Heather knew she was going to China the minute she saw the Great Wall featured in Mulan at the age of six. The idea for studying in China came up during her first year in high school when, after eight years of Spanish, she wanted to try something new. Between Japanese, Arabic, and Chinese, the…
With a blog called Read to Travel, it’s no surprise that the beginning of Tara Higgin’s travel experiences outside of the Western Hemisphere have more studious foundations. Born in Connecticut, USA, she has traveled around the US with her family and later, in college, with her volleyball team, and she even went on a Caribbean…
There’s always a little bit of magic when you find someone who’s ready to take off roaming the world. It’s even more special when that someone turns out to be the love of your life and your husband. While Nic and Shorty may not have known back in the summer of 2002 that they would…
Born on St. Thomas, Kimmoy Matthews was raised visiting families on neighboring islands, including St. Kitts. While some people dream of resettling to a tropical island to spend the rest of their lives, Kimmoy decided the world was too big to spend in paradise forever, so she booked a ticket to Spain as soon as…
She may only be 22 and recently graduated from university, but Michelle Serra has already been able to travel around the world, probably more than most twice or even three times her age. “I love to travel, and I try to do it as often as I can. It’s such an amazing privilege to get…
2021 Update: I’ve noticed this post is getting some traction for some God-forsaken reason. If you can’t tell from this site, I am very pro-travel and study abroad (I did it twice in college). This is an extremely sarcastic article I wrote off the cuff in response to some random think piece article doing…