In Venice, I made Carnival masks. In Laos, I wove my own scarf. In England, I tried spray painting a canvas. You know what all those projects had in common? They ended up in the trash. I’m ashamed to admit it — that’s so wasteful — but none of those art projects ever made it […]
Not far from Skellefteå, there’s a small village called Svansele where the moose outnumber people three to one. It’s acre after acre of forest, mostly pine and birch, with a river winding through it. In this remote part of northern Sweden, there’s a wilderness camp I can’t get out my head. The draw is twofold:
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You know that feeling when you want to travel but you don’t have any money? Yeah, I mean that feeling you probably have right now. It happens to me all the time and I end up scouring the internet to see what deals pop up. These are the recurring travel deals I see year after
It’s really disheartening when you start to research a trip and realize that there isn’t much information. TripAdvisor only has a handful of listings of things to do in Skelleftea Sweden and most of them don’t have a review. Lonely Planet had even less to read and didn’t exactly inspire a trip. Maybe going to this
Fall in Virginia is the best time to visit. The state bursts with natural color, events, and weather too good to be true. I’m lucky enough to take advantage of weekend getaways, but it’s worth the trip even if you fly in. Trick or Treat in Richmond’s Fan As a former resident of “The Fan”
I’ve never been the type of person to comprehend things without feeling or touching them in some way, so even though I learned about communism years ago, I didn’t know what it was really like to live through it. The solution? SightDOING and a Krakow communism tour. I laughed a little when our Trabant pulled up to
You guys, I pride myself in knowing a few words in the local language of everywhere I go. I made locals smile in Cairo with my Arabic greetings and I picked up basic German quickly. Swedish, however, is a different story — and I was totally lost with figuring out Skellefteå pronunciation even though I spent 3
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I’m not a native Virginian, but that’s precisely why I know the best things to do in Virginia. I made a huge effort to travel and explore the state when I moved here in 2010 and since then I’ve continued to seek fun things to do in Virginia. If you’re also on a quest to explore
For me, travel is about more than just a new set of surroundings. It’s also about exposing yourself to new ideas and how people do things differently around the world. Some things are more similar than different and other countries do some things better (and some things worse) than the United States. Here are a
I’m not 100% Polish by blood, but you’d never know it based on my family traditions. Until I was 10, I thought every family sang sto lat on birthdays. My sister makes the best homemade pierogi in the world and we import special dried mushrooms every year for Christmas wigilia. My dad even knows what page my photo
