Wanderful NYC has chosen The Memory Book: One Woman’s Self-Discovery in the Mist of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by Linda Fischer to be our June/July travel book club book. Learn more about our…
How Someone Else’s Wanderings Intersect with Yours: A Review of “Six Years of A Floating Life: A Memoir”
Image by Flickr user pdomara. For anyone who has wandered or has wondered about wandering, this memoir will be a pleasurable representative of that experience. The Humanness of Travel As…
Announcing our next book club book!
This spring, Wanderful Detroit chose to read Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme’s My Life in France for our travel book club this April and May! Learn more about our travel book…
How to Save the Rainforest: A Review of Amazon Burning
As a travel writer… I love nothing more than being inspired to travel to a new destination. As a self-proclaimed eco warrior… I love reading about environmental protection and some…
Ode to Arabic: Language Learning + Long-Term Relationships
The notorious Al-Kitaab textbook for Arabic students. Image by Lucy Copp. How it began… I believe that languages are living, breathing things, and that it’s possible for any girl of an adventurous…
9 Travel Movies to Satisfy your Wanderlust
Image by Flickr user gazeronly. It’s fall in the northern hemisphere – season of pumpkin spice lattes, crisp autumn leaves and, if you’re anything like us, a brief recovery from…
Survival Guide: 5 Steps for Curing Wanderlust
Wanderlust be gone! Image by Sabina Trojanova. This week we’re debuting the fresh voices of the Go Girl Blogging Program! Stay tuned for a new article from a new contributor…
15 Inuktitut Words to Know Before Visiting Iqaluit
Every July 9th, Nunavut celebrates its anniversary as Canada’s youngest territory. In honour of Nunavut Day, here is a list of 15 Inuktitut words travellers or newcomers should know before…
5 Songs to Understand Brazilians
Defining any country is impossible, but music brings us close. Image from globaltoynews.com. When people think of Brazilians they either think of happy people on the beach or soccer players….
Laughable Languages: Funny Phonology, Strange Semantics, and Other Adventures in Foreign Language Acquisition
I should start this article by apologizing for the technical terms in the title. Now in my final semester as an undergraduate student, I made the dubious decision to…
Les implications de la langue, or how I learned to obsess about language
Note: this article is also posted on Not Another Wave. A few years ago, a friend and I were talking about language and gender balances. I don’t remember how we…