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An Amateur Wanderlust

I had never left the country without my parents. I live minutes away from the Mexican border yet I've never crossed it. The last intercontinental voyage I embarked on was to the Philippines with my mom when I was two. But I was sixteen, and I was headed for London with my tour group of...

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Spain

Madrid & London in One Week

     During my last high school spring break, I took a trip to Spain and England to celebrate my high school graduation and eighteenth birthday. My parents, aunt, grandma, cousin, and I took a flight on Iberia Airlines to the airport in Madrid, Spain. We left LAX ( Los Angeles...

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skipping rocks in Cornwall

A trip to my childhood

  A trip to visit my family was what it was. We hit the red eye flight, including the awful level of comfort to sleep in first class, and the movies that no one else can get on DVD yet. It was a start to a very nice trip. We landed at Gatwick airport in London at about 9 am England time,...

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London calling

The summer after I graduated, I took a 9 day trip to England and Scotland.  It was the best experience of my life.  I had dreamed of going to England since I was in middle school.  My friend, Jen, and I always said we would go one day.  One day my junior year,...

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A Life Without Travels Is No Life At All

I've always believed in a life of adventure. Adventure means different things to different people, but my adventure...my adventure is free and unpredictable. I fly with the wind, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I can't give much advice about how to plan the...

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Across the Pond - My Trips to England

Three years ago, my aunt took me to England to visit my cousin who was at the time stationed there while working for the American Embassy.  We visited all of the major landmarks, and my cousin showed us several of the local hideouts as well.  I absolutely fell in LOVE with England...

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The Curious Travels of Ashley van der Laan

     Throughout my life, I have been privileged to have numerous family vacations all over the world.  Recently, however, I have had a new found independence and find traveling alone invigorating.  Now when I say alone, I don't just mean aimlessly wandering the...

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Paradise in Europe

In the summer of 2010, I went with my family, high school band, and high school choir on a concert tour of three European countries. We went to play in Hamburg, Germany, Ypres, Belgium, and Seven Oaks, England. Our tour was based upon the celebration of our sister school in...

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The Next Trip to England

     In 2010, my mom, sister, and I traveled to England for a week.  My grandma came to America from London when she was 17 years old, and all of her family still remains in London.  We try to make it back to London and the Isle of Wight every few years to...

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Biker chick in Berlin

You don't have to know people to surf on their couches.

  Every time I told someone that I was going to backpack around Western Europe by myself, I got one of two responses. It was either, "By yourself? That's so dangerous!" or "That's awesome! I'm so jealous!" The latter was much more accurate. I planned...

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