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  • How to Spend a Long Weekend in San Francisco

    Overview I hadn’t been dating my boyfriend for very long before he surprised me with a trip to San Francisco for Valentine’s Day. I had never been, but had always wanted to go, so I was very excited. We were only able to go for a long weekend (it also happened to coincide with Presidents’

  • South Africa, World Cup 2010

    The main purpose of the trip to South Africa was to see the World Cup. We managed to get tickets to see three matches, and picked up tickets for two additional matches while there.

  • Utrecht, Netherlands

    I really didn’t know much about the Netherlands beyond windmills, tulips, clogs, weed, and prostitutes. (Well, and canals and bicycles, if we’re being honest.) I was pretty excited to see the country, especially since I’d met about five students from there when I studied abroad in Rome, and had become very good friends with a

  • London

    I never had a huge desire to go to London—my misconception was that it was so similar to the United States that it wasn’t worth a visit any time in the immediate future. By the fall of 2007, it had been a year since my first international trip and I was desperate to get back