Fellow traveler

is a not for profit educational travel organization for elderly adults that has been around since 1975. The program is for elderly folks that are age 55 years old and older. The programs range from one day to several weeks in length. The elderly travelers are provided with comfortable accommodations. Accommodations include, delicious meals, lectures, field trips, excursions, program related activities and also gratuities. Elderhostel offer traditional programs which are based on the Elderhostel…

worry-free vacation is different among travelers. This definition not only included freedom and flexibility of travelers, but also included a lower possibility of traveling obstacles. For independent travelers, worry-free vacation means having a full control on their own schedules. They are not short on time because everything is based on their own paces. They can alternate the schedule to flexibly fit their traveling styles. Moreover, independent travelers have more freedom in their…

INTRODUCTION: The meaning of Tourism is the limited period travelling for recreation, leisure, and family visiting purposes. Tourism is generally concise with trans-national travel, but it is also associate with travel of some other region within the country (John Swarbrooke, 2001). Tourism becomes the popular recreation activity now days around the globe. It relates to both domestic and international. International tourism create a good influence on country's balance of payments either it is…

What exactly is a “tourist experience”? The concept is both vast and abstract. Does it refer to that special something that travellers talk about upon returning home? Is it what makes people select your destination above others in a very competitive market? We need to establish just what it is that makes our product stand out. In this case, we need to figure out what makes Belgium stand out from other European countries. One reason for me is Belgium being the most strangest European country in…

The poem is being written through the perspective of the traveler where it begins with “two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Frost, line 1). Metaphorically the traveler has arrived at a stop and now is being faced with the difficult choice of choosing which direction to continue on. The poem continues, “and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth” (Frost, lines 4-5). The traveler is now looking down both roads and considering to travel one but he is only…

Traveling around the world is a luxurious experience that some wish; however the cost eliminates the yearning. In the article “How Millennials Are Changing Travel”, Amanda Machado argues that millennials should continue to travel despite the economic hardship. Through the usage of ethos, sentence structure, and conversational tone she conveys her audience. Machado constructs her argument using Aristotle's ethos strategy more so than logos or pathos. She gave an important background information…

The purpose of the excerpt from Bill Bryson’s Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe is trying to convey the idea to Americans(and others) that Europe is very different from America in its scenery and the way the people are, all the while keeping a humorous tone. He uses techniques such as epithet, anaphora, and, parallelism. Alongside these devices, he also uses levity so as not to bore the readers Epithet, using an adjective(s) to describe something, is present throughout the first…

out and touch it. This passage doesn’t describe a simple tombstone, rather, it paints a detailed picture of an important edifice, the solemn graveyard in which it sits and the forlorn mood of its surroundings. Furthermore, in the poem, “A narrow Fellow in the Grass,” Dickinson writes, “The Grass divides as with the Comb- / A spotted shaft is seen- / And then it closes at your feet / And opens further on-” (Lines 5-8) The descriptive imagery in this passage allows the reader to becomes an…

Overview The documentary Boys of Baraka, produced and directed by Heidi Ewing, and Rachel Grady is about 20 at risk boys from Baltimore, Maryland, who were selected to spend 2 years at a boarding school in Kenya, East Africa. The Baraka school is intended to change the attitude and behavior of their students, and give them specialized instruction to meet their educational needs. By removing them from their negative environment, it allowed them to focus on their education and themselves. The…

Metaphor and Symbolism in Langston Hughes’s My People My people is one of Langston Hughes’ poems which is about working class black African American people. In this poem, he compared the beauty of nature to the beauty of his people. My people is a very short poem, built in three stanzas which consist of two lines in each stanza. This poem was written in simple language, therefore, the readers can easily understand what he is trying to convey. I believe, beneath its simple words, this poem…