My first long-distance train trip was a bit of a surreal experience. Headed from Avignon to Paris, the TGV (high-speed train) was the best combination of a fast and affordable…
Why Are You Going to Sacramento? 5 Answers
Sam’s beautiful room at HI Sacramento. Image by Sam Wu. It was a pretty common question I was posed when I told people about my trip: Why are you going…
Are You Catching Enough Z’s? Reviewing the Zzz Sleep Mask System
I was lucky enough to be sent a free Zzz sleep mask to try out. The premise behind the mask system is a simple, but novel one. Based on the thought that a lolling…
Relive the Golden Age of Travel: Orient Express
Travel the Orient Express: a slower, more luxurious pace. Image from albanianjournalism.com. Perhaps one of the reasons that traveling and being a vintage girl go so well together is that…
A train or two or three: a spring break odyssey
Sometimes it’s not about where you travel, but who you travel with. For spring break this past week, I decided to stick around close to Bologna (a combination of financial…
All Good Plans of Mice and (Wo)men
So here I am: At a McDonald’s outside of Gare d’Est in Paris because I have nowhere else to go, listening to a terrible rap song played on repeat over…
To Train or Not to Train?
Depending on your destination, you may have no choice but to travel by rail. Some countries, like the U.S., have less convenient railways and are better suited for road-trips or…
Be Patient. Please?
Last weekend I took the train home from Boston to Rhode Island. I arrived at the station from my umpteenth job interview and I hadn’t eaten since an early breakfast…
Toto, I Don’t Think We’re in College Anymore
I am back in America and anxious to see all of my friends, so traveling to three cities in six days didn’t seem like a big deal when I planned…
Michaela Finaly Arrives in Zanzibar!
Thank goodness! I have somehow managed to get through the 10 hour coach journey from Arusha to Dar (from one side of Tanzania to the other). After arguing with a…
Have to be flexible
My first night aboard the MV Explorer was rough. As soon as we pulled away from the port and Nassau began to disappear over the horizon, the ship began to…
Sometimes you just have to let go
As I stood in line waiting to board the MV Explorer, I thought to myself, “There’s no turning back now.” I looked around at all the other adventurous, excited college…
Out of Breath
We arrived five hours later than we thought we would in Agra, the city of the Taj Mahal. Those five hours spent waiting on the train, with no update from…
Delhi Extremes
The New Delhi train station is not exactly the most lively locale at five in the morning. And the journey there from the airport wasn’t exactly what one might consider a…
How do you prepare for a trip to India?
By Megan I decided that there is no one way to properly prepare for a visit to India. You can read novels, guide books, ask other travelers opinions, but in…