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The Railway Garden at Meijer Gardens: A Holiday Tradition

The holidays are well underway at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their annual Christmas and Holiday Traditions Around The World exhibition features more than 40 holiday trees and displays from around the globe. This magical time of year includes glow of 300,000 lights, unique hand-made ornaments and blossoming holiday plantings.

Through the Eyes of an Educator: Outback Australia

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Dec 05, 2016 / 0 comments

When I was younger, my Dad talked a lot about how he loved and wanted to visit the land out west in the United States. He liked the stories of tradition, the love of the land, and the great open spaces where people and animals roamed for miles. I was often happier on the coasts, as the ocean and her lapping waves provided the serenity I needed, but I knew there was more. From the minute I first set foot in Australia, over a decade ago, I knew there was more to the country than the coast.

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December 11 Festival Celebrates Holidays in Norfolk

Sunday, December 11, is winter holiday festival time in Norfolk, CT, where the town's merchants start celebrating at 10 a.m. with a day of extended store hours, dining specials, wreaths and trees, and special musical events.

Florida Culture for Your HOLIDAY Calendar! By Josh Garrick

Florida Culture for Your HOLIDAY Calendar! By Josh Garrick 

Dolphins, Penguins, and the Clearest Water You've Ever Seen, in Chile

by Stephane Alexandre /
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Dec 02, 2016 / 0 comments

This past weekend was surreal! As part of our study abroad program, the program director invited us this past weekend to La Serena and Vicuna, a six-hour drive north of Santiago. I am so grateful that we took rest stops to stretch our legs, because I would have gone insane. Given that our trip is coming to an end in less than a month, it was such a perfect way to spend time together as a group.

Think you know about Sloths? Think again!

Sloths have been making headlines this week - They even got a feature in the New York Times!

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5 Beautiful Places to Travel in December

Looking for the best travel destination to explore this holiday season? Keep on reading and we’ll recommend five of the best places that you should be checking out. For sure, you will have a memorable vacation!
5 Beautiful Places to Travel in December

My Real-Life Shire Adventure

Are you a Lord of the Rings fanatic that dreams of seeing the well-known Middle Earth? Well, you most certainly are not alone and I’m here to tell you that it is just as magical in real-life as it is in the movies! Okay, well maybe not really quite as magical due to all the digital editing, but it still is a place that without a doubt will take your breath away. 
 

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Interesting Things to See on a Road Trip

As an amateur photographer, I always have my camera on me. I never know when I'll see something that strikes my fancy, or where I'll be when such fancy is struck. Sometimes you see things worth capturing in the least likely place…such as from your passenger seat in a car during a fourteen hour 'no stops unless the car is out of gas' road trip…which means taking a picture while in motion. Some things are just too good to pass up, even at seventy miles an hour.

Teaching Literary Travel to Kids

by Dr. Jessie Voigts /
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Nov 29, 2016 / 6 comments

We all love literary travel (of course. As evidenced by us being regular readers and avid consumers of literature of all types. But I digress). It’s an interesting way to learn about the world, much different than what you’ll get from guidebooks.

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