There are many excuses not to travel. If you are a travel lover, you’ve probably employed most of them. Whether it’s work, finance, lack of travel partner, or your home/apartment situation, anything can be turned into an excuse – just as anything can be turned into a reason to go.
I strolled down the narrow lanes, winding between wooden, thatch roof marketplaces standing side by side along streets paved with a mix of stone and dirt. Surrounded by rolling green hills and forests dotted with red, white, and earth-colored neighborhoods, I was transported to the age of the Ottoman Empire. I had no words, because…
“We had decided to make a daring adventure into eastern Austria, where we would hike to the Werdenberger See in Switzerland through Liechtenstein; 3 countries and a view of a 4th, Germany, in 5 days.” -Keegan Roembke
I wrap up my three-part series on Indiana this week with the southern region. Southern Indiana is somewhat distinguishable from the rest: you start hearing y’all a bit more, there are rolling hills, and basketball becomes an even bigger deal. Southern Indiana is wrapped in bucolic landscapes, history, and small-town Indiana culture. So that’s what…
This week, I continue the three-part series on my home state by looking at the Central Inddiana region. Moving south from The North provides a different kind of sensory experience, while also containing overlapping themes. The North has sandy dunes, Amish Country, and roaming plains. But it also boasts college towns holding prestigious institutions like…
In the spirit of celebrating the independence of the United States, we have an awesome new series from Keegan Roembke on his home state in Indiana which will extend our “My Own Backyard” series through the month of July! Check back in each week for new travel posts in our own backyard!
Ernest Hemingway is quoted in his memoirs of his time as a young writer in Paris as saying, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” But that is…
For a month now, I have been living in Ghent, Belgium with a dear friend who I met while studying abroad. Despite having visited Belgium twice before, I had never given it too much attention – I visited quiet Bruges and bustling Brussels, but I never knew that smack in the middle was an absolute…
The final segment, and perhaps the most important to my own study abroad experience (specifically the drinks and nightlife), puts Graz on par with nearly any city in Europe. By discovering the culinary scene and nightlife in Austria’s second largest city, you will stumble upon a lively, youthful, and cosmopolitan mecca hidden in Central Europe.…
Outside of the city, Graz boasts landscape completely unique to Austria. Despite being further from the Alps than most of Austria, the area presents chances to soak up a beautifully unique outdoors scene. Whether you are looking to hike, bike, explore the country side, or be guided through wine country, Graz and its surrounding area…