Posts Tagged with "interviews"

An American Girl in Jordan: An Interview with Cari Pittleman

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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An American Girl in Jordan: An Interview with Cari Pittleman

Today, I’d like to introduce Cari Pittleman; a fantastic writer and avid traveler who truly embodies the twenty-something travel lifestyle. Cari has spent time studying in Spain, Mexico and Ecuador in addition to traveling through South Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Currently she is studying Arabic full time in Amman, Jordan. Cari is also [...]

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Studying French in Bordeaux: An Interview with Jason Hirama

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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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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Sex, Drugs and the Travel Bug: An Interview with Grant Lingel

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

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Grant Lingel is a talented author who embodies the Twenty-Something Travel philosophy. Leaving college just 7 credits short of a degree, Grant moved to Mexico with nothing but a plane ticket and $300 in his pocket. The resulting adventures through Mexico and Central America are described in his new book Imagine: A Vagabond Story . [...]

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First Person Perspective: Teaching English in Korea

Sunday, August 9, 2009

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Alex Pollack is originally from Memphis, Tennesee and is starting this fall as an MFA student at The University of Central Florida. In 2007 and 2008 he spent a year teaching English in Bundang, South Korea, and experience he chronicled on his truly excellent blog Gorilla Teacher: Diaries of a Young American in South Korea. [...]

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