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• Off the Beaten Track: Grey Nomads on a Red Continent*

  

  Beatrix Kramlovsky Our guest this week is the Austrian author and artist, Beatrix Kramlovsky, who is also an avid traveler. In addition to writing novels,... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down!

  

  By Kelly Raftery The last Romanov Rulers, Nicholas II and Alexandra at a fancy dress ball. Today, there is a place called the Russian Federation. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

  

  A remarkable story of courage, good luck & perserverance Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY

• History: Reread and Rewritten

  

  By Beth Green One of the biggest thrills for me when researching a place to visit—whether for tourism or for living abroad—is reading about its history. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Diplomacy in Silk

  

  By Heidi Noroozy Polonaise carpet in theIranian Carpet Museum Let’s take a trip back in time. We’ll set our time machine for early 17th-century Isfahan at the... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Off The Beaten Track: New Life in Northern Thailand

  

  We're pleased to welcome Kim Roberts as our guest today. Kim teaches mindfulness practices such as yoga and meditation and coaches clients at New Life Foundatio... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• My Virgin Voyage

  

  By Patricia Winton As I began my first trip to Italy, I became one of 6,000 people stranded at Kennedy airport during the February 1969 nor’easter that shut it... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Travel Snapshot: Easter in the Philippines

  

  Easter week, or Semana Santa, is one of the most important holidays in the Philippines.Businesses shut down, workers return home for a visit, and many take... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Cultural Paradise

  

  By Alli Sinclair The first time I traveled out of the country I exchanged the sandy beaches in Australia for the tropical shores of Bali, Indonesia. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• My First Time In A War Zone

  

  By Jenni Gate Car in Sandbox Photo by Tim Lang (CC by 2.0) At the age of six, I was magical. I had the power to create and shape anything I wanted in my sandbox. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Off the Beaten Track: They Leave Their Babies Outside

  

  Our guest today is Amulya Malladi, the author of five novels published by the Random House Publishing Group. Born and raised in India, she has a bachelor’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• You Can Never Go Home, Reverse Culture Shock

  

  By Kelly Raftery As a newly minted Russian Area Studies degree holder, a chance meeting with another student led me to my first job in Russia--representing the... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Karma Chameleon

  

  By Supriya Savkoor As the daughter of immigrants, someone with brown skin and a somewhat eastern upbringing, I should have a lot to say on the topic of fitting... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• What Do You Mean There's Mangoes In This?

  

  Moving to a new country is exhilarating. Photo by D.C. Pelka By Beth Green First stage, Honeymoon: You’re thrilled to be here in [insert country name]. It’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 TRAVEL

• Indecision in the Land of Overabundance

  

  By Heidi Noroozy Tram drivers in Gotha, GDRPhoto by Felix O (CC BY-SA 2.0) It’s 1981 and I’m on my way to Marxism class in the tooth-shaped University Tower on... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Off The Beaten Track--Why Write About England?

  

  We're pleased to host author Jeri Westerson today as our guest poster. Jeri seems permanently ensconced in fourteenth century England, writing about Crispin... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Warmth and Light

  

  By Patricia Winton When I pull my suitcase from the top shelf, two items are sure to find their way into the bag: a shawl and a mini-LED flashlight. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• An Expat's Bag

  

  By Beth Green My purse and I in Prague, 2004. When I lived in the States, my purse was always full of predictable contents: a compact, some keys, a pen, and a... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Night of the Small Swiss Knife

  

  By Kelly Raftery I held back tears when saying an unexpected good-bye to an old friend at the airport recently. We had been together for a very long time and ha... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Heroic Journey of Travel

  

  We have a guest blogger today. J. Suzanne Frank is the author of the popular Chloe and Cheftu time travel series and the Dallas O'Connor mysteries.... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 BOOKS, DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL