by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Culture, Life, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
After a day of work in Osaka, Japan, Laurel Armstrong of Minneapolis, Minnesota, got on her bike to head home, winding through the city’s busy streets toward her high-rise apartment complex. She had been living in this Japanese metropolis for almost a quarter of her...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 13, 2013 | Online Exclusives, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
An angry clansman clad in highlander garb charged right at me. I was standing in the middle of the four-walled theater at Culloden Battlefield museum, watching a reenactment of the gruesome battle unfold before me. Jacobite clansmen beat their chests and rallied for...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 13, 2013 | Arts, Culture, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
Driving through the misty Austrian mountains to the small village of Hallstatt was a highlight of Arizona resident Daniel Ostler’s memorable high school choir trip to Austria. Ostler recalls the scene as his choir sang “Ave Maria” in an open amphitheater facing the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 12, 2013 | Letter from the Editor, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: traveling wasn’t always my thing. The times I have enjoyed traveling most are always associated with home in some way: playing red rover under the tall palm trees in my great-grandma’s front yard in California; taking a road...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 12, 2013 | Escapades, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
Craving castles? Royal residences aren’t exclusive to Europe―you can find them in the United States as well. From Venetian splendor to traditional châteaux, here are a few palatial homes you can tour. –Eve Hart Smith Hearst Castle in California Experience life as one...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 12, 2013 | Insider, Just The Ticket, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
New to the subway system in New York? Well, there’s no time to waste and no patience to spare in the Big Apple. New York’s subway, also known as “the train,” is the longest underground railway in the United States. Workers, tourists, and families commute on the train...