Nine years ago, I was a 26-year-old taking my first international trip. I had met a Minneapolis schoolteacher who would take[…]
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Janice at an Ecuadorian Orphanage, Finale: Top 9 Traits Needed
She shared about the children (who were a handful) and the scenery (which was breathtaking). Now Janice reflects on her[…]
Read moreJanice Volunteers at an Orphanage in Ecuador
We’ve read about Ecuador before from contributors to The Periphery. This golden nugget in South America rests, as its name suggests,[…]
Read moreNews Coverage of My “People of the South” Presentation: Now I Want to Come to Your City
As I drove the final stretch home on my Southern U.S. road trip–through Wisconsin to the Twin Cities–the idea struck[…]
Read moreAyla: The Finale – The 13 Lessons She Learned Traveling the World
After Cuba, Ayla’s next destination was her starting point–her home Norway. In this, Ayla’s final post, she looks back on[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 15: Cuba
It ends with an even 10. Ayla’s last stop on her three-month world travel is country #10: Cuba. A country unseen[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 14: A Day in the Bahamas
Ayla said goodbye to the US and hello to country #9 on her three-month, three-continent journey. “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 13: Staying at the Florida Weed House
After Ayla’s dad flew back to Norway, Ayla was left alone for the third time on her three-month world excursion.[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 11: A Norwegian Visits Old Family in Minnesota
A Norwegian in Minnesota is about as commonplace as one in North Dakota, which is what we shared last week.[…]
Read moreSouthern Experience #4: The Diamond Mine, Crystals, and Bath Houses of Hot Springs, Arkansas
After I interviewed “redneck” Bill Jones, I hopped back on Highway 71 and continued southeast to Hot Springs, Arkansas. Had you[…]
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