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The Caucasus Have a Sense of Humor

Posted by Megan on May 5, 20131

Vitebsk: The Most Charismatic City in Eastern Belarus

Posted by Megan on Apr 26, 20132

Mark Rothko Art Centre Officially Opens Its Doors

Posted by Megan on Apr 24, 20133

All You Need to Know About Traveling to

Posted by Megan on Apr 19, 20134

Stereotypes and Expectations Squashed in Belarus

Posted by Megan on Apr 11, 20135

30 Things You Should Know Before Moving To

Posted by Megan on Mar 14, 20136

Five Lessons Learned as an American Living Abroad

Posted by Megan on Mar 7, 20137

Searching for Milwaukee's Pulse in the Midst of

Posted by Megan on Feb 13, 20138

The Caucasus Have a Sense of Humor

The Caucasus have a sense of humor. Either that, or I'm just very immature. But I'd like to think it's a bit of both.
Granted, I never made it to ...

Vitebsk: The Most Charismatic City in Eastern Belarus

Vitebsk was not actually a city I chose to go to. To get to Belarus, my boyfriend and I had to go through a tour agency to obtain our letters ...

Mark Rothko Art Centre Officially Opens Its Doors in Daugavpils

Today is a monumental day in the history of Daugavpils, Latvia. Today is the day that the Mark Rothko Art Centre officially opens its doors. Mark Rothko is a very ...

All You Need to Know About Traveling to Abkhazia

Lately it has been taking me nearly six months to write about places I have recently traveled to! But, upon my return from Abkhazia just yesterday, I have received three ...

Stereotypes and Expectations Squashed in Belarus

As most of you already know, Belarus was super high on my travel dream list for a very long time. Many of you also know that I had previously planned ...

30 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Norway

As I approach my two year anniversary in Norway, I have realized that there are many things I wish I had known, whether it be in a general or specific ...

Five Lessons Learned as an American Living Abroad

I have learned a lot living abroad as an American. Sure, sometimes the observations and lessons learned are as small as knowing which grocery stores are decent to shop at ...

Searching for Milwaukee's Pulse in the Midst of a Drought

July last year in Midwestern America was absolutely brutal. It was brutal for farmers who were unable to cultivate any source of life from their vast lands. And it was ...

The Caucasus Have a Sense of Humor

May 5, 2013

The Caucasus have a sense of humor. Either that, or I’m just very immature. But I’d like to think it’s a bit of both. Granted, I never made it to Azerbaijan, but I’d like to think they don’t take themselves all that seriously either. I realized that this region was going to give me more [...]

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Vitebsk: The Most Charismatic City in Eastern Belarus

April 26, 2013

Vitebsk was not actually a city I chose to go to. To get to Belarus, my boyfriend and I had to go through a tour agency to obtain our letters of invitation into the country. They also assist you in planning your stay in the country. When I told Marina, our tour agent, that we [...]

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Mark Rothko Art Centre Officially Opens Its Doors in Daugavpils

April 24, 2013

Today is a monumental day in the history of Daugavpils, Latvia. Today is the day that the Mark Rothko Art Centre officially opens its doors. Mark Rothko is a very familiar name to anyone who knows art and is most certainly familiar to many of those who don’t know art and its history. He was [...]

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All You Need to Know About Traveling to Abkhazia

April 19, 2013

Lately it has been taking me nearly six months to write about places I have recently traveled to! But, upon my return from Abkhazia just yesterday, I have received three emails asking how I got the visa and how I crossed the border. **Please do note that this is 100% my experience. If you follow [...]

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Stereotypes and Expectations Squashed in Belarus

April 11, 2013

As most of you already know, Belarus was super high on my travel dream list for a very long time. Many of you also know that I had previously planned a trip there for December 2012, which did not end up happening, and I consequently rebooked it for March 2013. I had so many thoughts [...]

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30 Things You Should Know Before Moving To Norway

March 14, 2013

As I approach my two year anniversary in Norway, I have realized that there are many things I wish I had known, whether it be in a general or specific manner, about Norway prior to moving here. Of course, it would not have changed my plan to move here…it would have just made me more [...]

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Five Lessons Learned as an American Living Abroad

March 7, 2013

I have learned a lot living abroad as an American. Sure, sometimes the observations and lessons learned are as small as knowing which grocery stores are decent to shop at and which ones are not. And others are major lessons. I feel obligated to share these with you as I feel that they apply to [...]

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Searching for Milwaukee’s Pulse in the Midst of a Drought

February 13, 2013

July last year in Midwestern America was absolutely brutal. It was brutal for farmers who were unable to cultivate any source of life from their vast lands. And it was brutal for the people who knew they would eventually pay a higher price for anything Earth grown, all while sweltering in the disgusting heat that [...]

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Spending an Afternoon by the Sea in Jurmala, Latvia

February 11, 2013

Twenty to thirty minutes away from Riga’s central train station is Jūrmala, the largest seaside resort area in Latvia, as well as the Baltics. I had actually heard a lot about Jūrmala before visiting, which actually led me to not have the desire to visit the place as much as other areas in the country [...]

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Witnessing a Renaissance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

February 6, 2013

My first trip to Pittsburgh was most likely long before I could even say the word ‘Pittsburgh’. As a baby born west of the city in a small, steel-mill town called Steubenville, Ohio, I am quite certain that my parents took me into Pittsburgh at any given opportunity. But shortly after I was born, we [...]