Archive for November, 2009

Friday Postcard: Banbury, Oxfordshire

Friday Postcard: Banbury, Oxfordshire

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by .

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cool tree, originally uploaded by StephYo. The staircase of Upton House, a country home outside of London. Upton is known for it’s art collection and for beautiful gardens, run by the National Trust. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Studying French in Bordeaux: An Interview with Jason Hirama

Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by .

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How would you like to spend a summer in Southern France, drinking wine, playing tennis and learning the beautiful French language? That’s exactly what  Jason Hirama did. How did you come to the decision to move to move to Bordeaux to study French? The decision ultimately came down to two considerations.  The first was that [...]

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Why Travel Won’t Solve All Your Problems (and Why it’s Still Worth it)

Why Travel Won’t Solve All Your Problems (and Why it’s Still Worth it)

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by .

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A few weeks ago I got in a discussion with a good friend living abroad about some personal problems she was experiencing. After a thorough analysis she sighed and told me “it’s really true, no matter where you go, there you are.” While long term travel might seem like a way to escape the troubles [...]

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Inside the Rat Temple with Alex Budak

Inside the Rat Temple with Alex Budak

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by .

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Peering around a dark, damp corner, in search of my source of good luck, I was startled as I felt a strange combination of fur and flesh touch my foot.  I looked down and saw a huge rat sidling up to me, and before you can say “Karni Mata” I was out of there. About [...]

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Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Friday Postcard: Washington DC

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by .

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Shade on the mall, originally uploaded by StephYo. Modern art statues on the Mall in DC with the dome of the Natural History Museum peaking up in the background. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)

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Blog Update and In Case You Missed it Links

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by .

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Happy (belated) Halloween! Halloween is my favorite holiday- I remember being so disappointed going to Britain and discovering that not everyone celebrates it as fervently as the Americans do. Ever since then I’ve tried to put my all into my Halloween costume. This year, as you can see, I was Carmen San Diego! If you [...]

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Twenty-Something Travel featured on Lonely Planet Homepage!

Twenty-Something Travel featured on Lonely Planet Homepage!

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by .

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I woke up this morning and, as is my daily routine, logged on to check my blog stats (I’m a tad obsessed). I was SHOCKED to see  that by 8 am I had more visitors than I see normally in a day! After a little investigation (reading my email), I discovered that an article I [...]

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Working Abroad with BUNAC (Part 2 of 2)

Working Abroad with BUNAC (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by .

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Read Part One Here The Difference between Traveling and Working Abroad When I imagined myself living in London, I had this vision of jet-setting every weekend to different locations around Europe. I was wrong. For starters, I was poor. Very poor. London is terrific but as we all know it is very, very expensive. I [...]

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Working Abroad with BUNAC (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on 01. Nov, 2009 by .

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I’ve wanted to talk about my experiences working abroad with the BUNAC work visa program for awhile now. The six months I spent working and living in London are some of the happiest months of my life up to this point. But even though I went to London and not India or the Dominican Republic, [...]

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