I had the unexpected pleasure of a pre-honeymoon jaunt to Europe, thanks to the fiance having to travel for work. He had customer visits in Russia and then I met him in Switzerland, where he was completing trainings for a Europe-based branch of his company. We both headed to Paris where I ran around on a …
Category: Europe
Study Abroad: How Setting Expectations and A Little Kindness Can Go a Long Way
A month or so ago a colleague and I were speaking with a graduate student from Iran about how she ended up studying and conducting research at a couple of universities in the mid-west. She was the most wonderful, bubbly, likable person I've met in some time, but our conversation took a bit of a …
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Travel for (His) Work: France and Switzerland
I've had some wonderful experiences traveling for my work, especially the last couple years as the fiance has been able to tag along. It's not all sunshine and roses. As I've mentioned, there is not much glamour when you travel for work and also commit the bulk of the trip to working--but there are the …
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Wedding Planning: Choosing a Honeymoon Destination(s)
Planning our honeymoon has been the most exciting and terrifying part of the wedding planning so far. I want the trip to be brilliant, and I really want the fiance to have a great time because he has traveled less, at least in Europe, and so has fewer expectations, which he tells me is a …
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Traveling Through Your Alma Mater
One of the reasons I chose to attend Kent State University was its study abroad programming. I knew in high school I wanted to study abroad at least one semester during college, and the university's programming in that regard caught my attention. Reading about what the university has to offer in the way of study …
Geographically Challenged
My high school did not offer a geography class. I was pretty familiar with the United States anyway, thanks to annual vacations all over the place with my family, but I still doubt I could have named all of the state capitals. I certainly can't do it today. While my U.S. geography was adequate, my …
Literary Travels: Catching Up
Lately I've been trying to yet again come to terms with a fact of life that constantly plagues me; having to postpone one love for another. If I want to get married, I have to stop traveling and save money. If I want to have money, I have to stop sitting in my window seat …
Heather's Compass 