Note: The following is a guest post by Lea Ann Christenson On Easter afternoon I found myself being whisked from Tokyo to Kyoto on the Shinkansen (bullet) train. Sitting alone in my comfortable seat, the Japanese countryside wooshed by at a
By the time the rest of the group loads into the green pick up truck that is to take us on our island road trip, the only seat left for me is the middle. To spend a day in Papua New
I was recently interviewed about travel and Something In Her Ramblings for a feature in Cooperatize, a company that connects brands and bloggers. Since many of you are not members, and I put a lot of my heart into answering these questions
My family has always loved road trips. Up and down our home state of California we’d drive, or on towards the golden cornfields of Nebraska or the wide blue skies of New Mexico, racking up the miles on childhood summer
Note: The Following is a guest post by Lea Ann Christenson If someone would have told me five years ago I would one day travel abroad solo, let alone to a place as far and exotic as Japan, I would have
I am expecting to hear a melody of coquis, the noise a species of frogs native to the rainforest of Puerto Rico are rumored to make. But as we enter the screening room at the El Yunque National Forest visitor center, the
My feet sink into the crisp, tan sand on Vieques Island and carry me out into crystal water. As the water reaches mid-calf, its hue deepens into a soft blue that matches the sky, and by the time I reach
Note: The following is a guest post by Lea Ann Christenson While researching for a trip to Japan I called on a fellow professor who had lived in Japan for a time. He suggested that I go to Koyasan, a mountain top