Athens was like an art history book come to life, not just in a Reading Rainbow meets History Channel kind of way, but in an ultimate immers

Our various attempts to get from Point A to Point B are some of the most vivid memories I have of Athens . . . for better or worse.

One of the things that made my experience in Greece unique was the size of my travel group. This trip had close to 30 people, which naturall

That said, I figured that if North Africa and the Middle East were filled with English-speakers, Greece probably would be too, especially co

Being black. Being American. Being a woman. Three very different things that can overwhelmingly affect an experience abroad, especially when

My final reflections on my VCU Study Abroad experience in Qatar. The last post in my Qatar collection.

This is going to be a very short post, you guys, about a topic I’m clearly passionate about. What topic, you may be wondering? Travelling.

My experience with culture shock in Qatar was unexpected and felt far from the type of “culture shock” that had been described to me, to the

You ever seen jokes about American patriotism? Those over the top images of eagles and guns and fireworks and men wearing American flag band

The official language of Qatar is Arabic, but here’s the thing: 90% of the country is expatriate and most of these expats come from South &a