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  • travisgunn
  • 06-Jan-2014
Traveling: Brutality vs. Opportunity

“Traveling is a brutality.  It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort ofRead More ⇾

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  • Aaron Records
  • 17-Dec-2013
Breaching Bulwarks

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort ofRead More ⇾

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  • Gena in Barbados
  • 16-Dec-2013
Pavese Got it Wrong

According to poet Cesare Pavese, “Traveling is a brutality.  It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight ofRead More ⇾

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  • Sean in Russia
  • 21-Nov-2013
Culture Shock? You have no idea…

I cannot say that I have experienced culture shock per say. I have studied Russian Language and Culture for twoRead More ⇾

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  • Aaron Records
  • 22-Oct-2013
Large Strides

Many an adventurer finds their way by first becoming lost. This is the art of travel, to be an interloperRead More ⇾

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  • Jose Luis in Bosnia
  • 02-Oct-2013
School Life in Sarajevo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CeVISMiHk Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Jose Gomez. Jose served as a Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • Cody in Bahrain
  • 17-Sep-2013
An Introduction to the Frustrations of the Arabic language

I was inspired by Sona's post “An Introduction to the Frustrations of Russian language” to share a similar story withRead More ⇾

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  • Jose Luis in Bosnia
  • 21-Aug-2013
Studying Abroad in Sarajevo, Bosnia

[youtube=http://youtu.be/AysBzsrTeys] Meet U.S. Department of State sponsored Gilman Scholarship recipient Jose Gomez.  Jose served as a Gilman Global Experience CorrespondentRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 01-Aug-2013
August: The Month of Nostalgia

When I was in Russia, I would pass through the Горьковская metro station at least twice each day. The PetersburgRead More ⇾

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  • Sona in Russia
  • 08-Jul-2013
An introduction to the frustrations of Russian language

All together, my trip from Jersey’s suburbs to St. Petersburg, Russia amounted to approximately 15 hours of travel. Partially theRead More ⇾

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  • Danielle in Morocco
  • 03-Apr-2013
Define Homesick

A couple days ago we were talking about the impending end of our program and one of the other girlsRead More ⇾