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taught children a new language, they loved orphans with their entire heart and soul, and they helped me realize that by any type of volunteering I do, I will be making a difference. Whether I am helping animals who have been abused or if I decide to travel around the world to volunteer at a school – I. Am. Making. A.…

While beachside resort towns like Cancun, Cozumel or Los Cabos get all the attention, quiet little San Miguel is a well-kept secret treasure. Once visitors experience this magical place set in the high desert mountains, they instantly fall in love, and many decide to make San Miguel their home. In fact, almost twenty percent of the residents of San Miguel are expatriates. What’s so great about this charming city? For starters, there’s the breathtaking and well-preserved Colonial and Spanish…

had to do for part of school. But it was all totally worth it and I would take this chance again in a heartbeat.” Aspired by his father’s travels, Byrdez and his father bond with wanderlust imbedded in his blood. “He travels definitely more than I do, but he took me with him for these trips. He has been all around Europe and really loves to travel, so he inspired me make that start. I can honestly say traveling has helped me grow and develop who I am today. It was really an eye opener…

The word journey can take on multiple meanings. It can simply mean a trip from one place to another or it can represent a period of personal growth for a person or thing. When I think about a journey I think of both of these meanings because just like many other people, I have experienced both. Journeys are fun to take. Whether you take a literal journey or a figurative one, journeys are great experiences that we get to have. When a journey is begun, it can be very hard to adjust to the changes…

seemingly everlasting beauty and history, was one of the stops on my first trip to Europe. My high school offered a travel club for students to travel somewhere of their choice, and this year I was able to finally fulfill my dreams of visiting Ireland, however, along with Ireland came a trip through Wales and into England. This was how I came to be in Anne Hathaway’s garden. Our travel club, which only consisted of myself and my teacher, was joined by students from North Carolina and…

Travelling is always the great opportunity to see the world and to expand the boundaries of your perception of your life and of what surrounds you. Travelling is one of the best ways to experience what you have never tried before, to look at the usual things from the different angle. That is why I was so lucky to have a five-day trip to Bogota, D.C. Colombia. I was invited to visit Bogota with my second family and I was very happy about this fact as living with people you know is always much…

A big part in my family is traveling, and we all love to travel. Everyone in my family has traveled to many places, including Europe, Asia, Australia, and even Africa! One of my favorite places I have ever traveled to was South America. Absolutely beautiful jungles and beaches, I could get lost in the jungles green beauty with exotic animals, and listen to the sweet ocean waves crash over the haystack rocks. Costa Rica is absolutely stunning, and that is why I love the country deeply. When I…

Dating back into the beginnings of mankind, travel has long been a reoccurring trait in human history. With some in search for resources, and others in search for the meaning of life, the universal pattern regarding a journey merged into the search for knowledge. Cavafy echoes this sentiment in his poem Ithaka which communicates that you will be “rich with all [the knowledge and experiences] you have gained” after arriving at your destination. Like the promises made in the poem, Alexander von…

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 persuades her audience. Machado constructs her argument using Aristotle's ethos strategy more so than logos or pathos. She gives an important background information on herself; Such as how she wish to travel since high school. She connects with the millennials…

A journey is commonly defined as traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time. The impression of a journey in a modern person’s viewpoint is one of a physical journey over long distances. However, dating back to the post renaissance era, the concept of a journey can be regarded as a nonphysical one. This concept of a nonphysical journey is seen through the stories of “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri and “Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen. The journeys of the two protagonists…