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Back to School madness!

on 8/30/07, UK_Franny posted:

Listen, all you students. You are very lucky. STA Travel will be giving away tons of ridiculously great prizes throughout this entire school year. I don’t want to give too much away, but I would definitely recommend checking in with us at least once a month to see what cool new opportunity is up for grabs, ... Read More (0 Comments)

A meditation on Prague

on 8/27/07, UK_Franny posted:

Uploading all those photos from Prague made me feel very nostalgic for one of the loveliest places I’ve ever lived. Granted, my time in Taiwan was deliriously giddy due to the great $$ I was making and exoticness of everyday life, but Prague is infused with an irrepressible beauty of the ages.

Things didn’t start off ... Read More (3 Comments)

Click Click - Photo yeah!

on 8/24/07, UK_Franny posted:

I’ve uploaded a gazillion photos—click on the tags below to check them out. I wanted to show you guys some of what I’m talking about with Panama and Taiwan in particular, but there are lots more. Tell me what you think. If you have better (these are scanned from hard copies and are occasionally a bit grainy) please uploa... Read More (1 Comments)

Spring Break: volunteer-style

on 8/23/07, UK_Franny posted:

In college, I never went in for the traditional Spring Break. It’s not that I wasn’t into partying—far from it. In other months in other years my friends and I made road trips to Memphis, New Orleans, and the many giant state school college town in neighboring states (I went to college in Georgia, at the esteemed party sc... Read More (1 Comments)

Panamania!

on 8/22/07, UK_Franny posted:

Panama is central America’s hidden gem. It has long since emerged from the dark shadows of imperialism and Noriega, emerging as a the melting pot of the Americas. The colorful architecture, tropical diet, and non-stop tamborito dancing reveal a culture embracing its Carribbean, native American, and Spanish influences. I went in 2000... Read More (0 Comments)

No Worries!

on 8/18/07, UK_Franny posted:

My husband picked up the ever-appropriate Ozzie phrase “No worries!” from his Australian diving instructor while getting certified in the Phillipines. A few months later he was living in Taiwan, and spreading the good news about zero anxiety to his new friends and new girlfriend (moi). I picked up on the phrase immediately, and... Read More (0 Comments)

Top Five - UK Style

on 8/14/07, UK_Franny posted:

I asked a question in the question/answers link up there about everyone’s top five destinations they’ve been to and hope to go to (which you should go answer, post-haste!)

I realize I haven’t put any UK destinations in my top five. This is not because I don’t love the UK—they don’t call me UK_F... Read More (1 Comments)

Semester Abroad in Oxford

on 8/13/07, UK_Franny posted:

Students in the UK and Australia (and several other countries, I’m sure) traditionally travel during their gap year—this is the year between graduating from high school (in a manner of speaking) and starting university. Not everyone does it, but many do, and it’s a sanctioned rite of passage for high school graduates the w... Read More (1 Comments)

Seriously, you should go to Taiwan

on 8/10/07, UK_Franny posted:

Living in Taiwan making $24,000 a year, I was fabulously wealthy. I made enough to pay off my student loans and live high on the hog. It was a dreamy time when a girl with a 50cc scooter and a willingness to work 20 hours a week could make something of herself.

To the untrained eye, Taiwan can seem quite…well, quite ugly. ... Read More (1 Comments)

Stalwart backpacker goes on a Topdeck tour; is converted for life

on 8/9/07, UK_Franny posted:

I have always been a backpacker kind of girl—I liked to arrive and find my way on my own. I thought tours were for grannies. But last year, I was lucky enough to get a familiarization (fam, to us in the biz) trip with 23 other STA advisors. We went on a Topdeck tour, going through Switzerland, Germany and t... Read More (2 Comments)

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