Backpacking the Balkans, part I
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There are times in life when the ruts grow too deep around us. Some might settle in and come to love the growing walls around them. When I reach...
Tagged: world travel
A few thoughts … on a plane to Hawaii
By Sandy Compton Reader Columnist Just so you know, even if there’s nobody on the ocean to experience the waves, the waves are there. From 30,000 feet, whitecaps are still visible. And there are...
Busting some myths about Portugal’s greatest hero
By Nick Gier Reader Contributor About this time last year, I was traveling in Portugal and visited a number of sites in Lisbon. Some of them were dedicated to Vasco da Gama, the navigator...
Emily Articulated: Scrappy Travels
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist By the time you read this, I will be fresh off of a plane in Lima, Peru. And by “fresh off of a plane,” I obviously mean “haggard, tired...
Painting a Life
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Intern Artist Kathryn Weisberg is the kind of woman who, while having a conversation about all the interesting things she’s done in her life, forgets to mention that she lived...
