Failte - one hundred thousand welcomes. This is the welcome when you visit http://www.knockahopple.com, and I am sure it is more than one hundred thousand welcomes when you are lucky enough to visit Knockahopple, in Ireland.
When I was doing an interview for wanderingeducators.com with Jason deCaires Taylor, artist and sculptor of the Underwater Sculpture Park in Grenada, I just fell in love with the beauty of Grenada. I love its history, as the Spice Island. I love the scenes - gorgeous coastline, blue blue waters, and the green of the island's interiors. As well, I have met some very friendly people!
A teenage girl peers from a guesthouse room at a village in Tiger Leaping Gorge. A stunning natural wonder tucked away in China’s Yunnan Province, the gorge is one of the world's deepest canyons. Here the Yangtze River is pushed to the narrowest point of its 4,000-mile long journey.
Two women, perhaps talking about the strange guy with the camera, on a bus in the far south of China (probably about 10 miles from the Lao border).